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Syrian Convicted in Austria of Civil War Abuses Is Detained in Syria

15 août 2026 à 11:28
Musab Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria’s civil war.

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Musab Abu Rukbah, right, and Roman Valach, one of Mr. Abu Rukbah’s lawyers, leaving a Vienna courtroom after a hearing in June.

France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children

14 août 2026 à 12:00
The move was a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the ban. He vowed to pass a new version before he leaves office next spring.

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France’s Constitutional Council said that the ban was too wide-ranging, and did not take into account the age, maturity or family situation of children.

Ex-Officer Held in New Orleans Mass Shooting Plot Is Freed Without Charges

13 août 2026 à 18:00
Law enforcement officials had said that Christopher Gillum, a former police officer in North Carolina, planned to attack a large festival. He was released without charges.

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A crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans in May. A former North Carolina police officer was arrested and accused of targeting the festival.

Appeals Court Sidesteps Key Question Over Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act

13 août 2026 à 17:49
The court dismissed a case over the Alien Enemies Act in a messy conclusion to a long-running legal battle that had seemed destined to end up before the Supreme Court.

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President Trump issued a proclamation in March 2025 drawing on the sweeping powers of the Alien Enemies Act to deport people accused of being members of a Venezuelan gang.

Former Catholic Bishop Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse, Australian News Outlets Say

13 août 2026 à 09:57
A court found Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, guilty of sexually abusing two men, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

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Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, at the District Court of Western Australia in Perth on Tuesday.

Ward Churchill, Professor Who Challenged His Dismissal Over 9/11 Essay, Dies at 78

12 août 2026 à 14:31
His inflammatory essay about the attacks prompted his dismissal by the University of Colorado for unrelated research misconduct. A jury later found that he had been wrongfully terminated.

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Ward Churchill in 1987.

How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco

11 août 2026 à 09:23
A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.

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Moroccan border guards and boats patrolling the coastline on the border with Spain in Fnideq, Morocco, this month.

Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections

11 août 2026 à 05:05
The party, Yabloko, has navigated a delicate balancing act with an increasingly heavy-handed Kremlin, but its pro-peace manifesto turned out to be the red line.

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Nikolai Rybakov, right, the Yabloko party’s leader, and his lawyer, second from right, listening to the court decision after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from upcoming parliamentary elections on Monday in Russia’s Supreme Court in Moscow.

Driver in Munich Car Ramming Attack Given Life in Prison

6 août 2026 à 08:55
The attack, in 2025, was one of several carried out in Germany in recent years by men with migrant backgrounds, shaking the public’s sense of safety.

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Police officers and emergency workers at the site of a car ramming in Munich in 2025.

N.Y. Doctor Sentenced in Japan for Vandalizing Ancient Religious Sites

6 août 2026 à 15:26
Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and an expert in endometriosis, received an 18-month suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of damaging the sites.

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Dr. Masahide Kanayama in Manhattan last year.
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