An Indonesian court sentenced 11 childcare workers on Wednesday to up to three years in prison for abusing toddlers at a daycare centre in a case that sparked nationwide outrage. Some of the children’s mothers wiped away tears as Judge Sunaryanto handed down each sentence, ranging from two to three years, at a court in Yogyakarta on Java island.
accepts in-principle proposal for new buildings for Madurai Bench of Madras High Court: He tells Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan that a Government Order would be issued within two weeks and foundation stone laying ceremony can be conducted thereafter
Though all prisons have watchtowers, they were previously not manned by armed guards due to a shortage of manpower or other reasons
Four people have been reported killed, while 16 others were injured in an accident on Alaro City Bridge after a truck carrying a container overturned on a passenger bus at Berger Bridge, inward Eleko, along the Ibeju-Lekki Expressway in Lagos. LASEMA also reported another accident at Igando along LASU-Igando road at Lanre Bus stop involving a DAF Truck with registration number SMK 795 XY which collided with a Toyota Corolla with registration number AKD 169 EA.
Mr Bello confirmed that the suspect will be charged with breach of the peace, incitement of hatred, and criminal intimidation, in violation of Sections 77, 78, and 380 of the state penal code.
On Monday night (October 26), 17 remand prisoners, who were detained in a cell, escaped after telling the jail warder that one of the inmates was suffering from epilepsy
Appointments must inspire confidence Under Article 144, Supreme Court appointments involve the President, Judicial Council, Council of State and Parliament. In Ghana Bar Association and Others v Attorney-General and Others, decided in 2016, the Supreme Court confirmed that a Supreme Court appointment requires a Judicial Council recommendation, although the President need not appoint every recommended person.
By Golok Nanmwa Troops of Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, have arrested two suspects over an alleged attack on members of a vigilante group and the subsequent burning of their office in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The suspects were arrested at about 1:40 a.m. on October 27, 2026, in the NEPA area of Jos North.
Brand, 51, has been charged with three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault Winter is asking Brand about the first alleged complainant, a woman who alleged she was raped by the comedian after meeting him on the fringes of the Labour party conference in Bournemouth in 1999. Brand told the court she had invited him to her hotel room, and that he “thought at the bare minimum it’s better than sleeping in shared accommodation” with his team, and that he “hoped and thought that there was a possibility of sex”.
While addressing the ECI in the Delhi SIR case, the top court clarified that it did not judicially review the ‘logical discrepancy’ in the Bihar SIR case
A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Adetunji Abudu, has been arrested in the United States over an alleged money laundering conspiracy involving millions of dollars obtained through fraud schemes targeting elderly Americans. The FBI investigated the matter with assistance from the US Postal Inspection Service and the Tallmadge Police Department in Ohio and the Moscow Police Department in Idaho.
Disapproving of lawyers making mentions without a comprehensible issue, the CJI had called it "the biggest nuisance" and said the practice "should stop completely"
Case assumed political significance after CPI(M) leader P. Jayarajan and former MLA and then DYFI State secretary T.V. Rajesh were arraigned as accused. Court had earlier refused to quash trial proceedings against them
A collision between two high-speed trains south of Madrid killed at least 10 people on Wednesday, a regional government spokeswoman said, warning the toll could rise. Rail infrastructure company ADIF also confirmed a collision had taken place, warning in a social media post that the high-speed rail line from Madrid to the south had been suspended.
The Director of Education, Research and Training at the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Alexander Kwaku Obeng, says the introduction of the TraffiTech-GH initiative and the issuance of caution notices to drivers have contributed to improved road-use behaviour. Traffitech-GH is an automated system developed by the Ghana Police Service to enforce road traffic laws and regulations and improve road safety in the country.
Cyclone Arnab hit southeastern Andhra Pradesh state as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, with winds of 125-135 kilometres (77-84 miles) per hour and gusts reaching 150 kph in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel gather near houses damaged by uprooted trees after cyclone Arnab’s landfall in Yanam, in India’s Puducherry on October 28, 2026.
The incident occurred on September 30 aboard the Dubai flight FZ1073, a Boeing 737 travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv with more than 170 people on board
The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha said at least ten people have been killed in a train crash in central Spain. Rail services between Madrid and Seville have been suspended.
The payment is a major step forward in the structured repayment plan agreed to by Nestoil and the lenders at a meeting facilitated by the EFCC.
At least five people were killed, several houses razed and livelihoods destroyed in early October in a deadly intercommunal clash between Amaeze Aguleri and Umuoba Anam in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state.
Police said the suspect would be arraigned upon conclusion of ongoing investigations
Humanitarian and development-focused group, the Ebonyi Prestigious Club has condemned the alleged killing of a lady, Mmesoma Umeorini by one 29-year-old Chima Ofoeke, in Uga, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, who claimed to hail from Ebonyi State. The group observed that no individual has the right to take another’s life, describing
Denzel Dynevor, 25, was with government officers at an Ipswich gym on Tuesday when he ran out an emergency exit.