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· Chris Bradford
Woman who helped dispose of alleged murder weapon walks free
Jade Brenda Laing (centre), seen here in 2024, received a suspended sentence. (Supplied: 7 News)
· Tara Cassidy
An unsolved murder leads to despair and salvation in ‘The Brightest Sun’
During the 2010s, Tetsuya Nakashima felt like the closest thing Japan had to its own Nicolas Winding Refn, a purveyor of violent, hyperstylized nihilism that somehow managed to command a mainstream audience. With “The Brightest Sun,” his first film in eight years, the boundary-pushing director of “Confessions” (2010…
· James Hadfield
Watch: Banks, BIR and AMLC complete subpoena compliance - Impeachment Court
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· The Manila Times
Helium cylinder explosion in Cairo mall kills three | The National
Three people were killed and 17 injured when a helium cylinder exploded inside a gift shop in New Cairo on Thursday evening.
· The National
‘I was threatened’: Indonesian school meal scheme leaves remote kitchen investors in debt | South China Morning Post
Payments have become more uncertain since the National Nutrition Agency’s former chief was arrested on corruption allegations in June.
Georgia executives handed light sentence for role in historic $380M Ponzi scheme: ‘I was a coward’
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· Nicholas McEntyre
Diamond buyer jailed for stealing HK$11.1 million in gems to fund gambling habit
Judge says thefts by ex-Tse Sui Luen Jewellery employee Mui Ka-fai between April 2023 and February 2024 ‘carefully executed and covered up’
· Brian Wong
Diamond buyer jailed for stealing HK$11.1 million in gems to fund gambling habit
Judge says thefts by ex-Tse Sui Luen Jewellery employee Mui Ka-fai between April 2023 and February 2024 ‘carefully executed and covered up’
· Brian Wong
Taliban administration official targeted in deadly Afghanistan attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The mayor for Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province has been killed in an explosion, officials said, the second high-ranking official of the Taliban administration to be the target of deadly attacks in the region in the past two weeks.
· Abdul Qahar Afghan
Malaysian university slammed for talk by murdered Mongolian’s ex-lover
Abdul Razak, a former adviser to Najib Razak, still faces a civil suit after a court found him liable over Altantuya Shaariibuu’s death
· Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Malaysian university slammed for talk by murdered Mongolian’s ex-lover
Abdul Razak, a former adviser to Najib Razak, still faces a civil suit after a court found him liable over Altantuya Shaariibuu’s death
· Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Man admits molesting girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter, taking over 200 photos, videos
Hong Kong judge condemns 47-year-old’s ‘despicable and sickening’ acts, orders psychologist’s report ahead of August 31 sentencing
· Fiona Chow
Man admits molesting girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter, taking over 200 photos, videos
Hong Kong judge condemns 47-year-old’s ‘despicable and sickening’ acts, orders psychologist’s report ahead of August 31 sentencing
· Fiona Chow
Youth who assaulted woman sleeping rough admits to breaking into businesses
The now-18-year-old boy appeared in the Adelaide Youth Court on Friday. (ABC News: Michael Clements)
· Olivia Mason
Wind farm workers detail photo with accused farmer after alleged triple murder
Darryl Valroy Young, 63, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. (ABC News: Carole Howlett)
· Chloe Chomicki
Katz orders IDF to prepare to transfer West Bank civilian enforcement to police after Kusra chaos
Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Friday that he had instructed the IDF to prepare a plan to transfer all civilian enforcement authority for Israeli communities and residents in the West Bank to the Israel Police, as part of a broader effort to redefine the military's role in the territory.
· SHIR PERETS
Alan Jones sent ‘love-bombing’ texts to staffer before indecent assaults, court told
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· Clare Sibthorpe, Harriet Alexander, Michaela Whitbourn
Major crime ring allegedly behind $80m worth of vapes and illicit tobacco busted
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Arizona teen charged for ‘relentlessly’ targeting ex-girlfriend with dodgeballs during gym class
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· Richard Pollina
‘Trusted insiders’ helped smuggle multimillion-dollar vapes, illicit tobacco haul, police say
Two criminal networks that allegedly enjoyed inside access to businesses at Australia’s border have been crushed after ferrying in at least $80 million of vapes and illicit tobacco allegedly uncovered in raids in three states.
