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Newest first · UTC+11:00Funeral urns stolen for ransom in Malaysia trigger police hunt for cross-border gang
In the past month, 30 urns in Negeri Sembilan and 22 urns in Johor were reported stolen at two memorial parks
· Joseph Sipalan
Pedophile pop star Gary Glitter, 81, ‘on his last legs’ behind bars in UK prison: report
British pop star pedophile Gary Glitter is a frail shadow of his former self — and insiders claim he’s likely to die behind bars.
· Adam Silverstein
Millionaire may have been decomposing for days before bizarre standoff involving ‘Blues Brother’ suspect
The body of a 92-year-old real estate developer could have been decomposing for days before he was found dead inside his Hermosa Beach home. The new details follow a bizarre standoff with a suspect who had been holed up inside for hours, authorities said.Demetrius Doukoullos, a longtime property owner in the quiet c…
· Daniel Farr
Senegal seeks longer prison time for homosexuality
Ababacar Mboup, an activist against homosexuality and founder of And Samm Jikko Yi or “Together for the Preservation of Values,” poses for a portrait in front of a mosque in Guediawaye, Senegal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
· Wilson Mcmakin
Iran executes three convicted of killing police in recent pre-war unrest
Iran has executed three people convicted of killing police officers and carrying out operations in favour of the United States and Israel during unrest earlier this year, the judiciary said, amid the sprawling war launched on the country, now in its 20th day.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Polish man given 13-year term in $3.6 million drug smuggling case
South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a 13-year prison sentence for a Polish national convicted of smuggling more than 5.4 billion won ($3.6 million) worth of illicit drugs into the country.
· Park Han-na
UK abuse claims against Kevin Spacey settled out of court
A UK civil suit against actor Kevin Spacey has been settled out of court. (Reuters: Susannah Ireland)
School staff caught with live bullets on campus
Police are investigating a school official who was found in possession of live ammunition at a school in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, the Ansan Sangnok Police Station said Wednesday.
· Lim Jae-seong
Woman who was sexually abused by her parents for 14 years says she was devastated by The Australian’s podcast
Abuse survivor tells news.com.au that her mental health suffered after being contacted by journalist Richard Guilliatt
· Amanda Meade
Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon, 5 others arrested in HK$6 million fraud case
Source says police intelligence suggests surgical mask manufacturer allegedly defrauded HSBC via SME Financing Guarantee Scheme
· Jess Ma
Philippine police thwart Roblox-linked school shooting plot by 7 teens
The case involving radicalised students in Laguna province highlights the urgent cyber safety and parental vigilance against online threats
· Alan Robles
Man jailed for role in $15m drug syndicate bringing meth to Australia
Police intercepted 52kg of methamphetamine on a plane at Monto Airport. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
· Nikki Sorbello
Series of failures contributed to Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, probe hears
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out Wednesday at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories, on Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)
· Kanis Leung
Light aircraft crashes at Broome's Town Beach
The plane crashed at Broome's Town Beach, police say. (ABC Kimberley: Andrew Seabourne)
Rapper Afroman wins defamation lawsuit against Ohio police over house raid
Afroman, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, poses for a portrait in New York, Aug. 22, 2001. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, File)
· Maryclaire Dale
Tim Picton’s alleged killer remains on bail despite returning positive blood alcohol reading
The man accused of killing high-profile Labor strategist Tim Picton in a coward-punch attack has avoided being sent back to prison to await trial after police prosecutors abandoned a move to revoke his bail.
· Hamish Hastie
Doctors missed Gia’s UTI after childbirth. The Vietnamese Australian woman’s death was preventable, coroner finds
Gia Lam should have been offered interpreter by medical team at Fairfield hospital, coroner’s court finds
· Natasha May
Driver who killed young motorcyclist was on the phone, judge says
Elizabeth Meg Krainz previously pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. (ABC News: Eva Blandis)
· Eva Blandis
Murdered influencer may have been buried alive in suitcase after texting pals about ‘creep in stairwell’
An Austrian influencer whose was stuffed in a suitcase and then buried may have been alive and fighting for life when her sick killer tried to hide the remains, police said.
· Alex Oliveira
Transport group accuses police of harassment
MANILA, Philippines — A transport group leading a strike in Metro Manila on Thursday accused police officers of allegedly harassing its members, as protests against high fuel taxes disrupted traffic in several areas.
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Cold case murder of Iowa realtor found shot at open house cracked 15 years later
The mysterious death of an Iowa realtor who was shot twice at an open house 15 years ago has finally been solved, authorities said.
· Zoe Hussain
US appeals court pauses investors' efforts to trace Argentine assets
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A U.S. Appeals court temporarily paused efforts by investors to identify Argentina’s assets in the United States in order to collect on a $16 billion judgment in a case about the 2012 nationalization of the South American country’s largest energy company.
· Clara Preve
Public hearings begin on who is responsible for deadly Tai Po fire tragedy
Judge-led committee hears first evidence in probe into failures and accountability over Wang Fuk Court blaze that killed at least 168
· SCMP Reporters
Bondi lifeguard-turned-police officer makes dramatic surf rescue at Byron Bay
Topic:Accidents and Emergency Incidents
· Lachie Mcleod
Iran targets Gulf energy sites after gas field strike
Tehran — Iran targeted energy facilities across the Gulf and threatened further destructive attacks after a key gas field was hit, raising fears Thursday of a wider assault on fuel supplies that could jolt already rattled global markets.
