A French gangster is on the run after being sprung from jail by heavily armed gunmen and escaping in a helicopter that landed in the prison grounds, the justice minister said on Sunday. Redoine Faid was serving a 25-year sentence at a prison south of Paris for an armed robbery that went wrong and led… Read More Heavily armed gunmen break notorious gangster Redoine Faid out of jail in France
An attack on a military patrol in northern Mali on Sunday killed four civilians and wounded 31 other people including eight French soldiers, Mali’s security and defense ministries said. The ambush, which involved a car bomb explosion followed by gunfire, took place two days after Islamist militants killed at least six people during a raid… Read More Four civilians killed, eight French soldiers injured following car bomb attack on military patrol in Mali
Marches are underway across cities in the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Hundreds of thousands of protesters could attend more than 700 marches in cities from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., and New York City. Dozens of progressive groups planned the ‘Families Belong Together’ protests on Saturday including the ACLU, Planned Parenthood,… Read More Thousands across U.S. protest President Trump’s immigration policies
Idaho police say nine people were hospitalized early on Sunday and one man is in custody after a mass stabbing at a Boise apartment complex that is home to many refugee families. Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said all nine were taken to area hospitals, four of whom had life-threatening injuries. “At this point we… Read More Man arrested following mass stabbing at apartment complex in Idaho
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