A Canadian court has awarded $13 million in non-diplomatic assets seized from Iran to the families of Americans who died in several attacks globally, which had allegedly been sponsored by Tehran between 1983 to 2002.

The judgment by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, obtained by AFP on Friday, found Tehran responsible for financing and training Hamas and Hezbollah operatives, who carried out eight bombings or hostage-takings in Buenos Aires, Israel, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia over a period spanning nearly 20 years.

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Police in Sydney opened fire at an escaped psychiatric patient after he shouted "Allahu Akbar". Three passersby were shot in the process.

Two officers opened fire at the Hornsby Westfield Mall as 23-year-old patient Jerry Sourian, armed with a knife, wandered around the center babbling and shouting.

Three bystanders were injured; all three women aged over 60 who are now recovering in hospital. Among them is an 82-year-old who was hit by police fire in the back, and a 65-year-old, wounded by bullet fragments in her lower leg.

In a video of the shooting that emerged, shocked screams are heard when police fire and shout, "Get down on the ground!" A police officer is heard apologizing to one of the women. "Ah, s***! I'm so sorry, so sorry," a voice says.

On Wednesday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana in the state. This takes a big step toward nullifying the unconstitutional federal prohibition on cannabis in practice.

Rep. Stephen Huffman (R) introduced House Bill 523 (HB523) on April 14. The legislation sets in motion the creation of a limited medical marijuana program in Ohio.

There is hereby established a medical marijuana control program in the department of commerce and the state board of pharmacy. The department shall provide for the licensure of medical marijuana cultivators and processors and the licensure of laboratories that test medical marijuana. The board shall provide for the licensure of retail dispensaries and the registration of patients and their caregivers. The department and board shall administer the program.

Sex acts with animals are legal in Canada, so long as there is no penetration involved, according to a surprise ruling issued by the Supreme Court.

The determination stemmed from a case involving a British Columbia man convicted of 13 counts sexually assaulting his stepdaughters - including one count of bestiality. But the man, identified only as "DLW", was acquitted of the bestiality count with the new ruling.

DLW's attorneys argued that bestiality linked to "buggery" - or sodomy - with animals beginning with an 1892 criminal code. Bestiality was first used in a 1955 code, but still was not defined to encompass every sex act with animals.

"Although bestiality was often subsumed in terms such as sodomy or buggery, penetration was the essence - 'the defining act' - of the offence," the court said.

A North Carolina man faces ethnic intimidation charges after leaving bacon at a mosque and making death threats to its members as they prepared for worship in observance of Ramadan, Islam's holy month, authorities said on Friday.

Russell Thomas Langford of Fayetteville was arrested late on Thursday, the Hoke County Sheriff's Office said. He is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, WTVD-TV in Raleigh said, quoting officials at Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina.

On Thursday afternoon, members of the Masjid Al Madina in Raeford found two packages of bacon at the mosque entrance, the sheriff's office said. Observant Muslims are prohibited from consuming pork products. Ramadan is Islam's holy month, during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.

Langford is charged with ethnic intimidation, assault with a deadly weapon, going armed to the terror of the public, communicating threats, stalking and disorderly conduct, the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Officials with the sheriff's office and Fort Bragg military base could not be reached for comment on Friday. "We have called for stepped-up police presence not only for that mosque but others in that state," said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group.

A Brazilian competitive shooter was fighting for her life Friday after being shot in the head during an attempted robbery in Rio de Janeiro, underlining a crime wave sweeping the city two months before the Olympics.

Anna Paula Cotta, 27, a member of Brazil's Navy who had tried out for the Olympic team but didn't get a spot, was shot Thursday as she drove her car in northern Rio. The city is experiencing a surge in violent crime and robberies ahead of the Olympics, which open on August 5.

In another incident, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Rio, Cardinal Orani Tempesta, reported on his website that he had been forced to take shelter behind his car Friday when a gun battle broke out during a police operation in a favela near a major central highway. A photograph showed him taking cover, along with other motorists, at the side of the road. On two occasions in 2014 and 2015 Tempesta survived armed hold-ups in which religious items like a crucifix were stolen.

Cotta's shooting occurred when she left home at dawn to help her sick father at the family business, according to Brazilian newspaper reports. Thieves attempted to steal the car and when she tried to escape they opened fire multiple times. She was hospitalized in serious condition. "An examination of the site was carried out. Officers are looking for (camera) images and carefully searching the area to gather necessary evidence for the investigation," the civil police force said in a statement.

The attack on Cotta, a pistol specialist who was reported to have been about to participate in a Brazilian championship event this Saturday, followed the armed mugging of members of the Spanish sailing team in Rio last month. None of them were hurt, but they were forced to give up their valuables.

A style of swimwear has caused an uproar at a public pool in Germany, but the culprit isn't a revealing bikini. Instead, it's the 'burqini' that's been banned - the modest swimsuit worn by some Muslim women.

When the indoor pool in Neutraubling, Germany, held a women-only day, one of the swimmers opted to wear a burqini while swimming and participating in water aerobics. However, her attire led to complaints from other women at the pool, Mittelbayerische newspaper reported. The move was also criticized by the town's mayor, Heinz Kiechle.

"Why the burqini as a full-body suit would be necessary to wear during a women's swim day is for me incomprehensible," he said, as quoted by The Local. Kiechle also told Mittelbayerische that it "contradicts the basic idea of integration and mutual recognition which is always being discussed in many towns."

According to the mayor, the ban on burqinis has to do with a rule which states that "only generally typical apparel" can be worn in the swimming pool. He stressed that an exception will not be given to Muslim women.

Some jurors are refusing to serve in the courtroom of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, citing his decision to sentence Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to only six months in jail in a sexual assault case.

"I can't believe what you did," one prospective told the judge this week in declining to serve on a jury in one case, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

It's unclear how many people have refused to serve, but some media reports in the Bay Area said it was more than 10 over the course of the week.

KPIX-TV said court officials were surprised at the defiance but that Persky was able eventually to seat a jury in the case.

A police officer shot a man outside the baggage claim area of the Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas.

The shooting was first reported at the airport on Twitter around 12:15 p.m. on Friday afternoon on Twitter.

A smartphone video that captured the shooting shows a police officer at the airport pointing his gun after gunshots can be heard firing.

"Get down!" the man shouted repeatedly with his weapon pointed.


The shooting started as a domestic disturbance incident, as the Dallas PD officer reacted to a man throwing rocks at a woman's car outside the baggage claim area. The suspect, a black male, was confronted by the police officer, who "discharged his weapon a number of times," Assistant Chief Randall Blankenbaker told reporters on Friday afternoon.