London — Some 500 British police officers conducted raids on facilities linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) group Wednesday morning, arresting ten people on suspicion of various offenses including modern slavery, forced marriage and sexual assault. Police from across the northwest of England executed warrants at three addresses, including AROPL’s headquarters in…
On Tuesday, the jury in Lindsay Clancy’s trial told the judge that it was deadlocked, or unable to reach a unanimous verdict in her case. Several recent high-profile cases provide a possible glimpse at how long deliberations could continue if no progress is made. Judge William Sullivan ordered jurors to keep deliberating after they sent…
Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel’s war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration’s quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views. Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the country’s authorities had opened an investigation and were looking into possible official “negligence” after a Russian drone strike on a warehouse near Kyiv triggered a large detonation and killed at least 27 people. “There are regulations in place – ammunition cannot be stored near homes or other residential…
Washington — Twenty-five cars traveling at top speeds approaching 180 mph will zoom around the National Mall this weekend when the racing series IndyCar takes over downtown D.C. for a race commemorating the nation’s 250th birthday. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., is expected to attract about 140,000 people on each day of…
The U.S. deported more than 160 people to Haiti on Thursday for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians. The plane landed in the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien because the main international airport in Port-au-Prince is considered too dangerous. The U.S….
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday gave his assent to the appointment of 19 additional judges for five high courts, along with confirmation of another five as permanent judges, ending a weeks-long deadlock between the Presidency and the government over the judicial appointments. “The president has approved the appointment of additional judges in the…
John Gannon says he deeply regrets his decision to vote for President Trump after his fiancée, an immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested and detained by federal immigration agents last month. A lifelong Republican and Texas businessman, Gannon, 75, said his plans to marry 45-year-old Yasmin Suarez Reyes were derailed when she was arrested by Immigration…
WASHINGTON: Immigrants seeking work permits, green cards, or changes of status could face a greater risk of having their applications denied under a new US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy that took effect on August 5. The policy, announced by USCIS on Wednesday, gives immigration officials broader discretion to deny incomplete applications without first…
Recent reports of immigration arrests at U.S. airports, some of them captured in videos that have gone viral, stem from increased collaboration between the Transportation Security Agency and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE sources tell CBS News. TSA has been sharing more information about noncitizen travelers with ICE, including on immigrants who lack criminal records but…
