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Al Arabiya holds Sudan responsible for detained correspondent

Khartoum - Muslimchronicle

Al Arabiya News Channel has said it is holding Sudanese security officials responsible for the safety and well-being of its correspondent Abdulaziz Ibrahim after he was arrested while covering economic protests in the capital Khartoum. Ibrahim was detained by security forces on Tuesday while covering demonstrations that centered against soaring bread prices near a presidential palace in Khartoum. Anti-riot policeRead more

Saudi Arabia begins trial of twins who brutally murdered their family

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

A criminal court in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh began on Tuesday the trial of twin brothers who killed their mother and fled the scene of the crime with stolen cars. The two brothers killed their father, stabbed their third brother in the Hamra neighborhood of Riyadh in in June 24, 2016. Police were able to arrest the two shortly after theirRead more

Saudi police finds child kidnapped three years ago, arrests six suspects

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi security forces in Riyadh found a child who was kidnapped three years ago and detained six suspects. The girl was found after police raided a house inhabited by foreign laborers in a Riyadh neighborhood. Four women and two men linked to the case were arrested. source: AlarabiyaRead more

Four hurt in New York explosion, none life-threatening

New York - Muslimchronicle

Four people were injured Monday in the blast that rocked a subway station in the heart of Manhattan, firefighters said, but none of those injuries was life-threatening. Police had said earlier the only injured person was a man detained in connection with the explosion, which took place in the station at the Port Authority bus terminal, not far from NewRead more

Paris circus personnel kill escaped tiger

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A tiger which had escaped Friday from a circus in Paris was "neutralised" by circus personnel and was now dead, police said. Firefighters had been called around 1700 GMT by people who saw the animal in the 15th district of the French capital. source: AFPRead more

Thousands of Israelis mark 1995 Rabin assassination

Tel Aviv - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of people attended a memorial rally for slain Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin on Saturday, with organizers banning political speeches and stressing a message of unity across political divides. “We want to hold the rally this year under a banner that unites rather than divides us,” said Darkenu, one of the organizers — a group which says on its English-languageRead more

Russian police detain 380 at anti-Putin protests

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

The number of activists detained by Russian police at anti-Putin protests across the country on Sunday has increased to 380, a monitoring group said. "We know of 380 detained. 13 were detained in Saint Petersburg and 346 in Moscow, who were taken to 19 police stations," said OVD-Info, a rights group that monitors detentions at political protests. Moscow police saidRead more

Detroit victim of police violence files suit over brutal beating

Detroit - Muslimchronicle

David Bivins, 23, has filed a lawsuit in connection with an assault by an off duty Detroit City Police officer at a Meijer grocery store at the intersection of 8 Mile and Woodward in Detroit on October 8. At the time, Bivins was waiting for his fiancée to return from the bathroom. It was the couple’s first outing since theRead more

Three dead in Colorado Walmart store shooting: police

Washington - Muslimchronicle

A man suspected of walking into a Walmart store in Colorado and "nonchalantly" shooting to death two men and a woman has been arrested, police said Thursday. The seemingly random shooting Wednesday in Thornton, Colorado comes a month after a gunman killed 58 people in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history. Police identified the suspect inRead more

Detained journalists informed Myanmar of filming plans, Turkish broadcaster says

Yangon - Muslimchronicle

Turkey’s state broadcaster said a team of journalists filming a documentary in Myanmar had told the government of their plans before they were detained for attempting to fly a drone near the country’s parliament. The journalists, Lau Hon Meng from Singapore and Mok Choy Lin from Malaysia, have been held since Friday in the capital Naypyitaw, along with their MyanmarRead more