Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

An Illinois man was found guilty Friday in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the wounding of his mother, an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by anti-Muslim hate and a response to the Israel-Hamas War. Joseph Czuba was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and hate crimes in the Oct. 14, 2023, killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, who was stabbed 26 times, and in the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen, who was stabbed more than a dozen times in suburban Chicago. The jury deliberated for just over an hour. The mother and son…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan in Nigeria. He said the declaration was based on the sighting of the moon in almost every part of the country earlier on Friday, which is the 29th day of the Month of Shaban and thereby signifies March 1 as the first day of Ramadan 1446. He said, “We got the information from Muslim leaders across the country and we accept the sighting of the moon accordingly.” Abubakar called on the entire Muslim community in the country to start the Ramadan fast…

An American multinational investment bank, Citigroup has mistakenly credited $81 trillion to a customer’s account instead of $280 before reversing the transaction hours later. According to an internal account and two people familiar with the matter, a third employee caught the error one-and-a-half hours after the payment was processed and the transaction was ultimately reversed several hours later, FT said. No funds left Citi, which disclosed the near miss – when a bank processes the wrong amount but is able to recover the funds – to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the…

More than 40 construction workers were missing after an avalanche in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday following heavy snowfall, officials said. Rescue teams dug for hours through heavy snow, Ridhim Agarwal of the state disaster relief force said in a statement, adding: “So far, 15 workers are safe while 42 are missing.” The avalanche hit a construction camp in Chamoli district, burying the workers under snow and debris. As soon as the weather conditions improve, high-altitude rescue teams will be deployed by helicopter to the scene, Agarwal added. Deepam Seth, the state’s top police officer, said bad weather…

Multiple passengers were feared killed after a fuel tanker exploded in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Friday morning. According to SaharaReporters, a live video posted by a Facebook user, Orioye Chanter Ijobaibile, showed the raging fire at Iyemanja community, along the expressway in Okolowo axis, Ilorin. In the video, Orioye narrated the horrifying scene, saying, “People are inside the cars, and it is burning. What is even worrisome is that many other trucks that always carry fuel are passing near the fire. That is risky. They may also catch fire. We are just waiting for security operatives to show…

Police in South Korea have summoned a Japanese woman for questioning over allegations that she kissed Jin, a member of the K-pop boy band BTS, without his permission at an event last year. A police official overseeing the case at the Songpa police station in Seoul, the South Korean capital, told NBC News by phone Friday that the woman was being asked to appear for questioning on a sexual harassment allegation “now that we have specified the suspect.” Police launched the investigation after receiving an online complaint, the official said. He declined to disclose the woman’s name, citing privacy laws,…

China has vowed to take all necessary countermeasures after President Donald Trump announced a fresh 10 percent tariff hike on Chinese imports. According to CNBC, this latest escalation in the ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies has raised concerns over global market stability and potential economic ramifications. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, in a statement released on Friday, expressed firm opposition to the U.S. decision, warning of potential retaliatory measures. “If the U.S. insists on its own way, China will take all necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate rights and interests,” the Ministry stated, according to a…

A former escort has claimed that Sean “Diddy” Combs anally raped him and then threatened to do to him what he did to “Pac,” a new lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 26 on behalf of an anonymous man, who accuses Combs, 55, of drugging and anally raping him and then threatening him to stay quiet about the incident. Per the complaint, the alleged victim, then 31, met Combs through a male companion service in Florida where he worked as a contractor and would travel from Florida to New York City…

Former child star and beloved millennial actress, Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for her work on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl,” was found dead at her New York City home, police said Wednesday. She was 39. Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. at 1 Columbus Place, where “officers observed a 39-year-old female unconscious and unresponsive,” according to an NYPD statement. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. There is no foul play suspected and the New York Medical Examiner is investigating the cause of death, police said. “It is with great sadness to confirm that…

The Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer on Wednesday dismissed the assertion by the leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, that he had followed her advice on cutting the aid budget. The prime minister also took a swipe at her political stance, calling her a “self-appointed saviour of Western civilisation” in what appeared to be a pointed jab at her rhetoric. Badenoch had during the plenary session, suggested that Starmer had acted on her recommendation to reduce aid spending while questioning inconsistencies in the government’s defence budget figures. Ms Badenoch said, “Over the weekend I suggested to the…