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TRT World - Syria opens first trial for Assad's cousin on drug trafficking charges
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (290+ words) A criminal court in Damascus has opened the first trial session of Wassim al Assad, a cousin of former Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad, on charges including drug trafficking and involvement in crimes committed during the previous government's rule....
TRT World - US man barricades himself in building with hostages as police respond to bomb threat
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (245+ words) A man barricaded himself inside a building in California on Tuesday, taking an unknown number of people hostage after police received reports of a bomb threat. Several people were inside the downtown Bakersfield building when officers responded, police spokesperson Sally…...
TRT World - What do we know about the Islamic Centre of San Diego's shooting?
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (840+ words) A shooting at a mosque complex in San Diego, California, which left three victims killed, has shocked the US Muslim community. Dozens of patrol cars were lined up around the Islamic Centre, described on its website as the largest mosque…...
TRT World - A nation in exile: Nearly half of the world's Palestinian population lives outside Palestine
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (53+ words) A nation in exile: Nearly half of the world's Palestinian population lives outside Palestine TRT World The Palestinian population worldwide has reached an estimated 15. 5 million, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), with around 7. 4 million living in historic…...
Car bomb attack kills three Pakistani police officers, more casualties feared
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (202+ words) A car bombing at a police post has killed at least three officers in northwestern Pakistan and was followed by an ambush on personnel rushing to provide backup. Police official Sajjad Khan said most of the 15 officers on duty at…...
TRT World - "I never thought I'd see this day': Syria opens first trial of Assad-era tyrants
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (983+ words) Last week, a disgraced former brigadier general in a striped prison uniform stepped into an iron cage at Damascus's Palace of Justice." Atef Najib, who once declared "I am god in Daraa," before killing his victims, was finally where Syrians…...
TRT World - 10 detained after terror attack on police post in Istanbul
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (223+ words) The number of suspects detained in connection with a terror attack targeting a police post in Istanbul's Besiktas district has risen to 10 after five more individuals were apprehended on Wednesday. An investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office…...
TRT World - At least 70 killed, 30 wounded in Haiti gang 'massacre' " rights groups
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (226+ words) At least 70 people have been killed and more than 30 wounded in a gang "massacre" in Haiti's Artibonite region, two rights organisations said, as nearly 6, 000 residents fled attacks on the towns of Jean Denis and Pont Sonde. Garry Doriscat, communications officer…...
TRT World - French authorities investigate foiled attack on Bank of America building in Paris
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (203+ words) French terrorism prosecutors have opened an investigation into an attempted attack on a Bank of America building in Paris, local media reported on Saturday. A man was arrested overnight Friday after trying to ignite an explosive device outside the building,…...
TRT World - Three go on trial over $437, 000 porcelain theft from France's Elysee Palace
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (150+ words) Three people went on trial on Thursday at the Paris Criminal Court for stealing porcelain pieces worth "370, 000 ($437, 000) from the French presidency. A treasurer from the presidency, their partner, and a Louvre guard are appearing before the Paris Criminal Court, charged…...