Nat'l team forward Choi Jun-yong shooting for NBA
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean national team forward Choi Jun-yong announced Wednesday he will try to reach the world's top basketball league.
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Equatorial Guinea and Gabon resolve 50-year dispute over Gulf of Guinea islands
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea signed an agreement on Tuesday ending a decades-long dispute over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters after the top UN court backed Malabo.
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FACT CHECK: Supreme Court did not dismiss Marcoleta’s plunder case
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Netanyahu doubles down on visiting New York, despite Mamdani's calls for his arrest
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he plans to head to New York for the UN General Assembly this September, despite the city's mayor Zohran Mamdani's calls to enforce an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him.
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Ex-Cathay employee gets 20 months’ jail for taking bribes in human smuggling case
Tsui Ying-kit, 45, pleads guilty to accepting at least HK$18,000 to help ineligible passengers check in for their flights
· Brian Wong
Ex-Cathay employee gets 20 months’ jail for taking bribes in human smuggling case
Tsui Ying-kit, 45, pleads guilty to accepting at least HK$18,000 to help ineligible passengers check in for their flights
· Brian Wong
Gwangju murder case sparks calls for legislative reform
Lawmakers seek change after defendant's father was exempted from criminal charges
· Hwang Sun-jun
Hong Kong independent bookstores to close after police raid
Hong Kong – A Hong Kong bookshop raided by national security police this month announced on Wednesday that it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule.
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At least 10 Iran-backed militia fighters killed in US-Saudi strikes on Iraq | The National
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said on Wednesday that several of its official headquarters across the country were hit in co-ordinated attacks by US and Saudi forces.
· The National
Kansas high school teacher dragged out, arrested for clapping at city meeting over proposed data center
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· Nicholas McEntyre
WA’s worst serial child sex predator could be months away from release
A man labelled Western Australia’s worst serial sex predator could be months away from being released into the community after prosecutors did not apply for a continuing detention order during a Supreme Court hearing regarding his release on Wednesday.
· Rebecca Peppiatt
Family of stabbed Perth mother pays tribute to nurse killed by man in crash
Topic:Domestic Violence
· Kelsey Reid
Gun-obsessed Vegas woman sentenced for fatally shooting friend during late-night photo shoot
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· Richard Pollina
Icebergs founder Maurice Terzini sues Nine, ex-wife in privacy law test
Bondi Icebergs Dining Room founder Maurice Terzini has launched legal action against Nine and his former wife in a court battle set to test the limits of new privacy laws.
· Michaela Whitbourn
Iranian army says body of pilot killed during attack on Qatar will be returned
Iran’s army confirmed on Wednesday that the of body of one of its soldiers aboard a Su-24 aircraft who died during an attack on the al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar will be returned within "a few hours".
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Alexandrova collapses on court amid 34C heat
Ekaterina Alexandrova needed a wheelchair to help her off court in Memphis
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Renault Korea’s Grand Koleos joins police patrol fleet
Renault Korea said Wednesday that its Grand Koleos Gasoline 2.0 Turbo 4WD has been selected for the National Police Agency’s multipurpose patrol vehicle program.
· Lee Han-gyoul
'Maniac' driver jailed after killing girl in horror crash near Geelong
Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 3:29pm
· Kristian Silva
Death toll from US-Saudi attacks on Iraqi paramilitary force rises to 10
At least 10 members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) were killed in the US-Saudi strikes across the country, two members told AFP.
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Mother and toddler’s deaths in South Australia investigated as murder-suicide as hopes for missing baby fade
Police say search for three-month-old a ‘retrieval effort’ after bodies of mother Helena Wright and toddler found in the ocean near Port Macdonnell
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NJ female prison guard discovered canoodling with inmate who paid other prisoners to be on ‘lookout’ during sex trysts: feds
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· Ella Morrison
Night terrors, flashbacks and panic attacks - former police reveal trauma
Richard, Nick and Neil shared their experiences of the trauma they experienced during their police careers
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Judge allows use of police interview in trial for man accused of killing Tupac Shakur
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused in the killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial.
