Germany’s defense minister said on Saturday that his country’s commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense was just the starting point and that more would likely be needed. Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted that the 2% spending target would be met “in the 2020s, in the 2030s and beyond.” However, … Read more
FILE – In this July 6, 2016, file photo, Oscar Pistorius, center, arrives at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, for a sentencing hearing for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home on Valentine’s Day 2013. Pistorius has had his prison sentence extended to 13 years and 5 months in the … Read more
Oscar Pistorius just caught a break, getting paroled from a South African lockup after serving more than half of his 13-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend. The former Olympian — who competed with his lower legs amputated — returned home Friday after being whisked out of Atteridgeville Prison in the South African capital of Pretoria, … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was released from prison Friday, South Africa’s Ministry of Justice said. He had been jailed for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, after he shot her at his home on Valentine’s Day in 2013. His televised trial made headlines around the world. … Read more
Oscar Pistorius will soon be out of prison. The 37-year-old former Olympic runner was sentenced to 13 years and five months in 2017 for the murder of his then-29-year-old girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp when he fired a gun four times through the bathroom door of his house in February 2013. Keep reading to find out more… … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In the decade since Oscar Pistorius pulled the trigger four times on his 9mm pistol, firing into the head and body of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as she stood inside a locked toilet cubicle in his home, the vital question has still never been answered: Did the world-famous Olympic runner know … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who was imprisoned for the murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, will be released after a successful parole bid on Friday, South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services said in a statement. The former Paralympic champion is serving a sentence of … Read more
PRETORIA, South Africa — Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. He will be released from prison on Jan. 5, but will be constantly monitored by parole officials for five … Read more