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Saudi Arabian court convicts poet of apostasy, sente...
Fayadh has previously posted a video online of a public lashing by religious police. Mona Kareem, an activist from Kuwa...

South African judge jails eight police for Mido Maci...
Judge Bert Bam rejected the 25-year maximum sentence, citing a lack of premeditation and the otherwise good records of ...

One of over 1,000 islands that make up the Maldives. (Image: Timo Newton-Syms.)

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifts state of eme...
Attorney General Mohamed Anil cited progress in an investigation into the bombing of Yameen's speedboat in September. The state of emergency was imposed last Wednesday with Yameen reporting security concerns. The move proved controversial. The opposition Democrats accused the President of political motivations and using the powers to block a rally planned to ...

A 2010 VW Golf TDI with "Clean Diesel", one of the cars affected by the scandal. (Image: Mariordo Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz.)

Volkswagen emissions scandal may affect thousands mo...
The Volkswagen emissions scandal continued yesterday with the company announcing 800,000 mainly diesel vehicles may also be affected by carbon dioxide emissions problems. The company stated "the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised". They estimated potentially this could cost them €2bn on top of the €6.7bn set aside to pay for the cost of correctin...

Ahmed Mohamed at Ames Research Center in 2015 (Image: Courtesy of the Office of Congressman Mike Honda.)

Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to 'Most Influenti...
Time said of Mohamed in announcing the news: "Not many people make national news by bringing a homemade clock to school. But the ninth-grader's arrest, after teachers and authorities mistook said clock for a bomb, kicked off a national debate over racial profiling". The ninth-grader's arrest [...] kicked off a national debate over racial profiling —Tim...

Trollhättan Municipality is located in western Sweden. (Image: Nordelch.)

Masked man kills two in sword attack at Swedish school
The teacher died on the scene, while the student was sent to a hospital before he died. In addition, three others have been injured in the sword attacks. The injured, who are hovering "between life and death" according to Doctor Lars Spetz, have been sent to the Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus hospital for treatment. It is a black day for Sweden. —Stefan ...

File photo of the Old Bailey in London, scene of today's hearing. (Image: Nevilley.)

Judge sets 2016 trial date for London serial murder ...
The Recorder of London, His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, today set a provisional timetable in the case against Stephen Port, an alleged serial killer. January 9 was set for a plea and case management hearing. The trial has been scheduled for April 2016, and is currently expected to last four weeks. File photo of the Old Bailey in London, scene of to...

The revolving sign outside Metropolitan Police HQ. (Image: "Man vyi".)

London serial murder accused Stephen Port makes firs...
A London man charged on Sunday with drugging and murdering four men made his first court appearance yesterday. Stephen Port, 40, was remanded to appear before a higher court tomorrow. The revolving sign outside Metropolitan Police HQ. Image: "Man vyi". Port faces four counts of murder and four counts of "administering a poison with intent to endanger li...

File photo of empty pizza boxes. (Image: Connie at Flickr.)

Police shut down Edmonton pizza restaurant for illeg...
The alcohol was being delivered in paper bags and pizza boxes, with the same delivery vehicles used to deliver pizza. Curtis Hoople, a Sergeant in the Edmonton Police Service, says that alcohol was also being sold within the restaurant's premises. It is estimated that the seized alcohol was worth around CAD$4,000, Hoople said. Four of the restaurant's employ...

File photo of Pricasso, 2012. (Image: Eva Rinaldi.)

Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and ...
Wikinews interviewed Australian painter Pricasso on his unique artwork created using his penis, and how his art relates to freedom of expression and issues of censorship. He is to be featured at the upcoming adult entertainment event Sexpo Australia in Melbourne this November 5 to November 8. File photo of Pricasso, 2012. Image: Eva Rinaldi. Background[...

A file photo of the University's campus. (Image: WhisperToMe.)

Shooting kills one near Texas Southern University ho...
John Rudley, president of the university, identified the unnamed deceased victim as a freshman student. He was sent to hospital and subsequently pronounced dead, according to a press release from Eva Pickens, spokesperson of the university. I'm most definitely concerned. I did plan on moving here. It's really nerve-racking feeling that a person here could ...

Kunduz province in Afghanistan. (Image: User:TUBS.)

Civilian deaths as U.S. bombs hospital in Afghanistan
Twenty two civilians, including three children, died, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported, on Saturday after a United States airstrike hit a hospital in the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. Amongst the fatalities were twelve charity staff working for MSF. MSF said there were about two hundred people in the building. Under the clear presumption t...

Satellite map of the college campus. (Image: US Geological Survey.)

Several dead in Oregon college shootings
Nine people were killed on Thursday by 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. By various reports seven or nine people were also injured. Officials said Mercer killed himself during the subsequent shootout with police. Mercer began the killing spree in a class where he was a student by shooting the class ...

File photo of Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen. Winterkorn resigned as CEO on Wednesday due to a scandal over the company's rigging of emissions tests for its diesel vehicles. (Image: Volkswagen Sweden.)

Volkswagen CEO resigns after emissions scandal
Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen AG’s CEO, resigned yesterday after it was discovered the German motor vehicle company has been rigging emissions tests for their diesel vehicles. The company has not announced who his successor will be, but plans to discuss the issue tomorrow. Winterkorn has said that he was "shocked" by the rigging of the emissions tests. "Above...

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US President Barack Obama tweet to student Ahmed Mohamed)

Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement
Mohamed brought the digital clock he made to school on September 14, and a teacher mistakenly thought it resembled a bomb. Police arrested and questioned the student. Images of the boy wearing a NASA T-shirt and handcuffed by the police were quickly posted and reposted online. Hoping that the #istandwithahmed movement translates into a substantive national...

Volkswagen engulfed by diesel emissions scandal
Chief Executive of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn issued on Sunday a public apology and announced an outside inquiry would be carried out, after the company became engulfed in a scandal about diesel emissions tests. Volkswagen logo Over the weekend there were damaging revelations that the car manufacturer has been using illegal software to enable diesel c...

Illustration of ricin's chemical structure. (Image: AzaToth.)

London court jails man after Dark Web ricin sting
The powder, which Ali paid for in BitCoin, was actually harmless. Hidden inside a toy car, the package was treated with markers and his face glowed under ultraviolet light, indicating he had handled it. The judge said today there was "real risk" involved. Ali told his trial he had discovered drugs and guns for sale. Computer analysis showed he had looked up r...

Ponta speaks in a file photo from last year. (Image: Social Democratic Party.)

Romanian PM Victor Ponta indicted in fraud case
The move follows a previous charging, which sees Ponta accused of forgery, tax evasion, money laundering, and having a conflict of interest. He is set to become the nation's first Prime Minister to face trial while in power. His party, the left-wing Social Democrats, support him. Ponta denies the accusations which emerged months ago, and has refused to resign...

A file photo of the mosque. (Image: Abza.)

Kuwaiti court sentences seven to death for June mosq...
A court in Kuwait yesterday sentenced fifteen people for involvement in June's bombing of the Imam Sadiq Mosque. Seven were sentenced to death. The suicide attack in Kuwait City killed 26 and injured 227. The trial of seven women and 22 men before Judge Mohammad al-Duaij produced fourteen acquittals. All those sentenced to death were men; prison terms from tw...

President Kagame last year. (Image: Veni Markovski.)

Rwandan Supreme Court agrees to hear case on allowin...
The Rwandan Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case opposing a constitutional amendment allowing President Paul Kagame to run for a third term. President Kagame last year. Image: Veni Markovski. The government attorney had asked the court to throw the case, brought by the opposition Democratic Green Party, out. An eight-judge panel rejected that move....

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