A 16-year-old transgender girl was killed in a “sustained and violent assault” by two other teens with a “preoccupation” for “violence, torture and death”, a UK court was told on Monday. Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times to her head, neck, back and chest in Warrington, northwest England, in February, jurors heard, as her two […]
A shallow, 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off the coast, a short distance from the town of Wekak, capital of the Pacific island state’s East Sepik Province. The […]
Hamas released a third group of hostages including a four-year-old American girl Sunday, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners on day three of a truce which a source close to the Hamas said they were willing to prolong. The transfers under a four-day truce that started Friday have been the first relief for captives’ families since […]