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Back to homepageFormer NZ top cop Jevon McSkimming charged over child abuse, bestiality material
WELLINGTON, Aug 4 — New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner lost the right to anonymity today after he was charged with possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material. Jevon McSkimming was arrested in June and charged with eight counts of possessing
Read MoreIndian and Philippine navies hold joint patrols in disputed South China Sea ahead of Marcos’ visit to New Delhi
MANILA, Aug 4 — Indian Navy warships have begun patrolling areas of the disputed South China Sea with their Philippine counterparts for the first time, Manila’s military said Monday, as President Ferdinand Marcos departed for a state visit to New Delhi.
Read MoreWhat’s behind the Gaza ceasefire deal? Key details explained
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 — International mediators said this week that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal for the Palestinian territory agreed with Israel. In return, Israel is to
Read MoreFirst phase of Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel to free 737 Palestinian prisoners, hostages starting tomorrow
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 — Israel’s justice ministry has said 737 prisoners and detainees will be freed as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal approved Saturday. It said in a statement on its website
Read MoreTwo judges shot dead at Iran’s Supreme Court
TEHRAN, Jan 18 — Two judges were killed in a shooting attack today at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. “This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave
Read MoreAmerica’s First Family moves back in
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 — Donald Trump’s family will likely be less formally involved in White House business in his second term as they were in the first, but some will remain key to his political operation as unofficial advisors. Here
Read MoreAustralian court extends ban on X stabbing videos
SYDNEY, April 24 — An Australian court today extended an order that X take down videos of a Sydney bishop being stabbed, after Elon Musk, the social media platform’s boss, vowed to fight the ban. In a brief hearing, Justice
Read MoreSeven arrested in Australian ‘terrorism’ raids
SYDNEY, April 24 — Australian police said seven people who posed an “unacceptable risk and threat” to the public have been arrested after anti-terror raids that involved more than 400 officers today. Police said the individuals were linked to a
Read MoreIndonesia commission formally declares Prabowo next president
JAKARTA, April 24 — Indonesia’s election commission formally declared Prabowo Subianto as the next president of the world’s third-largest democracy today, after the country’s constitutional court shot down challenges to his first-round majority victory. Indonesian defence minister Prabowo, 72, is
Read MoreChina warns US military support for Taiwan increases ‘risk of conflict’
BEIJING, April 24 — China warned today that US military support for Taiwan only increased the “risk of conflict” along the strait, after the US Congress allocated US$8 billion (RM38.2 billion) in military support for the island. “I’d like to
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