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Jim Morrison Bust Returns to Père Lachaise, 37 Years After Theft

This is Beirut, 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

France Police Jim Morrison Bust Investigation Music Culture

French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from a Paris cemetery. The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by the Paris public prosecutor's office, a source ...

Iran Sentence Pop Singer, Tataloo, to Death

This is Beirut, 19/01 20:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Iran Police Singer

An Iranian court has sentenced popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy, local media reported on Sunday. "The Supreme Court accepted the prosecutor's objection" to a previous five-year jail term on offences including blasphemy, reformist newspaper Etemad reported online. It ...

Suspected Terror Attack in Tel Aviv, Assailant Shot

This is Beirut, 18/01 17:20 - Reading : less than a minute

Israel Tel Aviv Police

Israeli police said that several people were injured in a shooting in the commercial hub of Tel Aviv on Saturday, while emergency service providers reported that one person was wounded by stabbing. "There are injuries at the scene, and at this stage, large police forces are on their way to the location. The circumstances are currently unclear," ...

Police Commander Killed in South Iran 'Terrorist' Attack

This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute

Tehran Iran terrorist police

A "terrorist attack" killed a police commander on Saturday in Bandar-e Lengeh, a coastal city in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan, local media reported. Tasnim news agency said the commander "was targeted" in the deadly attack. "The attacker was also killed," Tasnim said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, a rarity ...

Manhunt in New-York After Top Health Insurance Executive Murder

This is Beirut, 2024-12-06 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States New-York Murder Police

New York police released a new security camera picture Thursday of the man believed to have shot a top health insurance executive at close range in a brazen daylight murder outside a Manhattan hotel. The latest picture, in which the suspect's face is uncovered and he is smiling or laughing, indicated progress in the manhunt after ...

Turkey Detains 304 Suspected Daesh-Linked Individuals

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-22 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Daesh POLICE Turkey

Turkish authorities have detained 304 people allegedly affiliated with Islamic State jihadists after launching a sweeping operation against the group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. Police carried out simultaneous raids in 32 cities, including Istanbul, as part of the operation, dubbed HEROES-34. Yerlikaya stated in a social ...

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