Listen to the article Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were found guilty in a £190 million case on Friday. Imran Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison, while Bushra Bibi was sentenced to seven years in prison. Accountability court judge Nasir Javed Rana announced the order in a courtroom … Read more
Listen to the article The verdict in the landmark ₹190 million case against PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi will be announced tomorrow at Adiala Prison. Accountability Tribunal staff formally informed the PTI founder’s legal team of the decision, Express News reported. According to Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry, the PTI founder’s lawyer, the Islamabad accountability … Read more
LONDON: Urfan Sharif, 43, who murdered his 10-year-old British-Pakistani daughter, Sara Sharif, in a high-profile case that sparked public disgust, was attacked in prison, British officials and media said this on Friday. Sharif suffered cuts to his neck and face and received medical treatment inside the prison after was attacked with the sharp lid of … Read more
Damascus — The European Union supports a peaceful and inclusive transition in Syria, senior French and German diplomats said Friday during their visit to Damascus to meet new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock were in the Syrian capital for talks on behalf of the European Union, … Read more
One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a Key operator of the Medellín cartel expelled to this South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States. Soon after, Fabio Ochoa was a free man again. Ochoa arrived at Bogota’s El Dorado Airport on a deportation flight Monday, wearing … Read more
Seven inmates were killed in a riot at a southern Mexican prison when inmates resisting transfer to other prisons fought police with guns and knives, authorities said Thursday. Four police officers and six other detainees were injured during riots in the town of Villahermosa, the capital of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. State Police … Read more
A prison in eastern Syria is housing thousands of ISIS prisoners. The prison director said the inmates did not know that the Syrian regime in Damascus had been overthrown. The prison is guarded by U.S.-backed Syrian forces, which control about a quarter of the country. Senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more.
American tells CBS News he was released from Syrian prison – CBS News Watch CBS News A man identifying himself as American Travis Timmerman told CBS News’ Elizabeth Palmer that he was released from a Syrian prison earlier this week as rebel forces overthrew longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad. Timmerman said he was held for seven … Read more
A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights violations allegedly took place has been charge with multiple counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud, authorities announced Thursday. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s notorious Adra prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad has … Read more
A man identifying himself as an American from Missouri, Travis Timmerman, was found in Syria on Thursday after he said he was released from a prison earlier in the week as the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by a shock offensive by the rebels. Timmerman told CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent Elizabeth … Read more
Syrians hope to learn fate of lost loved ones after notorious prison is released – CBS News Watch CBS News Rebels liberated Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison last week. Today, many people come to look for family members in a place where thousands of people have disappeared over the years. Elizabeth Palmer reports. Be the first … Read more
An alternative healer who advocated “slapping therapy” to treat a range of illnesses was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who stopped taking insulin during one of its workshops. Hongchi Xiao, 61, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter for failing to get medical help for … Read more