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Controversial ex-Donbass militia commander arrested in Moscow – media

Igor Strelkov, a controversial former Donbass militia commander, was detained in Moscow on Friday amid an investigation into allegations of extremism, according to news outlets and family members. The soldier-turned-blogger is also known by his real name, Igor Girkin. Citing sources, newspaper RBK reported that the Russian Investigative Committee was executing …

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Anti-monarchy protesters arrested in London (VIDEO)

Police officers arrested a number of anti-monarchy demonstrators and seized protest placards ahead of the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday. The protesters say they want to be able to choose their head of state. London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday morning that “a significant police operation” was underway …

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Suspect in Prilepin car bombing arrested

Russian police have announced having arrested a man who could be connected to the bomb blast that injured prominent Russian writer and political activist Zakhar Prilepin. In a statement, Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said that “during a hot pursuit in Nizhny Novgorod Region, police officers apprehended a man …

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160 arrested in US human trafficking sting

Polk County Sheriff’s Office and other authorities in the US state of Florida have rounded up 160 people in a week-long human trafficking sting operation dubbed Fall Haul 2, County Sheriff Grady Judd announced on Friday in a press conference.  Those charged included a Disney employee, multiple school teachers, a …

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Saudi man helps Jewish reporter sneak into Mecca, gets arrested

A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested for allegedly helping a Jewish television reporter from Israel enter Mecca in defiance of a ban on non-Muslims setting foot in Islam’s holiest city. The unidentified Saudi citizen was referred to prosecutors for “facilitating the entry of a non-Muslim journalist” into Mecca, local police …

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Independence Day shooting suspect arrested

Authorities have apprehended a suspected gunman in the Highland Park, Illinois mass shooting, where at least six people were killed and dozens injured during an Independence Day parade on Monday. The suspect’s vehicle was spotted by a police officer around 6:30pm and following a “brief pursuit” he was taken into custody …

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Oscar-winning screenwriter arrested

Canadian screenwriter and director Paul Haggis has been arrested in the southern Italian town of Ostuni and charged with sexual assault and causing aggravated injury to an unidentified woman. Haggis, whose work on ‘Crash’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’ earned him two academy awards, has already been accused of rape and …

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TV crew of popular show arrested at Capitol

US Capitol Police arrested seven members of the ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ crew in a Congressional office building on Thursday and charged them with unlawful entry. The CBS crew was filming material on the January 6 hearings, which themselves concern unlawful entry to the Capitol by supporters of former …

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England football fans arrested for Munich Nazi salutes

Seven English football fans have been arrested by Munich police ahead of a UEFA Nations League match between their country and Germany on Tuesday night. The English Football Association (FA) had feared trouble ahead of the Three Lions’ first major post-pandemic away trip with police confiscating the passports of 880 …

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UFC star arrested for assaulting nurse in vaccine row – report

UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa has reportedly fallen foul of the authorities in his native Brazil after allegedly assaulting a nurse while trying to obtain a Covid-19 vaccination certificate without actually receiving the jab. Per a report by Brazilian outlet Globo, Costa was arrested in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte …

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