More than 4,000 structures have been destroyed in Altadena fire just outside Los Angeles, county fire chief says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 4,000 structures have been destroyed in Altadena fire just outside Los Angeles, county fire chief says.
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Malay MailSelangor cops say drugs found in the remains of Yap Xin Yuan, but still unsure of cause of death
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — The police have confirmed the presence of drugs in the body of Yap Xin Yuan, 15, whose decomposed...
- The Telegraph
Drug lord caught in Britain after wife posted holiday snaps online
A wanted drugs cartel chief was trapped in London after his wife’s social media posts about their luxury holidays gave away his location.
- Malay Mail
Dewan Filharmonik announces cancellation of Harith Iskander’s stand-up show after ‘ham’ joke controversy
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP) announced yesterday that the stand-up comedy show by Harith Iska...
- The Telegraph
Millionaire crypto boss rescued from kidnappers – but not in time to save his finger
A millionaire crypto boss has been rescued from kidnappers by French special forces – but they arrived too late to stop the captors chopping off his finger.
- Associated Press
Manfred Goldberg wants you to know how the Nazis took his brother’s life. And how an angel saved his
Manfred Goldberg was just 13 years old when — stripped to his skin and shuffling toward an SS guard at a Nazi labor camp in Latvia — a man leaned over his shoulder and whispered the secret that saved the young Jew’s life. Goldberg followed the advice and the guard directed him to the group selected for slave labor.
- The Guardian
Hamas names four female Israeli soldiers it will release from Gaza this weekend
Final female Israeli civilian held in Gaza not on list of names supplied by Hamas for next exchange
- People
Calif. Woman Charged with Animal Cruelty After Police Find 27 Dead Horses Across Several Properties
Authorities confirmed 16 horses had been rescued, but a further four and a bull "had to be euthanized due to their extreme neglect"
- Malay Mail
Two elderly Singaporeans lose S$5.9m in ‘overseas police’ scams
SINGAPORE – Two elderly victims were swindled out of a combined total of S$5.9 million (RM19.25 million) by scammers imp...
- The Independent
Tributes to ‘beautiful’ nurse lecturer killed in Plymouth street attack
Claire Butler, a senior university lecturer on nursing, was found dying from injuries in the Plymouth street colse to her new apartment
- AFP News
China travel peaks as millions head home for Lunar New Year
Train stations and airports across China saw the biggest peak in travellers on Saturday ahead of the Lunar New Year, as millions of people returned home to spend the holidays with their families in an annual migration that is expected to be a record.Train and air travel are expected to "hit record highs" during this year's migration, Xinhua said.
- Associated Press
Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
A Pakistani court Saturday sentenced four people to death for blasphemy, allegedly because they posted sacrilegious material on social media about Islamic religious figures and the Quran. Under the country’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its religious figures can be sentenced to death. Authorities have yet to carry out such a penalty, although the accusation of blasphemy and opposition to the law can incite mob violence or reprisals.
- CNN
Southern California’s first rainfall of the year could help or hurt wildfire victims as fire spreads in San Diego area
With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.
- CNN
Laura Coates asks freed former Proud Boys leader about his apology for January 6
CNN’s Laura Coates speaks with former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, following his release from prison by President Donald Trump. Watch the full interview on Laura Coates Live at 11pm ET.
- Sky News
Kimberlee Singler: US woman charged with murdering her children loses fight against extradition from UK
A US mother charged with murdering two of her young children has lost her fight to avoid extradition from the UK. Kimberlee Singler's nine-year-old daughter Elianna Wentz and seven-year-old son Aden Wentz were found dead in a property in Colorado after being shot in the head and stabbed in the neck on 19 December 2023, prosecutors said. Singler's 11-year-old daughter was also at the scene with an injury after she was slashed with a knife.
- Sky News
'Vile' policeman Samuel McGregor found guilty of rape - leaving senior officer 'sickened'
A "vile" policeman has been convicted of rape - leaving a senior officer "sickened" by his "abhorrent behaviour". PC Samuel McGregor, who previously worked at the Metropolitan Police's Central North command unit, was found guilty on Friday after a trial at Inner London Crown Court. The 33-year-old officer had previously pleaded not guilty in June 2023.
- AFP News
The four Israeli women hostages freed on Saturday
Four women soldiers, abducted by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023 while doing their military service near the Gaza border, were released on Saturday, following more than 15 months in captivity.Three other women soldiers were taken hostage with them: Agam Berger, who is still held in Gaza and presumed alive; Noa Marciano, whose body has since been repatriated to Israel; and Ori Megidish, who was freed alive by the Israeli military in late October 2023.
- PA Media: UK News
Pain, horror and heartbreak of tragic boys’ family as justice is done
Deveca Rose was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey.
- Evening Standard
Woman, 31, found dead in house in Croydon named by police
Police and paramedics were called to an address in Bensham Lane on Monday following reports of an unresponsive woman
- The Independent
Mother jailed over deaths of four sons trapped in house fire as she went shopping
Deveca Rose’s young sons called for help after they were locked inside ‘squalid’ house while blaze broke out
- Associated Press
Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States. This week he issued an executive order that would eliminate it, upending more than a century of precedent. Over the years the right to citizenship has been won by various oppressed or marginalized groups after hard-fought legal battles.