Trump casts doubt on Jimmy Lais release ahead of Xi meeting, says China bears great animosity for jailed Hong Kong tycoon

Trump acknowledged that Chinese President Xi Jinping has not agreed to release Jimmy Lai, despite Trump’s earlier pledge to secure his freedom. Lai, 78, is serving a 20-year sentence in Hong Kong, and his family has raised concerns about his declining health in detention. (File photo)

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that securing the release of British businessman and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai from a Chinese prison could prove difficult, admitting that Beijing has considerable hostility towards the former Hong Kong media proprietor. Trump acknowledged that Chinese President Xi Jinping has not agreed to release Jimmy Lai, despite Trump’s earlier … Read more

Burglars targeting South Asian families in London jailed after UK police probe travel data

Burglars targeting South Asian families in London jailed after UK police probe travel data

London, Two prolific burglars who deliberately targeted homes belonging to South Asian families in west London, expecting to find high-value jewellery and valuables, have been jailed for a total of five years and six months. Burglars targeting South Asian families in London jailed after UK police probe travel data The UK’s Metropolitan Police said in … Read more

Brazil presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father

Brazil presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father

Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro is set to visit his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, after a judge authorized the visit on Monday. Brazil presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father Flavio Bolsonaro, the favorite to win the presidential runoff against incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on October … Read more

Indian man jailed in Paris over leading online child abuse ring

Indian man jailed in Paris over leading online child abuse ring

London, A 29-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Paris court for leading a masculinist group that forced young girls, many of them minors, to perform sexual acts, authorities said. Indian man jailed in Paris over leading online child abuse ring The trial of Rohan Rane began on Monday … Read more

UK: 2 teenagers jailed for 10 years for arson at Indian restaurant in London

UK: 2 teenagers jailed for 10 years for arson at Indian restaurant in London

LONDON: Two 17-year-old teenagers have been jailed for 10 years in the UK for an arson attack at an Indian restaurant in London in August last year, leaving multiple diners seriously injured.On August 22, 2025, the two, along with a third accomplice, all masked, had stormed the eatery, Indian Aroma, ordering customers to remain in … Read more

Indian-origin man in Canada, a permanent resident, jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old loses bid to avoid deportation

Indian-origin man in Canada, a permanent resident, jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old loses bid to avoid deportation

Indian-origin man in Canada, a permanent resident, jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old loses bid to avoid deportation A Canadian permanent resident originally from Punjab has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after a judge rejected his request for a shorter sentence that could have helped him preserve his right to appeal a possible deportation … Read more

Thames Valley Police uncover £1.3 million cannabis factory inside abandoned BHS store in Slough with 1,700 plants and potential 150kg yield; two men jailed for 14 months

Thames Valley Police uncover £1.3 million cannabis factory inside abandoned BHS store in Slough with 1,700 plants and potential 150kg yield; two men jailed for 14 months

Police uncover £1.3 million cannabis factory inside former BHS store in Slough. (Photo: Thames Valley Police) Two men have been jailed after police uncovered a cannabis factory containing more than 1,700 plants inside a former BHS store in Slough, with the crop estimated to have a potential street value of nearly £1.3 million.According to details … Read more

Judge authorizes involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting

Judge authorizes involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting

WASHINGTON — A man refusing to eat food while jailed on charges he shot two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, can be fed against his will under a judge’s emergency order. Judge authorizes involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta agreed … Read more

Imran Khan’s sister meets him after 9 months as Pakistan SC orders hospital transfer for jailed ex-PM

Imran Khan’s sister meets him after 9 months as Pakistan SC orders hospital transfer for jailed ex-PM

Former Pak PM is set to be shifted to a hospital after top court’s order over health concerns Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Niazi met him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on Tuesday after a gap of around nine months, following a Supreme Court order allowing weekly meetings between the former prime minister … Read more

Drugged, robbed & killed: Romanian couple jailed in UK for 17 years over fatal honeytrap scheme

Drugged, robbed & killed: Romanian couple jailed in UK for 17 years over fatal honeytrap scheme

Romanian couple Madalin Dumitru and Adina Mihai jailed for 17 years. A Romanian couple who drugged men with a powerful sedative before stealing from them have each been jailed for 17 years after admitting responsibility for the deaths of two victims.Adina Mihai, 31, and Madalin Dumitru, 30, admitted the manslaughter of Gary Mouat, 37, from … Read more