Death toll from stampedes at 2 Christmas charity events in Nigeria rises to 32, police say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Death toll from stampedes at 2 Christmas charity events in Nigeria rises to 32, police say.
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Malay MailWoman arrested for reckless driving in Bukit Bintang, blocking road, causing accident and nearly hitting traffic cop (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Police detained a 38-year-old woman after she drove dangerously and obstructed public servants on...
- Malay Mail
In Singapore, Malaysian tenant jailed for secretly filming landlady, daughter for at least seven years
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — A Malaysian tenant who lived with a family in Singapore for nearly a decade has been sentenced to 19...
- Malay Mail
Supermarket chain closes Bangsar bakery with roach spotted crawling on bread: outlet undergoes sanitisation, deep cleaning and pest control
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A supermarket chain has apologised after a Facebook post from a customer highlighted a cockroach...
- The Telegraph
Two Iranian ‘judges of death’ gunned down in Tehran
An armed assailant fatally shot two notorious Iranian judges inside the Islamic Republic’s supreme court on Saturday.
- Malay Mail
Six heists, one showdown: Police shoot dead three car theft suspects in Rawang
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Three suspects linked to car theft and robbery were shot dead by police at Persiaran Kota Emerald...
- Malay Mail
Landslide blocks road linking Ion Delemen to Resorts World Genting, access to Genting unaffected; no loss of life reported (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A landslide occurred early Friday morning (January 17) on Jalan Ion Delemen in Genting Highlands,...
- The Independent
Husband allegedly decapitated wife’s lover for getting her pregnant while he was in prison
One of victim Ulisys Molina’s severed hands was eventually found in a Nevada mailbox by a five-year-old
- Malay Mail
High Court dismisses widow's claim to remove eldest daughter as co-owner of their HDB flat
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — An elderly woman who sought to have her eldest daughter removed as a joint tenant of their HDB flat...
- Malay Mail
Plastic chairs fly during nine-person brawl at Ang Mo Kio coffee shop, three arrested
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — Three men have been arrested for affray following a violent altercation in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore lat...
- AFP News
Indian court finds man guilty in notorious hospital rape case
An Indian court on Saturday found a 33-year-old man guilty for the rape and murder of a doctor, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year.The trainee doctor was found raped and murdered in a seminar room of the hospital last year.
- Sky News
Grooming gang members sentenced for rape - as police hunt two believed to have fled the country
Ibrar Hussain, 47, Imtiaz Ahmed, 62, and Fayaz Ahmed, 45, were sentenced to prison sentences of six-and-a-half years, nine years, and seven-and-a-half years respectively at Bradford Crown Court. A judge described how they raped one of the girls in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in the 1990s, when she was 13 or 14. Only Hussain was present to start his sentence, with the court hearing the Ahmed brothers both absconded during their trial.
- Malay Mail
Boiler explosion triggers massive fire at tape factory in Prai industrial area in Penang, 80 workers evacuated
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — A tape factory in the Prai Industrial Area in Butterworth was engulfed in flames following a boil...
- The Telegraph
Student who killed herself in prison ‘murdered by justice system’, brother claims
The brother of a university student who took her own life in prison has said the justice system “murdered” her after an inquiry found her death “might have been avoided”.
- Associated Press
Oregon man who kidnapped a Seattle woman and kept her in a makeshift cell gets life sentence
An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell. Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Medford, Portland television station KGW reported. A federal jury convicted him in October on charges of kidnapping, transportation for criminal sexual activity, being a felon in possession of a weapon and attempting to break out of jail when he tried to smash through his cell window in August 2023.
- CBC
Hope fades into anguish as deadly airstrikes hit Gaza after ceasefire news
Just as Palestinians in Gaza were reinvigorated with a sense of hope Wednesday after news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, deadly Israeli airstrikes rained down on people, turning celebration into anguish.Families wept as they saw their loved ones' bodies wrapped in white shrouds and carried out in Khan Younis outside Nasser Hospital Friday — their names written in blue ink in Arabic, on each one. Jomaa Abdel-Aal said two of his nephews — Mohammed Asaad Jarghoun, 28, and Mohammed Mahmoud
- The Independent
Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to combined 21 years in corruption case
Former prime minister has been convicted in a fourth major case in Pakistan, extending his ongoing jail term
- The Independent
Former neo-Nazi who inspired Hollywood hit is helping addicts impacted by LA wildfires
Frank Meeink was once one of America’s most prominent young white supremacists. Now an ardent anti-racist, he tells James Liddell how he’s helping those in recovery navigate the worst natural disaster in southern California’s history
- The Telegraph
Fisherman seconds from safety slips from helicopter in Falklands rescue attempt
A search-and-rescue helicopter crew were forced to abandon a sailor from a fishing boat that sank off the Falkland Islands after he fell from the aircraft’s winch while just seconds from safety.
- The Telegraph
Attorney General fought Home Office to help migrants stay in UK
The Attorney General fought the Home Office in the courts to try to help migrants stay in the UK.
- The Telegraph
Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants
Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants, a new study has found.