Black Hawk helicopter crashes, three killed
St. Cloud, Minn: All three Minnesota National Guard soldiers were killed when the Black Hawk helicopter they were in crashed on Thursday, Governor Tim Walz said. The identities of the soldiers were not released, pending notification of family. The crash was being investigated and preliminary information on the crash was not released.
panel: Pak Hindu student committed suicide
Lahore: A Pakistani Hindu dental college student, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her hostel room, committed suicide as she was under “severe stress”, a judicial commission concluded on Friday, contradicting her final autopsy report which said she was murdered.
iran were ‘shooting to kill’ protesters: un
Geneva: Iranian security forces were “shooting to kill” in their deadly crackdown against protesters in recent weeks, according to credible video footage, the UN Human rights chief said on Friday. The unrest left at least 208 people dead nationwide, the office of High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, echoing a count also tallied by Amnesty International. Iran disputes death toll figures released by foreign organisations but has so far refused to any countrywide casualty or arrest figures.
Disney worker charged with raping 13-yr-old
Orlando: A Florida man who works for a Disney cruise line has been accused of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home. Orange County deputies arrested 53-year-old Keith Seitz on November 25, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday. The girl told her mother Seitz raped her multiple times between 2016 and 2019, beginning when she was 10 years old, according to testimony in an arrest affidavit.
uber received 6K sexual assault cases in 2017-18
San Francisco: Nearly 6,000 instances of sexual assault, including more than 450 cases of rape, were reported to Uber in the US in 2017 and 2018, the ride-sharing company said in a report on safety released on Thursday.
Graft case: Kyrgyzstan sentences former PMs
Bishkek: Two former Prime Ministers in Central Asian Kyrgyzstan were sentenced to long jail terms on corruption charges in a trial that roiled the national elite and fuelled suspicion toward China. The pair were among eight defendants on trial over a nearly USD 400 million China-financed deal for modernising a power plant.