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BBC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Belfast: Man arrested after sectarian attacks on homes
A 45-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating sectarian-motivated attacks on houses in north Belfast. Masonry was thrown at properties on Annalee Street and Alloa Street by masked suspects on 21 May.A number of families whose homes were targeted in the cross-community housing development later said they planned to leave the man, who was detained on Tuesday, has been charged with criminal damage and is expected to appear in court in Belfast next month.
Al Arabiya
7 days ago
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Twenty-five people hauled before French judge for crypto kidnapping attempt: Court
Twenty-five people will be brought before an investigating judge on Friday for attempting to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy crypto businessman and for criminal conspiracy, the Paris court said. Videos of the brazen kidnapping attempt, which took place in broad daylight on a Parisian street, were filmed and circulated on social media. They showed three masked men wrestling with two people while their getaway van idled nearby. It was the third violent attack targeting crypto players and their families in recent months.
Washington Post
12-05-2025
- Washington Post
The Paris robbery of Kim Kardashian changed how celebrities think about exposure
PARIS — The ring gleamed in Instagram posts. So did the diamond necklace and the luxury Paris address. For Kim Kardashian , sharing online was second nature, an extension of her fame. But in the early hours of Oct. 3, 2016, that openness was turned against her. Five masked men posing as police officers stormed the residence where she was staying during Fashion Week. They bound her with duct tape and plastic cable ties, locked her in the bathroom and fled with an estimated $6 million in stolen jewelry.
