WATCH: Suspect tests positive for gunpowder
The Southern Police District confirms that the man arrested during the Senate shooting tested positive in a paraffin test.
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Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and arrests activists
Israeli forces have intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters and arrested 100 activists on board.
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Woman found dead in motel had taken out 'gift card' loans charging over 2,000% interest
A woman in her 30s was found dead at a motel in eastern Seoul after reportedly struggling with debt linked to high-interest loans disguised as gift card transactions, police said Monday.
· Park Han-na
Labor and police clash over reporting ‘semantics’ of alleged $6m scam
The Allan government and Victoria Police are at loggerheads over whether transport department officials formally reported to police a $6 million fraud allegedly attempted by a contractor on the Metro Tunnel rail project.
· Patrick Hatch, Melissa Cunningham
WATCH: Groups march as Senate tackles VP impeachment
Members of youth and other groups march along Diokno Boulevard in Pasay City to demand the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, May 18, 2026, as the Senate prepared to convene as an impeachment court.
· The Manila Times
‘It took this to get the truth’: Rugby Australia misled Rebels over their future, court hears
The directors of Melbourne’s Super Rugby team thought the competition would rise from the ashes after COVID-19 with the support of Rugby Australia only to later learn they had no role in the future of the sport.
· Sarah Danckert
Man charged with murder following discovery of body in Hobart home
Mon 18 May 2026 at 6:27pm
Man fighting for life after Sydney stabbing
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· Chris Bradford
Philippine Senate opens impeachment trial of vice president
Police personnel stand behind their shields outside the Senate of the Philippines, in Manila, Thursday May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)
· Jim Gomez
Should toddlers be charged for seats at restaurants?
Restaurant asking parents to place extra adult menu orders for their 2-year-olds sparks debate over reasonable compensation for services versus excessive demand
· Choi Jae-hee
Mali drone strikes kill at least 10 civilians at wedding
Drone strikes by Mali’s army have killed at least 10 civilians as they prepared to celebrate a wedding in the central region of San in another escalation of the conflict since armed groups launched a widespread coordinated assault late last month.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Blanchett says #MeToo reckoning in Hollywood 'got killed very quickly'
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‘Democracy is dead, act accordingly’: Neo-Nazis lodge High Court fight
Neo-Nazis have lodged a constitutional challenge in the High Court against new federal laws outlawing them as a hate group, as they fight to form a political party.
· Sherryn Groch
Pianist Jayson Gillham tells court he kept MSO in the dark before speaking out on Gaza
Pianist Jayson Gillham was concerned management of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) would not allow him to play a new piece of music at an event he was headlining if they knew it was dedicated to the journalists of Gaza, the Federal Court heard on Monday.
· Kerrie O'Brien
Police running out of room to store illegal cigarettes they’ve seized amid Australia’s booming illicit trade
Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantling
· Tom Mcilroy
Escaped tiger shot by German police after attacking man
An escaped tiger believed to be owned by Germany's "Tiger Queen" has been shot dead by police after attacking one of its keepers, according to local media reports.
· Sofia Ferreira Santos
Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
Bizum app to work for payments in shops in Spain, Canadian cops arrested for sexual assault in Barcelona, Spain says Ebola risk 'very low' amid DRC and Uganda outbreak and more news on Monday May 18th.
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'Predator' arsonist's $1.5m fire an 'act of retribution', court told
Mon 18 May 2026 at 4:52pm
· Eva Blandis
LIVE: Senate convenes as impeachment court for Sara Duterte trial
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· Mia Gonzalez
S. Korea to conduct DNA tests on Korean victims in tragic wartime mine accident in Japan
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The government will launch DNA tests on remains recovered from the site of a wartime coal mine disaster in Japan's Ube that killed 136 Korean forced laborers, the foreign ministry said Monday.
· Oh Seok-min
Days of ‘going through a gauntlet of police lined with drug dogs’ are over, says a top cop
One of the state’s top cops has said that the days of young people “going through a gauntlet of police lined with drug dogs” at music festivals are over as the focus shifts to train stations, parks and more secluded locations to target those selling drugs to festivalgoers.
