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Opening his visit to Cameroon on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV delivered a pointed message on the integrity of leadership, urging authorities to confront endemic corruption. Speaking at the presidential palace in Yaoundé, he told President Paul Biya, 93, that public authority must restore its credibility by breaking “the …
Wang Fuk Court residents are set to return home for the first time since the deadly blaze to retrieve personal belongings in designated time slots starting from April 20.
Israel Police officers seized over 5 million shekels in cash, as well as weapons and ammunition across several neighborhoods in the Bedouin city of Rahat, near Beersheba in southern Israel, the police confirmed on Thursday.
Slain underworld figure Gavin “Capable” Preston attended his local cafe Sweet Lulu’s almost daily in the lead-up to his death in a hail of bullets, but had never sat at a table outside until the day he died.
A student group at Yonsei University held a campus campaign Wednesday, prompting school officials to call police over what they described as unauthorized activities.
SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Thursday sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of giving false testimony during former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's insurrection trial.
Mong Kok beautician allegedly led a syndicate that stole clients’ cards during treatments and splurged on phones, gold and herbal goods
Mong Kok beautician allegedly led a syndicate that stole clients’ cards during treatments and splurged on phones, gold and herbal goods
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday she regretted “hurtful” remarks about a colleague, apologizing in a court-issued statement after seemingly taking aim at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s perspective on immigration enforcement.
Security Bureau says nearly all young protest offenders have taken part in Project PATH, with a recidivism rate of just 0.2 per cent
Security Bureau says nearly all young protest offenders have taken part in Project PATH, with a recidivism rate of just 0.2 per cent
An Australian judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago.
Gavin Preston was a frequent diner at Sweet Lulu's cafe before he was killed in 2023. (Facebook)
Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, illegally monopolized US live event markets, a New York jury found on Wednesday, after a trial of the company's tactics in dealing with venues and artists.
Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem was freed from immigration detention in the United States on Wednesday, according to an ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a source from Brazil's federal police.
The attorney-general of Ohio has filed a second lawsuit against the nation’s largest Reform rabbinical school over the planned shuttering of its historic Cincinnati campus - a controversial move that has also prompted the creation of a new rabbinical school in the city.
Protesters clashed with police at a protest in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)
The state’s top court has struck down laws rushed through parliament by the Minns government to restrict protests in Sydney after the Bondi terrorist attack.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it has secured the conviction of a mother who sold her child online, following a ruling by a Quezon City court.
Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional
A 15-year-old is facing murder charges after allegedly fatally stabbing another teenager on the campus of Ohio State University, according to reports.
Malaysia is trying to prevent its heavily subsidised petrol and diesel from being siphoned across land and sea borders as the global energy crisis bites
Malaysia is trying to prevent its heavily subsidised petrol and diesel from being siphoned across land and sea borders as the global energy crisis bites
More than 350 cannabis plants and half a kilogram of cannabis plant material were located and seized. (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas)
New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors
MANILA, Philippines — Four suspects, including two dismissed policemen, were killed while a personnel of the Anti-Kidnapping Group was injured (AKG) in a firefight on Wednesday (April 15) in the rescue of a businessman in Paranaque, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
An armada of animal rights activists warned that they will be raiding a contested breeding facility in Wisconsin to free 2,000 beagles trapped inside — and preemptively labeled any police intervention as “illegal.”
Shayne Matthew Harris is facing 18 sexual assault charges. (Supplied)
A middle school pickup turned into a chaotic crime scene when a 13-year-old boy allegedly opened fire outside Sepulveda Middle School in North Hills Wednesday afternoon — leaving a 17-year-old wounded.
One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission. At the James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 W. 48th Street.
SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker POSCO to directly hire over 200 subcontract workers who worked for the company for more than two years.
Aaron Judge (derecha) festeja co el panameño José Caballero, su compañero en los Yankees de Nueva York, quien conectó el hit de la victoria sobre los Angelinos de Los Ángeles, el miércoles 15 de abril de 2026 (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)
Supporters say the life of 2023 peace laureate Narges Mohammadi is at ‘immediate and irreparable risk’ in an Iranian prison
Supporters say the life of 2023 peace laureate Narges Mohammadi is at ‘immediate and irreparable risk’ in an Iranian prison
YAOUNDE, Cameroon. (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on Wednesday where he delivered a masterclass on wielding authority legitimately to President Paul Biya, who consolidated his four-decade grip on power with a contested election last year that gave him an eighth term in office.
SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Conservative YouTuber Jeon Han-gil appeared at a court Thursday to attend a hearing on his potential arrest on charges of defaming President Lee Jae Myung and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor New Reform Party.
A once-revered Melbourne barrister, Norman O’Bryan, has pleaded guilty to attempting to defraud the claimants in a class action, many of whom were already ripped-off retirees, out of millions of dollars.
El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, habla durante una conferencia de prensa con el presidente electo de Chile en el palacio presidencial en San Salvador, El Salvador, el viernes 30 de enero de 2026. (Foto AP/Salvador Meléndez)
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) lies on the court during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto, left, and Oswald Peraza, right, react after a ball dropped between them allowing a single for New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A party at the Mongols’ Sydney headquarters ended early after NSW Police’s anti-bikie squad gatecrashed the event and forced 200-odd revellers to lay face down on the ground as they seized alcohol, drugs and cash.
In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raids
Arizona’s largest utility has agreed not to cut off electrical service to customers for nonpayment while forecasted high temperatures are 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) or above as part of a $7 million settlement of a lawsuit prompted in part by the 2024 death of an 82-year-old woman whose power was disc…
Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination
Heightened security is coming to Tybee Island this weekend as the controversial Orange Crush festival returns, bringing with it concerns over a recent surge in unpermitted teen takeovers.
Police were called to the scene in Mareeba at around 7.15am today. (ABC News: Crystalyn Brown)
A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
A knife-wielding woman was fatally shot by police outside a Walmart in the US state of Nebraska after she kidnapped a child, police said.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) called on House Republicans Tuesday to impeach District Judge James Boasberg after a federal appeals court ordered the jurist to end his criminal contempt probe against Trump administration officials.
