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China court sentences former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei to 13 years in prison for bribery Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who was detained on a visit to China in 2018, was sentenced Tuesday to more than 13 years in prison for bribery. The case shook the international police organization. Meng – a former vice minister of public security – is among a growing group of Communist Party cadres caught in China’s anti-graft campaign. He vanished during a visit to China from France, where Interpol is based, and was later accused of accepting bribes and expelled from the Communist Party. His wife was granted political asylum in France last year. Meng was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison and fined $290,000, the Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court said. At his tri...

Iran’s civil aviation authority confirms 2 missiles fired at Ukraine airliner The civil aviation authority in Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner that was brought down earlier this month. Investigators discovered that “two Tor-M1 missiles… were fired at the aircraft,” the authority said in a preliminary report posted on its website late on Monday. An investigation is ongoing to assess the bearing their impact had on the accident. The statement confirms a report in The New York Times which included video footage appearing to show two projectiles being fired at the airliner. The Kiev-bound Ukraine International Airlines plane was shot down in an error shortly after takeoff from Tehran on January 8, killing all 176 people on board. Iran had for days...

2 killed, 1 critically injured in chaotic stabbing, robbery & arson spree in Barcelona (VIDEOS) Police in Barcelona have connected the dots between a series of apparently random attacks across the city, tying one suspect to two murders, a stabbing and an attempt at arson in the span of a single afternoon. It all started around 3pm local time, when Barcelona’s fire brigade responded to calls about an apartment blaze near the city’s Ciutadella Park. Inside the flat they stumbled upon far more than a fire, finding not only evidence of arson, but the body of a man with “signs of violence,” and apparently strangled. Police were called to investigate, strongly suspecting foul play. A video later emerged on social media showing an unidentified man desc...

Biden campaign warns media not to spread ‘debunked’ claims about his activities in Ukraine or else Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has issued a warning to the media cautioning journalists against spreading what he called “debunked” theories about his controversial role in having a Ukrainian prosecutor removed from office. In the memo first reported by NBC News, Biden’s campaign accuses President Donald Trump of "spreading a malicious and conclusively debunked conspiracy theory" that the former VP engaged in wrongdoing when he pressured Ukraine to fire former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. Biden has previously bragged about his role in having Shokin fired, even admitting on camera that he presented an ultimatum to Ukrainian authorities, threate...

Multiple rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, trigger sirens at US embassy – reports A number of rockets have exploded near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other foreign diplomatic facilities. At least two explosions went off in the vicinity of the Green Zone on Monday, AFP reported, citing security sources, though it remains unclear whether the blasts resulted in any casualties. Video footage circulating on social media appeared to show an area near the complex, where emergency sirens could be heard blaring. #Breaking “Rocket attack alarms sounding off multiple times on the #US #Baghdad Embassy Complex and Union III. Heard the booms myself on Union III. Speakers telling all to take shelter immediate...