Guy Sebastian and former manager settle decade-long legal battle
Guy Sebastian's former manager Titus Day (right) says he accepts his "failures ... had a serious and regrettable impact" on the pop singer. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi)
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Criminal ring busted for operating illegal pornography, gambling sites from overseas
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Police said Wednesday they have busted a criminal ring suspected of creating and operating illegal pornography and gambling websites to rake in several tens of billions of won.
· Yoo Cheong-mo
At least 15 dead, dozens missing as ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe
At least 15 people have been killed and 27 remain missing after an overloaded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba, according to the country’s Civil Protection Unit.
· Adam Hancock
Thai government vows tougher gun controls after deadly shootings
A man carries schoolgirls outside the site of a school shooting in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Hong Kong authorities charge woman who allegedly kept 136 dogs without licences
Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department issues court summons to suspect after conducting raid on Yuen Long shelter
· Jess Ma
Hong Kong authorities charge woman who allegedly kept 136 dogs without licences
Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department issues court summons to suspect after conducting raid on Yuen Long shelter
· Jess Ma
Top court orders Nippon Steel to compensate family of another late forced laborer
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. to pay compensation to the family of a late South Korean forced into labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of Korea.
· Chae Yun-hwan
Assad sentence celebrations, Houthi attack kills six and UAE businesses to pay music copyright fee | The National
Syrians in the city of Deraa, where the 2011 uprising began, celebrated after a court sentenced Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia. Damascus also sentences his brother Maher, security official Atif Najib and other officials on charges of murder and torture.
· The National
Russian national arrested with nearly 800 pounds of meth in ‘one of the largest’ busts in Louisiana history
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· Richard Pollina
Musician identified as man killed in tree-car crush on Mount Buller
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· Charmaine Manuel
It should have been this girl's 18th birthday. Instead, it was her vigil
Topic:Funerals and Memorial Services
· Tilda Colling
First Nations woman reported DV concerns days before she was allegedly murdered by ex-partner, Queensland police say
Officers were called to a property south of Brisbane at 12.27am on Wednesday, where a woman could not be revived
· Ben Smee
At least 14 artisanal miners killed after illegal mine collapses
At least 14 artisanal miners died and eight were injured when the walls of an illicit mine caved in on them in South Africa, police said Tuesday.
· AfricaNews
Houthi attack kills six in first fatalities in Red Sea in over a year; U.S. strikes containership
Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people aboard a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, the first reported fatalities from attacks targeting Red Sea shipping in more than a year.
· Anniek Bao
Houthi attacks in Yemen's Marib, Mocha left 'dozens killed and injured', military spokesman says
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that missile and drone strikes targeting military sites in Marib and Mocha killed and injured dozens of people.
· Middleeasteye
'Overwhelmed' probation officers warn of early prison release crime risk
The chief inspector of probation for England and Wales has told the BBC the early release of thousands of prisoners could lead to "a serious sexual or violent offence or even murder" because of the demands on probation staff to monitor offenders.
· Bbcnews
From victim to subject of police investigation: How a Perth lollipop man’s assault unravelled
What seemed like the horrific assault of a defenceless elderly lollipop man will now be the subject of a police internal affairs investigation after it was revealed the 87-year-old was allegedly making unwanted advances towards a 19-year-old woman.
· Rebecca Peppiatt
US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025, official says, citing Pentagon assessment
US military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a US official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments.
· REUTERS
Drug importer who used forged documents to flee rehab jailed
Hussein Chamas has been jailed for attempting to flee Australia. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
· Giselle Wakatama
Over 800 witness statements in case against man accused of Sydney massacre
A court sketch depicts accused Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram appearing via video link at Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, Feb. 16, 2026. (AAP Image/Rocco Fazzari)
Prosecution, Defense lawyers clash as 'generational divide' takes center stage in impeachment trial
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero on Wednesday urged both counsels not to let the "generational divide" heighten the situation during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
· Catherine S. Valente, Kristina Maralit
Myanmar worker killed at KTX site worked up to 355 hours a month
Myanmar worker’s payroll records raise questions over extreme hours and labor conditions at major rail project site
· Park Han-na
Chilling discovery of mass graves in Kosovo brings hope to families of missing
Erblin Ademi, right, whose father, Adem Ademi, a prominent surgeon, disappeared along with 22 other intellectuals during the Kosovo war in April 1999, speaks to police officers near the excavation site of a mass grave in Small Kalluder, Kosovo, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Zana Cimili)
· Zana Cimili
Top court acquits woman who brandished knife at uncle she accused of sexual abuse
The Supreme Court ruled that a woman who brandished a knife at an uncle during a violent confrontation should not be punished because it was done in self-defense.
