Crime

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A devastating shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, has left three children and a teacher dead, prompting renewed grief across the local community and intensifying concerns about gun violence in American schools. The suspected gunman, a 16-year-old boy, was also killed after a community member intervened during the attack, while two other victims remained in critical...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Saudi Arabia is facing renewed international criticism over its use of the death penalty after human rights organisations warned that Youssef al-Manasif, a young man convicted over alleged offences committed when he was between 15 and 17, could be executed imminently. His case has intensified concerns about the treatment of juvenile defendants, the fairness of criminal proceedings and...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online French police are facing mounting scrutiny after several teenagers sustained severe injuries during school protests, prompting lawyers and human rights organisations to question the use of police weapons, the treatment of detained children and the authorities’ response to a growing youth movement. The allegations have intensified a national debate over the right to protest, police accountability and the...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian Defence Force member has been identified as a person of interest in an investigation after a video recording device was discovered in a women’s shower facility aboard Royal Australian Navy vessel HMAS Leeuwin. The discovery has triggered serious concerns about privacy, sexual misconduct and the safety of female personnel serving in the military, prompting senior naval...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A friend of former Australian police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a court that he allegedly asked her to dispose of a mobile phone by throwing it into a body of water, days after he was accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The testimony has emerged during a closely watched murder trial in New...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A widening crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in Senegal has pushed members of the community into hiding, restricted their movements and prompted some to leave the country, amid reports of hundreds of arrests, forced HIV testing and growing difficulties in accessing legal representation. More than 320 people have reportedly been arrested and detained since February on allegations linked to...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. At least 27 students, most of them younger than 13, have died after the roof of a privately run school collapsed during classes in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, in a disaster that has left families searching anxiously for children still believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. The collapse occurred at the al-Khair Education Center while lessons were under...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing wave of romance scams on dating applications is exposing serious weaknesses in online safety systems, leaving victims facing devastating financial losses and emotional distress. A new US congressional investigation has raised concerns about how effectively major dating platforms identify fraudulent accounts, prevent scammers from contacting users and support people who have already been targeted. Among those...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australian defence authorities have launched an investigation after a video recording device was discovered aboard a Royal Australian Navy vessel in Cairns, raising serious concerns about privacy, the welfare of female sailors and the possibility of unauthorised surveillance within military facilities. The device was found aboard HMAS Leeuwin on 11 October while the vessel was alongside in Cairns,...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 23-year-old Iranian woman has been sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a social media post, prompting renewed international concern over Iran’s expanding use of capital punishment and criminal prosecutions to suppress dissent and restrict freedom of expression. Najmeh Amini, an accounting student from Iran, is currently being held at Vakilabad prison in Mashhad,...