Using the issue of grooming gangs to misrepresent an entire faith is unacceptable, the newly elected leader of one of the UK’s major Muslim organisations has said. Dr Wajid Akhter’s comments ...

The Muslim Council of Britain has elected a new leader (Alamy/PA) Using the issue of grooming gangs to misrepresent an entire faith is unacceptable, the newly elected leader of one of the UK’s ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Jamaica killed a top gang leader whose death unleashed a violent backlash near the capital of Kingston on Thursday, prompting authorities to raise the ...

Tarrio and Rhodes are, respectively, the leaders of the extremist street gang the Proud Boys and the founder and leader of the anti-government “militia” the Oath Keepers. Those two groups ...

But police claim the gang leaders were to blame for the deaths, citing reports from some miners who said there was food underground but the kingpins kept it for themselves. Thousands of people are ...

Stephanie Keith/Getty; Melina Mara-Pool/Getty; Susan Walsh/AP Photo Both Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes are now free after President ...

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested a notorious gang leader, Abubakar Idris, also known as Nishi, alongside his accomplices ...

MS-13, also known as "Mara Salvatrucha," is believed to have been founded as a neighborhood street gang in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s by people fleeing civil war and violence in El Salvador.

Police said the death of Starks, who was a gang leader, led to a bounty being placed on the heads of twin brothers Terrell and Derrell Williams. As marijuana sales grew, so did members ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A gang of youths who stabbed, punched and kicked a teenager in a transphobic attack after luring her to Harrow Leisure Centre under the pretence ...

A notorious MS-13 gang leader who admitted to involvement in at least seven murders received a sweetheart plea deal thanks to Biden's Department of Justice. Jairo Saenz, 28, will avoid the death ...