· Agence France-Presse
‘Ghosts’ clinics and daycares? California fraud fears explode
California’s safety net is under the microscope, and what’s turning up has watchdogs raising alarms.
· Daniel Farr
Alan Jones seeks complainant’s email address in sex abuse case
Lawyers for accused sex offender Alan Jones have asked a court to hand over the email address of one of the young men who accused the former broadcaster of indecency during an Opera House performance.
· Perry Duffin
Broome corner store and cafe charged with illegally selling alcohol
WA Police issued infringement notices against two workers at Cable Beach General Store and Cafe. (ABC Kimberley: Andrew Seabourne)
· Dunja Karagic
Last meal revealed for Florida death row inmate executed for grisly 2008 murder, rape of married mom
The Florida death row killer executed Tuesday night for the grisly rape and murder of a married mom reportedly devoured a modest spread of sweet and savory comfort foods for his final meal.
· Anna Young
Rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to raping a woman in Louisiana
The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a woman at his Louisiana home nearly four years ago, according to court records.
· Associated Press
At least eight killed as Brazilian police carry out lethal favela raid
At least eight people have been killed during a police raid on a neighbourhood in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, continuing a trend of deadly operations in poor favela communities.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Car thefts nearly double in three years, as crime continues to rise
Crime in Victoria is at its highest rate since 2016, driven largely by theft, but police analysis suggests some types of offending are beginning to stabilise after several years of sharp increases.
· Angus Delaney
Armed madman in purple Ferrari with pet duck sends newspaper deranged messages during police standoff
San Francisco’s streets have seen their fair share of oddities — but a gun-toting man with a pet duck riding in the backseat of a purple Ferrari may take the cake.
· Bianca Heyward
'Not surprising at all': Israel's tactics in Lebanon and a threat to 'finish the job'
The UN human rights office has raised concerns that Israeli attacks on residential buildings in Lebanon may be considered a war crime. Source: Getty / Houssam Shbaro/ Anadolu
· Sbsaustralia
Seoul raises terror alert as it prepares to host BTS comeback concert
Thousands of police prepare to deploy to South Korea’s capital ahead of K-pop’s most anticipated comeback
· Raphael Rashid
Ex-principal suspended for offensive Charlie Kirk comments now headed to prison on child porn charges
A former Oregon high school principal who had already been sidelined over controversial comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk is now headed to prison in a child sex abuse images case.
· Fox News
Youth offenders driving property crime in Victoria, crime stats show
The Crime Statistics Agency has released Victorian figures for the 2025 calendar year. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Turns out Mar-a-Lago wasn’t overvalued, Tish
Forbes just estimated the value of Mar-a-Lago at about $560 million, again exposing the fakery in state Attorney General Tish James’ 2023 civil-fraud persecution of President Trump.
· Post Editorial Board
Glamour rock couple charged over Sydney drug syndicate
More than a decade ago, rock and roll frontman Azaria Byrne would have counted himself lucky. A day after he handed the keys of a Bali villa to a woman he claimed to have barely known in 2014, police swooped on the luxury digs. By then, though, Byrne had already touched down in Sydney.
· Riley Walter
Suspicious fire destroys Toowoomba PCYC building
Police were still at the scene at 6am today. (ABC Southern Qld: Grace Nakamura)
· Grace Nakamura
Thugs hurled vile anti-Semitic slurs at Jewish diners, police reveal —but DA says no hate crime charges
Three suspects in an unprovoked beatdown hurled antisemitic slurs before brutally assaulting two elderly Jews outside a San Jose restaurant, according to an internal police report that calls the attack a “hate crime.”
· Ben Chapman
Bondi keeps interim US attorney in charge under new title in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel makes his concession speech to a crowd at his election night party, April 1, 2025, in Pewaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
· Todd Richmond
City Council vows to fight staffer’s ‘outrageous’ deportation over ‘missing signature’
The New York City Council vowed Wednesday to fight an immigration judge’s “outrageous” decision to deport a Venezuela-born city data analyst because of a missing signature on his asylum application.
· Haley Brown, Ben Kochman
Petrol drive-offs 'not a police matter', SA's top cop warns retailers
Police data shows there were 221 fuel thefts across SA last week, up from 162 the previous week. (ABC News: Erin Parke)
· Daniel Keane
Bill de Blasio finally admits ‘defund the police,’ lax borders were bad ideas: ‘Made no sense’
Is that really you, Bill?
· Carl Campanile
Detective who helped catch serial child rapist gives withering verdict after Newsom’s parole board tried to free predator
A lead detective who helped put serial child molester David Allen Funston behind bars says he never expected to see him get out of prison — and the potential for more child predators getting released on to California’s streets is mind-blowing.
· Josh Koehn
Lawmakers struggle to end Homeland Security funding lapse
A Homeland Security vehicle is parked outside the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse during a trial for nine people connected to a 2025 shooting outside an ICE detention facility, in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
· Kevin Freking
'One of the greatest': Influential former judge dies weeks shy of 101st birthday
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
· Alexander Lewis
Leader of Ecuador-based criminal group Los Lobos arrested in Mexico City
Law enforcement authorities have announced that the leader of the Ecuadorean crime group Los Lobos was arrested at the international airport in Mexico City, where he attempted to enter the country under a false identity.
· Al Jazeera Staff