SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Suspended prison terms and fines have been finalized for three defendants on charges of handing bribes to former first lady Kim Keon Hee, legal sources said Monday.
The ABC has warned of a risk to investigative journalism after three professional sportsmen got a court order barring the broadcaster from publishing a story revealing their group chat messages sharing “crude descriptions of sexual acts and domestic violence”.
Indonesian police named 14 more people as suspects in an alleged child abuse and neglect case at a daycare center in Yogyakarta city, an official said on Monday, bringing the number of suspects to 27 people in a case which has sparked outrage in the country.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least 11 people and heavily damaging apartment blocks, officials said, in an attack just a few days after the deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital this year.
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Three individuals have been booked on suspicion of spreading fake news regarding ballot shortages during the June 3 local elections, the police said Monday, adding the number may increase with a total of 67 online accounts currently under investigation for disseminating such news.
MANILA, Philippines — Pro-impeachment protesters from different political factions united in their calls to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, as the Senate impeachment trial began on Monday, stressing that “the people are watching” the move of senator judges.
A Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s Kyiv has killed at least 10 people and damaged more than a dozen residential buildings in the second large-scale assault on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week.
ClearVue Technologies has secured an independent validation trial at Qatar University of its power-generating greenhouse glass, which could open the door to a Middle Eastern food-security market expected to top US$100M (A$144M) this year.
The Movement for Quality Government held a rally on Sunday night to protest the government’s declaration that it would not comply with a High Court of Justice ruling regarding the Second Authority Council.
Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert traveled to Iran in 2018 for an academic conference and left 804 days later, after a ten-year espionage sentence, stints in Evin and Qarchak prisons, and the prisoner swap that finally brought her home. In her conversation on the JPost sits down with... podcast, the Australian-British Middle …
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political future is on the line as a Paris appeals court rules on her eligibility to stand in the 2027 presidential election. If she’s barred, she would be replaced by her 30-year-old protégé Jordan Bardella, the current president of the National Rally party.
Prosecutors are asking for prison sentences for three men accused of shooting two dogs with BB guns at a restaurant in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province.
Philippine Sen. Rodante Marcoleta gestures from the window of a police vehicle at the Sandiganbayan special anti-graft court after being arrested for alleged plunder, a non-bailable offense, in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo)
Queensland’s premier has promised the public will have a hand in shaping his latest crackdown on youth crime, as the union representing detention centre workers warned there were still unanswered questions about how it would work.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday cautioned the public against spreading misinformation and inciting violence as the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte opens later in the day
Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has been arrested. This came after the Sandiganbayan denied his motion to quash the plunder charges filed against him and three others. The court found probable cause to try the senator, former lawmaker Mike Defensor, as well as Joseph Espiritu and Aristotle Viray. The case was in connectio…
MANILA, Philippines — With the start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to begin Monday, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) said the Senate must let the constitutional process run its course, stressing that accountability is not an “all-or-nothing” exercise.
The impeachment trial of Filipino Vice President Sara Duterte, which begins on Monday, is set to frame the Philippines 2028 presidential race and deepen a schism between two storied political dynasties that has plunged the Senate into turmoil.
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Police said Monday they have launched an investigation to track down an online user behind a series of death threats against President Lee Jae Myung on social media.
MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Rodante Marcoleta arrived at the Sandiganbayan Monday, minutes before the court issued warrant for his arrest in connection with a non-bailable plunder case involving an alleged P75-million campaign donation.
MANILA, Philippines -- Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said he was not sure whether the minority bloc would boycott the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
South Korea’s national police agency plans to create a dedicated bureau for women’s and juvenile safety, a move aimed at strengthening victim protection and crime prevention after stalking and violence cases exposed gaps in coordination among authorities.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Senate, acting as an impeachment court, will open the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday in a politically volatile event that will unfold with the backdrop of her bitter political feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.