China protests to the Philippines over ‘selective and discriminatory’ Chinese arrests
Embassy urges the Philippines to protect ‘personal safety and legitimate rights’ of detainees after 24 Chinese nationals arrested on Monday
· Cao Jiaxuan
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Newest first · UTC+11:00China protests to the Philippines over ‘selective and discriminatory’ Chinese arrests
Embassy urges the Philippines to protect ‘personal safety and legitimate rights’ of detainees after 24 Chinese nationals arrested on Monday
· Cao Jiaxuan
At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school
A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight, killing at least 15 students, police said on Thursday.
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Attorney-General asks High Court to block Gofman appointment despite renewed committee approval
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice to intervene in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointment of Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman as the next Mossad chief, arguing that the senior appointments committee’s renewed approval of him still cannot be relied upon.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Beautician who repeatedly doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 52 months
Li Yanlin, 46, from mainland China, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover’s details and demanded total of HK$2.6 million
· Fiona Chow
Beautician who repeatedly doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 52 months
Li Yanlin, 46, from mainland China, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover’s details and demanded total of HK$2.6 million
· Fiona Chow
Michigan husband dead, wife suffers ‘catastrophic’ injuries after home explodes in attempted murder-suicide
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· Chris Bradford
Australian man booked over bag theft at Jeju beach
An Australian national has been booked by police for allegedly taking a bag from a beach on Jeju Island, authorities said Wednesday.
· Lim Jae-seong
France heat triggers illegal swimming in central Paris
Swimmers jumped from canal banks and gathered along the waterfront despite a long-standing ban on bathing in the waterway. Police officers patrolled the area and issued reminders about safety rules, but many residents remained in the water throughout the afternoon. The scenes reflected the challenge facing authoriti…
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Residents plan court challenge to Brisbane's $3.6b Olympic stadium
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· Annie Guest
IDF kills leader of central Hamas funds network who transferred millions to military wing
The IDF killed Ihab Khrizim, leader of a central Hamas funds transfer network, in a strike on Khan Yunis, the military announced on Thursday.
· DANYA SAPERSTEIN
Australia charges alleged ISIL-linked woman after return from Syria
Australia has charged a woman with alleged links to the ISIL (ISIS) group after she returned from Syria, as authorities intensify investigations into nationals repatriated from detention camps.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Pro-Israel activist who settled with Middle Eastern cafe made ‘misleading and deceptive’ comments, judge says
The long-running case between Jewish man Ofir Birenbaum and Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway returns to federal court
· Jordyn Beazley
US firm fined for Australian immigration security failures. How much? Border force refuses to say
Gavan Reynolds cites ‘commercial-in-confidence nature of the contract’ in declining to answer Greens senator’s question in parliament
· Christopher Knaus, Ariel Bogle, Josh Butler
Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire, local police say
Sixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, a policeman told journalists at the scene.
· Akisa Wandera
(2nd LD) Court denies arrest warrant for Chinese dissident who fled to S. Korea by sea
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· Yoo Cheong-mo
Alfred Vargas says fight continues after prosecutors dismiss complaint vs Rob Sy
MANILA, Philippines — Actor-politician Alfred Vargas vowed to continue seeking justice for his child after Manila prosecutors dismissed the child abuse complaint his family filed against businessman Rob Sy and his wife.
· Iza Iglesias
Australian woman charged with joining Islamic State after returning from Syrian refugee camp
An Australian woman who returned home in September from a Syrian refugee camp has been charged with allegedly joining the Islamic State and entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone, authorities said on Thursday.
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(LEAD) Court denies arrest warrant for Chinese dissident who fled to S. Korea by sea
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· Yoo Cheong-mo
Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
Sánchez makes Vatican visit, mortgage approvals rose by 9%, Vox councillor in Valencia faces three years in prison, and more news from Spain on Thursday 28th May.
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Estrada, Bonoan charged with plunder, graft over flood control scam
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· Jairo Bolledo
Five arrested during joint IDF, Shin Bet counterterrorism ops. in West Bank
The IDF arrested five people during three separate counterterrorism operations in the West Bank throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, the military announced Thursday morning.
· MAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Google engineer charged with insider trading on Polymarket after netting $1.2 m. on search data
The US Justice Department has charged a Google software engineer with using insider information to rig bets tied to Google's most-searched list on prediction market Polymarket, earning $1.2 million in profits, according to a complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
· REUTERS
Hong Kong sets up international commercial court to tackle major cross-border disputes
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says local judges and international legal experts will preside over cases
· Lam Ka-sing
Hong Kong sets up international commercial court to tackle major cross-border disputes
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says local judges and international legal experts will preside over cases
· Lam Ka-sing
‘Hell on wheels’ killer Mackenzie Shirilla whined to mother in jailhouse call over her iPad, prison food
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· Nicholas McEntyre
Alleged murderer's bail in limbo as Tiwi Islands town erupts in riots
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Melbourne ‘ISIS bride’ charged with terrorism offences
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Ex-presidential secretary sentenced to 1 1/2 yrs in prison for drafting false martial law document
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former presidential secretary to 18 months in prison for drafting a false document in connection with former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed 2024 martial law bid.
· Chae Yun-hwan
In pictures: Israel pounds southern Lebanon, two killed in Tyre
An Israeli drone attack targeting a motorcycle killed at least two people in Tyre, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).
· Middleeasteye
American fugitive wanted for child molestation arrested
MANILA, Philippines — A 59-year-old American fugitive wanted in the United States for child molestation charges was arrested in Pangasinan by operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) as part of the government’s intensified campaign against foreign sex offenders hiding in the country.
· William B. Depasupil
Filipino visa fixer gets 18 months for fraudulent US work permit scheme
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A Filipino was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a US federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands after admitting to a scheme that fraudulently secured work permits for undocumented migrants in the US territory.
· Mark Rabago
Lee calls for stern punishment for those responsible for fatal overpass collapse in Seoul
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday called for a prompt investigation and stern punishment for those responsible for recent safety-related incidents, including the collapse of an overpass in Seoul that killed three workers.
· Park Boram
Police treating woman's death in Canberra unit fire as suspicious
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‘Corporate bullying’: Melbourne brothel sues bank for discrimination
The owner of a South Melbourne brothel has accused Bendigo Bank of breaching discrimination laws when it shut down his accounts in a legal battle playing out before the Victorian Supreme Court this week.
· Kishor Napier-Raman
Accused paedophile Joshua Brown to admit childcare crimes, court hears
Accused childcare rapist Joshua Dale Brown is set to admit responsibility for his crimes, as the lawyers for both sides flag they will seek the assistance of a County Court judge to determine which of his 156 charges will proceed.
· Erin Pearson
Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll investigated by DOJ over perjury in sexual abuse, defamation cases
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused US President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
· REUTERS
Organised crime and historic sex abuse cases driving Scotland trial backlog
The backlog of trials in Scotland's highest criminal courts has nearly tripled, due in part to an increase in complex cases involving serious organised crime and historic sex abuse.
· David Cowan
Drone intercepted at Townsville prison with $1 million worth of contraband
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· Chloe Chomicki
Dela Rosa escape ‘related’ to Senate shooting - CIDG
MANILA, Philippines — The escape of Sen. Ronald dela Rosa from the Senate on May 14 and the shooting incident in the facility hours earlier were found out to be “related,” the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
· Izel Abanilla
Young woman killed in regional WA car crash identified
The driver killed in a crash in WA’s Wheatbelt at the weekend has been identified as a Welsh woman who had moved to Australia on a working holiday visa with her boyfriend.
· Cameron Myles
Australian woman charged with traveling to Syria and joining IS
Unidentified women walk between tents in a section of the camp housing Australian family members of suspected Islamic State militants in the Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
· Rod Mcguirk
Asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned in Africa
Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States.
· Monika Pronczuk
3 university students dead after car skids into bus
Three university students died after a car crashed into a parked bus in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, early Wednesday morning, police said.
· Yoon Min-sik
Verdict due in trial over attack plot on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna
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· Philipp Jenne
(3rd LD) Court acquits ex-President Yoon of perjury over testimony at ex-PM's trial
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· Chae Yun-hwan