Uber said on Monday that it will not change its screening system for potential drivers, despite the killing of six people by a taxi driver in Kalmazoo, Michigan. The criminal suspect Jason Dalton turned out to be an Uber driver. At a press conference, which was urgently gathered after the incident, ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the murder of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko, Judge Robert Owen said as he announced the results of a public inquiry into the case at London's High Court. According to Owen, the investigation proved that Alexey Lugovoi and Dmitry...
Boris Nayfeld, nicknamed Baba, was arrested in the United States on charges of extortion. This was reported by bbc.com. A native of Gomel is a representative of the so-called first generation of the “Russian mafia” in America. This is not the first time Nayfeld has been included in crime reports. So, in 1994...
The radical group "Islamic State" published a video showing the murder of five people. They were accused of spying for Britain. This is reported by bbc.com Statements from people who are later executed are presented as “confessions” of guilt. Then a militant appears in the frame against the background of the desert...
The former head of the Yukos company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said that a revolution in Russia is inevitable, and the Russian businessman and politician calls the events taking place in the country to which he did not return after his release from prison “a full-fledged constitutional coup.” During a press conference from London, broadcast by...
In 2014, the number of violent crimes in the United States decreased by 1%. Such data was published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. However, crime rates fell in only four of the ten most dangerous cities in the country. Here is a rating of the most criminal settlements in the United ...
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in February in the center of Moscow, was posthumously included in the shortlist of the European Parliament for the Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Andrei Sakharov Prize is awarded to outstanding individuals leading the fight against intolerance, fanaticism and oppression in various countries around the world. In three...
The US Embassy in Dushanbe suspended operations due to attacks by armed men on police officers on Friday night. “While the significance of these incidents is unclear, other acts of violence may follow,” the embassy said in a Facebook post. – The US Embassy is closed...
In the center of New York, the adopted granddaughter of American actor Morgan Freeman was killed. According to CNN, the body of 33-year-old Edena Hynes with multiple knife wounds was found by the police. The murder took place on Sunday night on the street where the deceased lived. The only suspect in the murder was ...
In Pensacola, Florida, local police are investigating a triple murder that is considered ritual. Three people were torn to pieces during the sacrifice to the blue moon, said Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan. At her home in Pensacola, 77-year-old Wansil Smith was killed and ...