Crime

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Myanmar’s military has carried out a large-scale raid on a notorious online scam hub located along the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 individuals in what authorities are calling a crackdown on illegal operations that have flourished in the region for years. The operation, announced on Wednesday by the Myanmar Armed Forces, targeted Shwe Kokko, a gambling...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Warning: This report contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence. Names of victims have been changed and identifying details omitted to protect their privacy and safety. Enat was at home with her eight-year-old niece when soldiers came on a quiet Sunday morning. The Ethiopian army was conducting searches of homes in the Amhara region on 5...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A shocking hit-and-run in Newport has left a local man with severe injuries and no memory of the incident, after being struck by an electric bike in what police are describing as a “dangerous and reckless” collision. The incident, which occurred on 11 November, only came to light when a neighbour’s CCTV footage revealed the full...

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A tragic and shocking case has unfolded in Bradford, where a mother and her three young children were killed in a fire set deliberately by her sister’s former partner, a court has heard. The incident, which took place in August last year on Westbury Road, claimed the lives of 29-year-old Bryonie Gawith and her children, nine-year-old...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online David Fincher’s gritty thriller Seven did more than shock audiences with its gruesome imagery; it captured the anxieties, urban decay, and moral contradictions of the United States in the 1980s. Thirty years after its release, the film remains a benchmark of neo-noir crime storytelling, with box office earnings of $327 million on a modest $34 million budget,...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity following her role in a violent crackdown on student-led protests that ultimately led to her ousting from power. The verdict, delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, highlighting both the scale of...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia is challenging a long-standing ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite, the iconic, salty spread that has become a symbol of Australian culture. Andre McKechnie, 54, argues that the prohibition, in place in the state of Victoria since 2006, denies him the right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian,”...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A South African man who attended a neo-Nazi rally outside an Australian state parliament has been taken into immigration detention after his visa was revoked, authorities confirmed. Matthew Gruter, who has lived in Australia since 2022, participated in an anti-Jewish protest organized by the National Socialist Network outside the New South Wales parliament earlier this month. He...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Federal agents have arrested 130 people over two days in Charlotte, North Carolina, marking the latest city to experience President Donald Trump's intensified immigration crackdown, according to a US official. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told the BBC that a number of those arrested are criminals and gang members. However, local...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Aid agencies have urgently called on Israel to allow more tents and essential supplies into Gaza after the first heavy winter rains hit the region, raising fears of disease and further suffering. More than a quarter of a million families are in immediate need of emergency shelter, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Jan Egeland, Secretary...