Police say three people were killed and four were seriously injured in the attack in the German city of Solingen
BERLIN (AP) — Police say three people were killed and four were seriously injured in the attack in the German city of Solingen.
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Malay MailPAS deputy president’s claim of suspicion upon hearing Chinese words dangerous, DAP MP says
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man’s assertion that Malays would feel suspici...
- The Telegraph
Watch: Woman arrested for eating a cat amid Springfield pet controversy
Police have released video footage of an American woman being arrested for eating a cat – 170 miles away from Springfield, Ohio where Donald Trump claimed Haitian immigrants were devouring pets.
- Malay Mail
Children’s Commissioner condemns horrific abuse allegations in GISB care homes
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — Children’s Commissioner, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam), Farah Nini Dusuki, has c...
- CNN
Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore
Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam shopping district, holding hands.
- CNN
Pope Francis criticizes Trump and Harris and says voters must choose between ‘lesser of two evils’
Pope Francis on Friday described the choice US voters must make in the presidential election as one between the “lesser of two evils,” deeming former President Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies and Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of abortion rights as both being “against life.”
- The Telegraph
Seven men jailed for sex abuse of girls in Rotherham
Seven men were jailed for sexually abusing two girls in Rotherham in the latest convictions under the UK’s biggest-ever law enforcement operation against child sex abuse.
- The Guardian
Broome man who detained three Aboriginal children with cable ties told police he wanted ‘consequences’ for their trespassing
Matej Radelic – who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault – claimed minors were ‘trashing’ his pool in recording tendered in court
- Malay Mail
IGP: 13 kids sodomised among 392 rescued from welfare houses of sexual horrors
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — The police, through preliminary investigations conducted in Negeri Sembilan and Selangor, have f...
- The Independent
Father makes desperate last plea for mercy for daughter on death row in UAE
Exclusive: Shahzadi Khan's father tells The Independent she was trafficked to the Gulf nation and falsely accused of murdering an infant in her care
- Malay Mail
PM Anwar orders police, religious departments to hasten investigations on GISBH-linked welfare homes
BANGI, Sept 13 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has told the police to hasten their investigations on alleged c...
- Associated Press
New York City police commissioner resigns after his phone was seized in federal investigation
New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle. Caban, who had been in charge of the nation’s largest police department for about 15 months, said in an email to staff that he made the decision to resign after the “news around recent developments” had “created a distraction for our department.” “I am unwilling to let my attention be on anything other than our important work, or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD,” he added in the email obtained by The Associated Press.
- Associated Press
Pope says sex abuse is ‘demonic’ as he weighs in on new scandal in French church
Pope Francis called sexual abuse “demonic” on Friday as he weighed in on the latest sex assault revelations against a legendary French priest, Abbe Pierre, who devoted his life to advocating for the homeless. Abbé Pierre, who died in 2007, was one of France’s most beloved public figures. The founder of the international Emmaus Community for the poor, Abbé Pierre had served as part of France’s conscience since the 1950s, when he persuaded Parliament to pass a law — still on the books — forbidding landlords to evict tenants during winter.
- AFP News
Peru mourns divisive former strongman Fujimori
Peruvians began three days of national mourning Thursday for polarizing former president Alberto Fujimori, who ruled his country with an iron fist and then spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity.Fujimori, who led Peru from 1990 to 2000, was released from prison on humanitarian grounds in December while serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity during his rule.
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Coconut placard of Sunak and Braverman was ‘racially abusive’, court hears
Marieha Hussain, 37, pleaded not guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence.
- AFP News
Malaysia widens probe into 'horror' care home child abuse
Malaysian police expanded their probe Friday into a major conglomerate with links to a banned Islamic sect, after hundreds of children were rescued from alleged abuse at care homes believed to be run by the group.GISB has denied the allegations and said they do not run the care homes raided in the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.
- Reuters
Malaysian police to summon Islamic firm as more evidence of child sex abuse emerges
Malaysian police said on Friday they will summon the top management of an Islamic business group, after children rescued from charity homes allegedly run by the firm suffered injuries consistent with sexual and physical assault. Police this week rescued 402 children and youths in raids carried out at 20 premises that they said were operated by Islamic conglomerate Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB). GISB has said they did not run the homes and denied allegations of sexual abuses at the properties.
- Evening Standard
Kabir Singh: Urgent appeal after man, 24, goes missing from Enfield park
Kabir Singh was reported missing on August 10 and his phone and bank cards have not been used
- AFP News
Myanmar battles Yagi floods as Vietnam begins clear-up
Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital Naypyidaw on Friday, while Vietnam began clearing up after deadly Typhoon Yagi.People in parts of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have been battling floods and landslides in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which dumped a colossal deluge of rain when it hit the region last weekend.
- Reuters
'Not easy': Pope Francis leaves for Rome after 12-day Asia trip
Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome on Friday, after a demanding trip across Southeast Asia and Oceania in which he urged action on climate change, pressed for interfaith dialogue, and reinforced the Catholic Church's presence in a region where it is a small minority. The Singapore Airlines flight carrying the Catholic pontiff and his entourage took off around 12:25 p.m. (0425 GMT) in Singapore and is due to arrive in Rome on Friday evening, after a 12-hour flight through six time zones. Francis visited Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore over a span of 12 days.
- Malay Mail
Jakim rebuts inaction claims, says GISB action began in 2019
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) today rebutted claims that it failed to add...