Crime

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the wake of Brazil’s deadliest police operation, questions are emerging over whether the raid in Rio de Janeiro on 28 October truly achieved its stated objective of striking at the leadership of one of the country’s most notorious criminal gangs. The operation, which claimed 121 lives—including four police officers—was hailed by state authorities as a decisive blow...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United States has called on the international community to take immediate action to cut off the supply of weapons to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been accused of committing mass atrocities in the city of el-Fasher. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the appeal following a G7 foreign ministers meeting held in Canada,...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a dramatic development hours before a scheduled execution, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has commuted the death sentence of Tremane Wood, a 46-year-old prisoner, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The clemency decision came just as Wood was preparing to face lethal injection on Thursday for his 2004 conviction in a first-degree murder case. Wood had...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Three days after a car exploded near the historic Red Fort in Delhi, killing eight people, investigators are exploring whether the incident has any connection to recent arrests in Indian-administered Kashmir, as well as the seizure of a large cache of explosives from Faridabad, a suburb of the capital. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), India’s counter-terrorism law enforcement...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has categorically denied committing crimes against humanity during a deadly crackdown on last year’s uprising that ultimately led to her ousting, speaking to the BBC just days before a special tribunal is set to deliver its verdict. The tribunal, which has been conducting trials in absentia, is expected to rule on allegations...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The rain had only just stopped when Detective Superintendent Clara Hadfield stepped out of the unmarked grey car onto the narrow North London street. The sky above her was still a wash of silvery cloud, the kind that kept the streetlamps on long past dawn. Inside a terraced house behind her, a team of specialist officers were already...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A mother-and-daughter duo, one claiming to be a fortune teller and feng shui master, have been charged over allegedly scamming nearly A$70 million ($46m; £35m) from vulnerable Vietnamese victims in Australia. The mother, 53, and her daughter, 25, were arrested at their luxury home in Dover Heights, Sydney, on Wednesday. Police say they were key figures in a...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The shocking public groping of Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has sparked swift political action to combat sexual abuse, while also igniting a broader debate on how best to address a problem that affects millions of women across the country. In response to the incident, Mexico’s Secretary for Women, Citlalli Hernández, unveiled a presidential plan aimed at tackling sexual...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The heartbreaking story of 10-year-old Sara Sharif exposes a chilling pattern of abuse and systemic failure. In her red notebook, Sara had scribbled, “Our family is the best in town. We spread love all around the world,” suggesting she once enjoyed moments of happiness within her Woking household. Yet other writings hinted at fear and discipline so strict...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A safeguarding review has found that council staff attempting to check on 10-year-old Sara Sharif the day before she was murdered went to the wrong address, missing critical warning signs of abuse. Sara, who suffered two years of abuse, was found dead at her family home in Woking, Surrey, in August 2023. Her father, Urfan Sharif, 43, and...