Colombian drug trafficker Alex Cifuentes – who claimed he was once El Chapo’s right-hand man – told the court he had informed US prosecutors about the alleged bribe to President Enrique Pena Nieto in 2016. Cifuentes said someone named Maria had delivered the money in Mexico City in October 2012 – when the president had been elected but before he […]

Kirsten Gaskins, 31, with scratch wounds visible on her face, allegedly attacked her girlfriend and stuck the girlfriend’s dog inside a microwave after the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the New Orleans Saints in the NFL playoffs on Sunday, reports say. (Colonial Regional Police Department) A hotel getaway turned sour last weekend when a Philadelphia Eagles fan, furious over the team’s […]

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday Britain would be the biggest loser if it left the European Union without a deal, after the British parliament resoundingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce agreement. Macron was reaching the end of an almost seven-hour debate with local officials when he was told of the result of the […]

Police in Texas are searching for a mother who they say disappeared earlier this month after leaving a co-worker’s house. Emily Wade, 38, of Ennis, was last seen around 5 p.m. on Jan. 5, the local police department said on Facebook. The mother-of-one left a Chili’s co-worker’s home around 8:30 p.m. after the two watched a movie together, according to her mother, […]

Laura Quinn, 19, from County Tipperary, Ireland, was driving to work when she smashed into a tree yesterday at around 8.30am. Emergency services scrambled to the N24 in Clonmel, but despite their best efforts, Laura was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was taken to the University Hospital Waterford for a post-mortem examination. Gardaí closed the road to allow […]

Macron pours scorn on Britain over its Brexit crisis saying the entire process was based on ‘false information and lies’ Emmanuel Macron tonight poured scorn on the UK over its Brexit crisis President of France said it had been ‘manipulated from outside’ and by populism Added that Britain leaving the EU without a deal would be ‘scary for everyone’  Emmanuel […]

This undated booking photo released by Macomb County Sheriff’s Office shows Antonio Floyd, 28, and Shantanice Barksdale, 27, who have been charged in the opioid overdose of their 18-month-old daughter who died on Christmas Day. (Macomb County Sheriff’s Office via AP) Two Michigan parents were charged Tuesday with the murder of their infant daughter, who prosecutors say had an “extraordinary” […]

From Italy to the US, the far right throws support behind the Syrian government as it is accused of war crimes. Rome, Italy – Six and a half years into the ongoing bloodshed in Syria, General Issam Zahreddine, infamous for breaking the suffocating three-year siege of Deir Az Zor, was killed by a landmine. He died in October 2017, when his […]

They might have to raise the seat. Notorious Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could take the witness stand in his own defense, it was revealed in court Tuesday. The news came after Assistant US Attorney Gina Parlaveccio told Brooklyn federal court Judge Brian Cogan that prosecutors had yet to receive the defense’s witness list. “Mr. Guzman’s name, you […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. State Department official confirmed a U.S. citizen was killed in an attack on a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday claimed by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in which at least 15 people were killed. “We can confirm that a U.S. citizen was killed in the attack,” the official said […]