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WATCH: PNP to strengthen coordination with DepEd for safety of students, school personnel
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. says authorities will strengthen coordination with the Department of Education and other training institutions to ensure the safety of students and school personnel. He reiterated that the PNP was pushing to adapt laws in other countries that specifica…
· The Manila Times
‘Very large distaste’: ICAC told of efforts to damage MP, building commissioner
NSW Liberal operatives prepared a “shit sheet” about former police minister David Elliott while a senior ministerial staffer circulated an allegedly damaging video about then-building commissioner David Chandler as part of a concerted campaign to end their careers.
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Court upholds pay cut for manager who told 'pretty employee' to sit next to boss
A Seoul court upheld a manager's one-month pay cut for telling a female worker that the "pretty one" should sit next to the company's president, finding that the remark amounted to workplace sexual harassment.
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Life in prison for US teenager who shot dead four people at school
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A teenager who shot dead four people at a high school in the southern US state of Georgia with a gun his father gave him as a Christmas present was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
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Lindsay Clancy trial to continue with testimony from her ex-husband
Patrick Clancy, the father of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy testifies for the prosecution against his ex wife Lindsay Clancy at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, July 27, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
· Michael Casey
Public sector unions must speak out against corruption.— Leonen
MANILA, Philippines — Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen called on public sector unions to lead the fight for accountability and social justice, saying government workers must use their collective voice to strengthen public service and protect the vulnerable.
· William B. Depasupil
Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK
Two Jewish men were killed on 2 October 2025 during an attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester
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Former UFC star Anthony Smith arrested on charges for domestic violence, terroristic threats
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Maniac accused of killing mom, sister before blowing up NYC home charged with murder as cops reveal pets died in blaze
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Peru's Fujimori takes power, extending Latin America's rightward tilt
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime, weak economic growth and political instability.
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Man enters New York Jewish school with hammer, injures child, NYPD investigates antisemitic motive
A child was injured after a man armed with a hammer entered a Jewish school in New York on Tuesday morning, police reported.
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Ex-President Yoon referred to prosecution on new election law violation charges
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Police said Wednesday they have referred former President Yoon Suk Yeol to the prosecution on new election law violation charges over alleged false statements he made ahead of the 2022 presidential election
· Chae Yun-hwan
Judge blasts ex-Qantas workers’ lawyers for treating court like ‘traffic lights in Palermo’
Traffic in the Sicilian capital of Palermo is notoriously chaotic. Lights there, at least in the popular imagination, are regarded as offering mere guidelines to motorists.
· Chris Zappone
Deaths of woman and toddler being treated as murder-suicide, police say
Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 12:19pm
Ex-President Yoon's law license revoked after finalized conviction
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's license to practice law has been revoked after the Supreme Court finalized his conviction on obstruction of justice charges, legal sources said Wednesday.
· Yonhap
DSA Platform Includes Abolishing Prisons, Supreme Court, And Presidency
The Democratic Socialists of America wants you to know exactly what it wants, and Megan Romer, the group's national co-chair, laid it out on national television without once reaching for a hedge word over the most radical ideas on the party platform.
· Tyler Durden
Police appeal for 15yo boy to come forward after fatal Gosford stabbing
Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 12:08pm
· Sarah Forster
Ex-President Yoon's law license revoked after finalized conviction
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's license to practice law has been revoked after the Supreme Court finalized his conviction on obstruction of justice charges, legal sources said Wednesday.
· Chae Yun-hwan
Alleged fake doctors charged with trafficking steroids in Melbourne
Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 11:47am
· Antonia Oflaherty
US posts photo of coastguard working with Taiwan after Beijing starts patrols
De facto American embassy says the two sides are coordinating on search, rescue, disaster relief and maritime law enforcement
· Lawrence Chung
US posts photo of coastguard working with Taiwan after Beijing starts patrols
De facto American embassy says the two sides are coordinating on search, rescue, disaster relief and maritime law enforcement
· Lawrence Chung
'Doctor Jihad' claimed he never meant to join ISIS in resurfaced interview
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
· Matthew Doran
Hospital defends treatment of man later shot by police
Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 11:06am
· Christopher Testa
NYC driver wins huge settlement from Port Authority after metal debris on George Washington Bridge shoots through his skull: court docs
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· David DeTurris
Melina Frattolin, 9, drowned in filthy water, investigator reveals — as accused killer dad refuses to look at photos of her body
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· Vaughn Golden
Tate brothers are being threatened, treated like Jeffrey Epstein in jail, their lawyer says
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· Alex Diaz