A vast trove of valuables seized in raids on properties linked to Malaysia’s scandal-mired former leader, including cash, jewellery and luxury handbags, are worth up to $273 million, police said Wednesday. The searches, part of investigations into scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, netted
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At least 32 herdsmen were killed and 10 declared missing in an attack believed to be carried out by ethnic hunters in Central Mali. Armed Dozo hunters, linked to the Dogon ethnic group, ambushed the isolated village of Koumaga in the Mopti region on Saturday, killing dozens of herders, including children. “They surrounded the village, separated […]
An unidentified Nigerian has allegedly taken advantage of the Russia 2018 World Cup to illegally gain entry into Finland. According to a Finnish border guard, who spoke with Reuters, the global showpiece currently taking place in Russia has seen footballl fans use their World Cup identity documents to migrate into Finland, a neighbouring country with […]
Police in India have blamed rats for nibbling on currency notes worth more than $18,173 stored in an ATM of the State Bank of India in Tinsukia district. According to Hindustan Times, the police said they received a complaint from officials of the local branch of the state-run lender on June 14, saying they found […]
An HIV-positive man who might have consciously passed on the deadly virus to more than 200 sexual partners has been arrested in Italy. A spokesman for police in Ancona, a city on Italy’s eastern Adriatic coast, told dpa on Thursday that 35-year-old Claudio Pinti had been arrested two days earlier. Despite having been diagnosed “for at least […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested two Nigerians for allegedly defrauding businesses and U.S. citizens of several millions of dollars. According to the agency, the fraud was a significant effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes. The FBI said the suspects aimed at intercepting and hijacking cash transfers from businesses and […]







