Pelicot has also been found guilty of the attempted aggravated rape of the wife of one of the co-accused, Jean Pierre Marechal, Cillia, and taking indecent images of his daughter, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine.



France mass rape trial: Dominique Pelicot found guilty, sentenced to 20 years in prison

The outgoing US administration Wednesday (Dec 19) slapped sanctions on four Pakistani entities, including one state-owned, in an action ‘targeting proliferators of weapons of mass destruction.

US targets Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme, slaps sanctions on four entities

Shaheen-III missile, with a range of 2,750 kilometres, has the ability to reach farthest places in India’s northeast as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.



Amid ongoing debate in Iran over strict hijab laws, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Wednesday (Dec 18) dubbed women as ‘delicate flowers’. In a cryptic post on social media platform X, Khamenei, who is accused of curbing women's rights in the Shi’ite country, said women ‘need to be cared for’.

Iran’s Khamenei dubs women as ‘delicate flowers’ amid growing calls to amend hijab bill

The Iranian regime has attracted condemnations by human rights organisations and countries, like the US, who have called on Tehran to rein in its suppressive actions against ‘delicate flowers’.



Mumbai boat tragedy: Passengers on the ill-fated private boat that capsized Wednesday (Dec 18) off the Mumbai coast were not given life jackets, leading to the tragic demise of at least 13 people.

Mumbai boat tragedy: No life jackets given to passengers; navy driver was ‘performing stunts’  

Mumbai boat tragedy: The Indian Navy later said in a statement that the vessel was in fact undergoing engine trials and lost control due to malfunction



Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot. The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for his charges.

Major US weapons manufacturers including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, along with Europe's Airbus and Chinese firms, put their wares on show at an arms fair in Hanoi Thursday as Vietnam looks to diversify its defence supplies away from Russia.

US, European, Chinese firms seeking drawing Vietnam arms deals from Russia

A junior Indian minister Wednesday (Dec 18) informed the country’s parliament that the government had banned 18 OTT platforms this year for publishing obscene and vulgar content.

India blocked 18 OTTs this year over ‘obscene, vulgar content,’ minister tells parliament

The Russian Investigative Committee currently probing the death of the top general said the suspect was allegedly hired by Ukraine’s special services and was sent to Russia to carry out the assassination.



Russia detains Uzbek citizen over killing of general Kirillov, claims Kyiv gave him $100k

The advanced radar system has the ability to differentiate manned-operated aircraft from drones by analysing their flying patterns in real time and beam data back to a laptop computer with a 360-degree, 3D view of the airspace.



US urged to deploy drone-hunting tech used in Ukraine war to solve UFO mystery

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