· Daniel Lo Surdo
Defendants in 'elite school drug case' walk free due to legal issues
Prosecution overstepped investigative boundaries, Supreme Court says
· Yoon Min-sik
Teenager charged over $2m fire that destroyed multiple Melbourne shops
Fire destroyed or damaged multiple businesses on Victoria Street in July. (ABC News: Ethan White)
Kennedy Center votes to restore Trump's name and close for 2 years, challenging a judge's order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The battle over the Kennedy Center's future escalated Thursday as President Donald Trump's allies on the board took new steps to commemorate him with physical changes to the iconic performing arts institution that could defy a federal court order.
· Associated Press
New texts reveal broken marriage before nutjob stabs wife, daughter with screwdriver in Minnesota murder-suicide
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· Daniel Cody
Burnham won’t fix our prisons crisis until he dares to be honest with the public about crime | Polly Toynbee
Most crime figures have drastically fallen, but people don’t believe it. It’s no wonder when politicians whip up emotions and attempt to bend the law
· Pollytoynbee
Woman involved in fraudulent visa scheme with former MP avoids jail
Daryl Maguire and Maggie Wang — now known as Maggie Logan — during a trip to Samoa. (Supplied: ICAC)
· Melinda Hayter
Further charges laid against former CFMEU boss John Setka
John Setka stood down as head of the CFMEU in 2024. (AAP: Stefan Postles)
Alabama man put to death for the murder of a 5-year-old girl in last of three US executions in a day
Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men by lethal injection in one day for the first time since 2010.
· Associated Press
Rich La Jolla punk faces justice after kicking helpless sea lion in viral attack
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· Daniel Farr
French backpacker denied bail over alleged anti-Israeli assault
A Mad Monkey Backpackers hostel guest has faced court over allegations he hugged an Israeli man before producing a knife from his bag. (ABC Far North: Brendan Mounter)
· Rosanne Maloney
Alleged sexual touching left complainant 'squirming', Jones trial hears
Alan Jones pictured outside Downing Centre Local Court on Friday. (ABC News: Jamie McKinnell)
· Isobel Roe
Trump to promote record on crime in visit to New York police academy
President Donald Trump attends the Patriot Games at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
· Collin Binkley
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty at Friday court hearing, AP source says
Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
· Michael R Sisak
‘I want to be Eala’: Philippine star sparks tennis boom at home, but court time at a premium
Alexandra Eala’s success has parents rushing their children to courts across the country, and a National Tennis Centre in the works
· Agence France-Presse
‘I want to be Eala’: Philippine star sparks tennis boom at home, but court time at a premium
Alexandra Eala’s success has parents rushing their children to courts across the country, and a National Tennis Centre in the works
· Agence France-Presse
CashApp founder Bob Lee’s killer launches Hail Mary bid after murder conviction
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· Daniel Farr
Seven teens charged over carjacking murder kept behind bars
Seven teenagers charged with murder after a man was fatally assaulted and had his car stolen will remain behind bars.
· Andrew Stafford
NYPD officer convicted of using chokehold banned post-George Floyd
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was the first prosecuted under a local law banning chokeholds and some other methods of restraint was convicted Thursday.
Kumanjayi White family's legal action over death in custody discontinued
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· Elsie Lange
SA man charged for alleged threatening messages targeting AFP
An Adelaide man is facing a charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
Santa Ana mayor’s homelessness crackdown goes viral as Karen Bass called out
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· Daniel Farr
Court fines photojournalist 5 mln won for unauthorized trip to cover Ukraine war
GOYANG, South Korea, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- A district court has fined a photojournalist 5 million won (US$3,500) for illegally traveling to Ukraine in 2022 to cover the country's war with Russia, legal sources said Friday.
· Chae Yun-hwan
Surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions, court documents show
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.
· Tim Sullivan
Alleged victim of Alan Jones made broadcaster soft-boiled eggs with soldiers and ironed his underpants, court told
Former 2UE and 2GB radio broadcaster is facing 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty
· Kat Wong, Amanda Meade
‘Has my team’s shooting improved?’ How AI is professionalising junior sport
During the dog days of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdowns, Sam Hung and his teenage friends would head to a local basketball court and shoot hoops to pass the time.
· Marc McGowan
Taiwan’s ‘White Wolf’ leads lonely crusade to ‘reunify’ with China
Taipei, Taiwan – For a man associated with organised crime, election interference, and Chinese influence operations, Chang An-lo is adamant that he is on a mission of peace.
· Erin Hale
Pigeons will love Clover’s $150m vision for Town Hall. We might prefer a food court
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· Malcolm Knox
California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says
California officials failed to prevent hundreds of sexual assaults at women’s prisons by systematically ignoring allegations of abuse, according to a report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
· Jill Cowan