Irene killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

If Japan and Panama decided to merge into a single country, probably people will name it Japanama.

Can you think of two more such country's unions that could produce similar names like Japanama by overlapping their three letters?

A crime was committed at baker street. Ibrahim Dakota who was shot in the stomach was the main suspect. Sherlock questioned the suspect. The conversation started as:
Sherlock: What's your story, Ibrahim?
Ibrahim: I was walking around baker street and suddenly a man from the back shot me. I ran as fast as I could to save my life".
Sherlock: That is enough (and ask the police to arrest him).

Why does Sherlock think he is the murderer?

Find the next number in the series below

21 32 54 87 131 ?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

John was running from 40 thieves. John has got 3 gold boxes which weigh as 4kg, 2kg, and 1kg respectively. A witty man asked John to stay with him for seven days in exchange for 1kg gold per day. John needs to stay there for seven days and also do not want to give the witty man any advance. How can John pay for his seven days stay?

Open a Laptop which is password protected. Hint for the password is given as below:

1 mobile 3 books 2 Boards 1 night 4 balls 2 lighters 1 ghost 1 hat 3 watches

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?