· Park Jun-hee
Six killed in Houthi attack on Bab al-Mandeb ship, Yemen’s government says
Cargo ship in flames after Houthi attack in Bab al-Mandeb strait
· Adam Hancock
Supreme Court orders Seoul gov't to pay fee for Gyeongui Line Forest Park
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Seoul city government to pay usage fees to the national railway authority for a public park built over a railroad.
· Yoo Cheong-mo
New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse
Damage on the cargo vessel Tihamah near Murad, Yemen, August 11, 2026. Yemen's transport ministry said four crew members were killed after the vessel was attacked in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
· Mia Gonzalez
Pentagon admits to killing 153 civilians last year in Yemen: Report
The Pentagon confirmed to Congress that US attacks against Houthis in Yemen last year killed 153 civilians and injured 243 others, The Hill reported.
· Middleeasteye
Syria sentences Bashar Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former ruler Bashar Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civil war.
· Yonhap
(LEAD) Supreme Court orders Samsung Securities to pay damages to NPS over 2018 dividend error
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· Chae Yun-hwan
Bondi shooting hero Ahmed al-Ahmed cleared of assault charges
Al-Ahmed, who maintains his innocence, was accused of putting his father in a headlock in March
· Australian Associated Press
PM holds 2045 Strategy Committee meeting, selects 17 core tasks
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government held a second meeting Wednesday of the 2045 Strategy Committee charged with drawing up a blueprint and strategies for what South Korea should look like in 2045 and identified 17 core tasks with the goal of announcing the final strategies by the end of the year, officials said.
· CHANG JAE SUN
No safe haven: Kinahan extradition shows importance of global co-operation in fight against organised crime | The National
The extradition of alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan from the UAE to Ireland highlights the importance of international co-operation to combat organised crime, legal analysts have said.
· Daniel Bardsley
Supreme Court orders Samsung Securities to pay damages to NPS over 2018 dividend error
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Samsung Securities Co. to pay the National Pension Service (NPS) 1.86 billion won (US$1.3 million) in damages over a 2018 dividend error by an accidental stock issuance.
· Chae Yun-hwan
Victoria’s voice to parliament asks government to axe bill that will scrap prisoners’ ‘open air’ rights
Gellung Warl, which was established as part of the treaty process, says bill would erode the basic rights of people in prison
· Benita Kolovos, Nino Bucci
Homeplus outlets resume operations after court extends rehabilitation proceedings
Financially troubled discount store chain Homeplus Co. said Wednesday it has resumed operations at all 67 of its outlets nationwide following a court decision to extend its rehabilitation proceedings.
· Yonhap
(URGENT) Supreme Court orders Samsung Securities to pay damages to National Pension Service over dividend error
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· Chae Yun-hwan
Stabbing suspect accused of butchering retiree outside his Bay Area home unmasked as illegal migrant
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· Daniel Farr
Sex offender, 46, shoots fireworks at police during wild standoff that ends in arrest
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· David DeTurris
Thailand suspends gun licences as teen shooter and grandparents he killed are cremated
Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting
· Agence France-Presse
Homeplus outlets resume operations after court extends rehabilitation proceedings
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Financially troubled discount store chain Homeplus Co. said Wednesday it has resumed operations at all 67 of its outlets nationwide following a court decision to extend its rehabilitation proceedings.
· Choi Kyong-ae
A ‘body’ found in a suitcase was actually a sex doll. How did NSW police get it so wrong?
Officers – correctly – may not have fully unzipped the bag containing the lifelike doll to avoid destroying evidence, one expert says
· Kat Wong
Search for infant at Port MacDonnell wraps up, as police call for end to 'rubbish' chatter
Compton woman Helena Wright and her two children died in a suspected murder-suicide in July. (Supplied)
· Josh Brine
Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240
PEREIRA, Colombia — Rescuers, soldiers and volunteers searched through collapsed apartment blocks and office buildings Tuesday across western Colombia, racing to find survivors after the country's strongest earthquake in a century killed at least 241 people and left many more homeless.
· Agence France-Presse
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· The National
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes
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· Sbsaustralia
Man arrested after woman found dead in home south of Brisbane
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Solicitor accused of manufacturing illegal 3D-printed firearms
Police allege they seized multiple guns and ammunition at the Sunnyside Road home. (Supplied: NSW Police )
· Brigitte Murphy
Lindsay Clancy’s ‘worst day’ revealed weeks before she killed her 3 kids: ‘Persistent and intrusive thoughts of suicide’
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· Priscilla DeGregory
These seaside apartments were a ghost city - then police say scammers moved in
Scammers busted in Southeast Asia's biggest ghost town
· Bbcnews