· Kayla Olaya, Michael McGowan
Hong Kong court confiscates HK$674,860 from 3 defendants in terrorism trial
High Court declared money raised by ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ constituted terrorist property under ordinance
· Brian Wong
Hong Kong court confiscates HK$674,860 from 3 defendants in terrorism trial
High Court declared money raised by ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ constituted terrorist property under ordinance
· Brian Wong
ICC prosecutors outline five expert witnesses to bolster case against Duterte
MANILA, Philippines —The prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing a multi-pronged expert witness strategy in its case against former president Rodrigo Duterte to prove that the killing of thousands in connection with his anti-drug campaign was part of a deliberate and state-backed policy am…
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Southern Police District confirms Senate shooting suspect tested positive in paraffin test
MANILA, Philippines — Mel Oragon, the suspect arrested in the May 13 Senate shooting, tested positive for gunpowder, the Southern Police District (SPD) confirmed Monday.
· Izel Abanilla
Samsung, union return to mediation as strike deadline looms
Court partially grants injunction against union action as government steps up pressure for negotiated settlement
· Jie Ye-eun
(2nd LD) Court mostly grants Samsung Electronics' injunction request against union strike
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· Chae Yun-hwan
US firm's know-how payments may be taxable in Korea
The Supreme Court recently ruled that payments received by a US firm from a South Korean company in exchange for technical know-how could be subject to corporate tax in Korea, sending the case back to a lower court for further review.
· Lee Seung-ku
Ebola outbreak kills 88 in DR Congo as WHO declares global emergency
A fast‑moving Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain has killed more than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and reached the major city of Goma, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international health emergency amid fears the real scale of the crisis is far larger than reported.
· AfricaNews
(LEAD) Samsung Electronics, union resume wage talks as major strike nears
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Court limits Samsung union strike ahead of planned walkout
Samsung Electronics won a partial court injunction Monday restricting its labor union’s planned strike.
· Lee Seung-ku
Man previously linked to Isla Bell's case once threatened to kill woman
Mon 18 May 2026 at 3:33pm
· Kristian Silva
Mother's 'life sentence' after daughter brutally murdered by husband
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TV star Lee Kyoo-hyung makes his case for K-musicals
After a decade playing a fading writer in ‘Fan Letter,’ the ‘Prison Playbook’ and ‘Stranger’ actor hopes to see more international tourists in Korean theater audiences
· Park Ga-young
LIVE UPDATES: Sara Duterte impeachment case at the Senate
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate is set to convene as an impeachment court Monday, May 18, for the highly anticipated trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, a political showdown expected to test not only the strength of the administration coalition but also the stability of the chamber’s leadership.
· INQUIRER.net
Man who stomped on face of off-duty police officer won't have to return to jail
Mon 18 May 2026 at 3:12pm
· Isobel Roe
Video: Berlin police storm Nakba Day march and pepper spray demonstrators
Berlin police stormed a Nakba Day remembrance march in the German capital, charging into crowds and attacking demonstrators with pepper spray during the peaceful event.
· Middleeasteye
Hong Kong national security trial of Tiananmen vigil organizers nears end
Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
· Kanis Leung
Campaigners threaten legal action over Britain’s NHS deal with Donald Trump
LONDON — Health campaigners are threatening to bring the British government to court over its drug-pricing deal with Donald Trump, in a legal fight that risks undermining a key pillar of the U.S.-U.K. trade deal.
· Caroline Hug
Ex-transport minister, directors allegedly kept market in the dark about airline’s dire straits
Rex Airlines directors, including a former federal transport minister, knew the failed airline was publishing an “unreasonable and unsupportable” profit forecast before reversing course and revealing a $35 million loss in 2023, lawyers for the corporate regulator told a court on Monday.
· Chris Zappone
Perth father was diving in a pair during spearfishing competition when tragedy struck at Rottnest Island
The Perth man killed by a shark while spearfishing off Rottnest Island on Saturday was taking part in a members-only spearfishing competition targeting pelagic fish at Horseshoe Reef when tragedy struck.
· Hannah Murphy, Heather McNeill
Train driver in deadly Bangkok train-bus crash charged with negligence | South China Morning Post
At least eight people died and more than 30 were injured after a goods train collided with a bus at a busy downtown intersection.
Queensland man charged with 34 counts of online child abuse offences
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· Mikala Theocharous
Man dies after being hit, trapped under taxi in Hong Kong, driver arrested
Accident marks city’s second fatal crash involving a taxi in less than one week
· Oscar Liu
Man dies after being hit, trapped under taxi in Hong Kong, driver arrested
Accident marks city’s second fatal crash involving a taxi in less than one week
· Oscar Liu
Court told man's leg amputated with circular saw in public park
Mon 18 May 2026 at 2:01pm
· Christopher Testa
Impeachment court set to convene, but could another Senate coup delay it?
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· Dwight de Leon