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Dual Dutch-Irish national charged with gun possession after Dover stop

A 24-year-old man was charged after counter-terrorism police stopped him at Dover last week as he arrived in the UK from France, in a case involving ten alleged firearms offences. Khalid Ahmed, from Ealing in west London, is a dual Dutch and Irish national and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court. He will also face one count of possession of prohibited ammunition. Officers stopped Ahmed last Thursday after he reached Dover from France. A search of his car allegedly uncovered self-loading pistols, prompting the…

Budapest mayor charged, could face fine for staging banned Pride march

BUDAPEST — Prosecutors in Hungary have filed charges against Budapest’s opposition mayor, Gergely Karácsony, seeking a court-imposed fine for organizing the capital’s Pride parade last June despite an official ban, authorities said. The district prosecutor’s office said it had proposed that a court issue a summary judgment without holding a trial, but did not specify the amount of the fine sought. The move escalates a legal battle that has shadowed the city’s record-breaking Pride, which drew an estimated 200,000 people in…

Budapest mayor charged, risks fine for staging banned Pride parade

Prosecutors in Hungary have filed charges against Budapest’s opposition mayor, Gergely Karacsony, seeking to fine him for organizing the city’s Pride parade last June despite an official ban, according to the district prosecutor’s office. The office said it has asked the court to issue a summary judgment imposing a fine without a trial, but did not disclose the amount sought. The case stems from a Pride parade that organizers said drew more than 200,000 people, a record turnout and a pointed rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor…

Zimbabwean Pastor Walter Magaya Charged with Four Counts of Rape

Prophetic Healing and Deliverance leader Walter Magaya appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to face four counts of rape, and the matter was remanded to Feb. 16, 2026, for a trial scheduled to run through Feb. 19, 2026. The State alleges that in June 2020 Magaya offered a 24-year-old woman a voluntary position at the PHD call centre and later invited her to what she believed was a Bible study session. According to the prosecution, the woman was lured to a church-owned hotel and raped in July 2020. The…

Driver for Joshua charged with dangerous driving after fatal crash in Nigeria

Driver charged in crash that injured Anthony Joshua, killed two friends in Nigeria Nigerian police have charged a driver in connection with a crash that injured British former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed two of his close friends and team members on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Ogun State Police Command said Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, appeared before the Sagamu Magistrate Court and was charged on four counts, including causing death by dangerous driving. The case was adjourned to Jan. 20 while…

Six UK men charged with more than 60 sexual offenses against one woman

LONDON — Six British men have been charged with more than 60 sexual offenses against a single woman over a 13-year period, UK prosecutors said, in a case Wiltshire Police described as a “complex and extensive” investigation. The Crown Prosecution Service said Philip Young, 49, faces 56 charges, including multiple counts of rape, administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to allow sexual activity, and voyeurism. He is also charged with possession of indecent images of children and other extreme images.…

Trial Begins in Tunisia for NGO Staff Charged with Helping Migrants

Tunisian authorities have charged six staff members of the Tunisian branch of the France Terre d'Asile aid group and 17 municipal workers from the eastern city of Sousse with sheltering migrants and facilitating “illegal entry and residence,” prosecutors said. If convicted, the defendants face up to 10 years in prison. The case centers on humanitarian assistance provided to migrants in Tunisia, a key transit point for tens of thousands of people each year trying to reach Europe. Authorities gave no immediate public timeline…

New York AG Letitia James Charged in Alleged Bank Fraud Case

New York Attorney General Letitia James Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James, one of former President Donald Trump's most visible legal foes, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, on criminal charges of bank fraud and making a false statement to a lending institution, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. Summary of the charges The indictment, returned by a grand jury and announced by Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District…

Eight charged in $8.4M scheme linked to Minnesota housing program dismantled after $100M losses

Minnesota charges eight in alleged Medicaid housing fraud as state moves to reboot troubled program Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged eight people with orchestrating more than $8 million in alleged wire fraud tied to the state’s Housing Stabilization Services program, a Medicaid benefit intended to keep disabled and elderly residents housed. The indictments, announced Thursday in Minneapolis, mark what prosecutors called the “first wave” in a widening probe into a program that ballooned far beyond its original…

Burnsville woman charged in Feeding Our Future fraud, 75th defendant named

Burnsville woman charged as 75th defendant in Minnesota’s sweeping ‘Feeding Our Future’ case MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Burnsville woman with siphoning nearly $1 million from a taxpayer-funded child nutrition program — the latest arrest in what authorities call the largest COVID-19 fraud case in the United States. Prosecutors say 44-year-old Muna Wais Fidhin misused federal money meant to serve meals to children during the pandemic, instead paying her mortgage, buying a car and sending…