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Owner of San Francisco 49'ers, Leeds, Rangers busted in prostitution crackdown

Court documents indicate agents for the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force intercepted communication in which York responded to a prostitution website.

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 replica of an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft is displayed before traffic along a city square in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026.

Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land, Tasnim says

 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to prison after court ordered hospital visit

 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023.

Imran Khan transferred from prison to hospital as court raises serious health concerns


Ben-Gvir unveils hanging facility, viewing booths for terrorists in Israeli prison

The Death Penalty for Terrorists law was passed by the Knesset plenum in March and later added to the West Bank's security regulations by IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth in May.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showcases an execution facility for the hanging of convicted terrorists being built within the already-constructed death row prisoner wing in central Israel, August 18, 2026.

Defense in Lindsay Clancy case claims psychosis behind her killing her children

While Clancy admitted to killing her children, the defense has argued that due to postpartum psychosis and overmedication, she should not be held criminally responsible.

Lindsay Clancy listens in the coutroom during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S., August 13, 2026.

Israel should kill ‘30-40’ Gazans every night, Ben-Gvir says on ex-hostage’s podcast

"I think that we need to do targeted strikes in Gaza every night, take out 30, 40 - not just those who endanger us in that moment," Ben-Gvir said.

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026.

Lebanon passes long-disputed General Amnesty Law aimed at relieving prison overcrowding

The controversial law has inflamed Lebanon’s sectarian divisions, with Islamist protesters denouncing provisions that would exclude some prisoners from the amnesty.

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a parliamentary session at the headquarters in Beirut on March 9, 2026.

Chief prosecutor Amit Aisman cleared to oversee Sde Teiman leak investigation, High Court rules

Police reported in February that they had completed their investigative work, although the majority assumed for the purposes of the ruling that the investigation itself had not formally concluded.

 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Jonathan Pollard plants a vineyard for Esther - and reflects on the love that brought him home

“Her message was simple: Jonathan cannot be abandoned. He must be freed. He must be brought home to Israel. She kept one flame alive through years when darkness appeared stronger than hope."

Rivka and Jonathan Pollard and Adam Scott Bellos display an example of the wine to be created in memory of Esther Pollard.

Israeli lawyer arrested after allegedly smuggling drugs to inmate during prison visit

According to the allegations, the lawyer arrived for a meeting with a prisoner she represents and attempted to hand over the suspected drugs during the meeting.

Police at the scene of where a well-known lawyer was murdered in apparent targeted killing at Rishon Lezion office.

Outrage in Iraq after female detainee allegedly gang-raped by police, prison officials

A probe was launched after officials discovered surveillance cameras had been turned off at an Iraqi police station where a detainee was allegedly assaulted.

Illustrative: An Iraq police man stands with Iraqi soldiers as they man a fixed checkpoint close to the scene of an explosion in central Baghdad on November 15, 2008.

Israeli OnlyFans model Adva Lavie denied bail in Los Angeles after removing ankle monitor

The hearing followed Lavie's third arrest in just a few months. On Tuesday evening, she was arrested by Beverly Hills police as she left the upscale Azul restaurant near Rodeo Drive.

Mia Ventura attends Teatro Live Powered By Lemon Soda Music at AVALON Hollywood on January 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Ben-Gvir barred from using crocodiles to guard terrorists, court announces

The court issued an injunction against Ben-Gvir's plan due to a petition by the animal rights organization Let the Animals Live.

A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) rests at the National Zoo of Managua November 13,2007.