A complex legal battle in Kyiv is shedding light on the Americans who seek battle experience with far-right paramilitary units in Ukraine — and on the F.B.I.’s efforts to monitor them.
Tag: Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Alek Minassian Found Guilty in Toronto Van Attack
The defendant was convicted of murder and attempted murder for killing 10 people and injuring 16 when he mounted the curb of a busy sidewalk in a van in 2018.
Italy Mourns an Ambassador and His Bodyguard, Killed in Congo
The killings sparked deep emotions and outrage in Italy, which has been under strain from both the pandemic and political turmoil.
Your Tuesday Briefing
England’s cautious steps toward normalcy.
Seif Bamporiki, Rwanda Opposition Figure, Killed in South Africa
South African authorities said that for now they were treating the case as a robbery, but the political allies of the man who was shot, Seif Bamporiki, had their suspicions of an assassination.
4 Aid Workers Are Shot Dead in Pakistan
The attack could portend a resurgence of militant violence in the former tribal areas of Waziristan, once a hub of the Pakistani Taliban.
Bangladesh Court Sentences Five to Death for Killing American Blogger
Avijit Roy, a critic of religious extremism, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015.
Your Wednesday Briefing
Trump’s impeachment trial begins.
Why Germany Prosecutes the Aged for Nazi Roles It Long Ignored
Since German courts expanded the definition of who was guilty of Holocaust atrocities, several people over 90 have been charged.
Peter Madsen, Killer of Kim Wall, Is Sentenced for a Jailbreak
A Copenhagen court imposed a 21-month prison term on Mr. Madsen for an escape attempt in October. He was already serving life for murdering Ms. Wall, a Swedish journalist, on a submarine in 2017.