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Syria's Kurdish-led Forces 'on Alert' for ISIS Attacks, Says Official

Syrian Kurdish-led forces boosted security Tuesday a day after foiling a deadly ISIS group assault on a prison fearing that the extremists will strike again, a spokesman said. Authorities on Monday declared a state of emergency in Raqa, the extremists’ former de facto capital in northern Syria, after gunmen launched…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor gets 16 years in prison

The government had pushed for a life sentence, but the judge said that punishment was not necessary to deter future similar acts.

WEKU

Ringleader in Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot sentenced to 16 years in prison

He was convicted in August of conspiring to abduct the governor in 2020.

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Ringleader in plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to 16 years in prison

The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, prosecutors said.

Reuters

Editorial: Spy who helped Cuba fight Miami exiles to be freed. Once she’s out, banish her there

Cuba’s top spy in the United States will be freed from prison on Jan. 8 after serving just 20 years in a federal prison in Texas. She is said to be coming to Miami, briefly. If she comes, she should keep on moving for the repressive regime for which she…

Miami Herald

ITV Emmerdale fans in awe of Cain Dingle replacement despite spotting error in flashback scenes

Aiden Kane took on the role of a young Cain Dingle, usually played by Jeff Hordley

Manchester Evening News

Mr Flashy crony and Kinahan cartel hitman grilled over brutal murder of Robert O’Connor

Exclusive: Gardai reportedly went into Mountjoy Prison in the last number of days and conducted a number of interviews with prisoners

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Indigenous woman dies in hospital on Christmas Eve after suffering 'medical event' in Perth prison

WA's Department of Justice says the woman died on Christmas Eve after spending three days on life support at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

ABC News

South Korea’s jailed ex-president Lee gets presidential pardon

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol issues pardons for more than 1,300 people in bid for ‘national unity.’

Al Jazeera

France in 2022: Macron re-elected, record heatwaves and a landmark terror trial

French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected for a second term as Marine Le Pen’s far-right party made historic gains in parliamentary elections. Temperatures hit record highs, sparking devastating forest fires. Football fans were hit with tear gas at the Stade de France, and a landmark terror trial saw the sole…

France 24

S. Korea to pardon former leader Lee for corruption crimes

The South Korean government of President Yoon Suk Yeol is granting a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to a 17-year prison term for a range of corruption crimes

The Independent UK

Necklace snatcher trapped inside gold shop

SONGKHLA: A convicted robber who had just been released from prison was arrested after being trapped by a shop's security door as he tried to steal a gold necklace.

Bangkok Post

Belarus sentences in absentia former Olympian Herasimenia to 12 years in prison - BelTA

A Minsk court sentenced in absentia former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and political activist Alexander Opeykin to 12 years in prison for calling for sanctions and actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.

Reuters

Faces of 10 men banned from shops including Tesco, M&S, Co-Op, TK Maxx and Boots

One man on the list was banned from touching cars

Liverpool Echo

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Kurdish Forces: Deadly ISIS Assault Targeting Syria Prison 'Thwarted'

ISIS militants in northern Syria launched a failed attack targeting a prison holding fellow extremists in a clash that killed six Kurdish fighters, local authorities and a war monitor said. The Kurdish fighters were killed in the assault on a security complex near a prison with ISIS inmates in Raqqa,…

Manchester Evening News

How a full English breakfast helped police catch tragic hairdresser's obsessed killer

Glynn Williams was a key figure in the 1990 Strangeways riot, but 25 years later he committed an act of shocking violence

France 24

IS targets jailed jihadists in failed deadly attack on Syria’s Raqqa

Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.

Reuters

Russia's Navalny accuses authorities of using prison to break his health

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday he was suffering worsening back pain from long spells in solitary confinement that he said were part of a deliberate strategy by the authorities to undermine his health.

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Protest Held in Brussels to Call for Release of Belgian Held in Iran

Supporters of a Belgian aid worker being held in Iran staged a Christmas Day protest in Brussels to demand his immediate release, with a spokesman questioning why a prisoner swap treaty was stalled. Around 50 people took part in the demonstration under constant rain in the center of the Belgian…

Liverpool Echo

Forbidden items confiscated from prisoners' cells including Spice, steroids and weapons

We asked the Ministry of Justice what was seized from prisoners across Merseyside and North Wales in 2022

Edinburgh Live

The Scottish prison menus for the festive season enjoyed by convicts behind bars

Cons serving time for serious offences such as murder, rape and drug dealing will be treated to special Christmas Day menus in the country's prisons

Leeds Live

Emmerdale fans make sinister Caleb prediction as Cain's secret brother arrives in village

Emmerdale viewers predict more drama following Caleb Milligan's arrival in the village

Manchester Evening News

From a murder at Strangeways to a poisoning at a workhouse: Manchester's horrible Christmas histories

A historian has unearthed some of the city's most grisly Christmas tales

Salon

Judge says Trump could be imprisoned

A former federal judge said that former President Donald Trump would likely end up behind bars if he were convicted

The Independent UK

Ex-Maldives leader gets 11 years for money laundering, bribe

A court in Maldives has found the former president guilty of money laundering and accepting a bribe and sentenced him to 11 years in prison

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