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A beauty salon owned by the daughter of a slain underworld figure and romantic partner of a rival criminal family has been hit in a failed firebombing.
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Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were convicted in a military court as part of China’s corruption crackdown on top-ranking officials.
Four Corners exposed a security flaw in Axon tasers and body-worn cameras, which are used by police forces across Australia. (Four Corners: Sissy Reyes)
Former Sydney Knox Grammar teacher William Roberto Gulson was placed on the NSW Child Protection Register. (ABC News: Jamie McKinnell)
Authorities entered the second day of their search Thursday at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996, according to law enforcement. (AP Video shot by Haven Daley, Production by Ao Gao)
Israel's wave of attacks on Thursday killed at least 12 people, including two children and a paramedic, in southern Lebanon, the Ministry of Health reported.
Judge Tony Graf in 4th District Court presides over a hearing for Tyler Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Trent Nelson /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)
Gerald Begay, whose mother Ella Mae Begay went missing from her home, shows a photo of her on his phone in Denver, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert,File)
Li Shangfu fell in Xi Jinping's anti-corruption purge that focused on the armed forces in recent years. (Reuters: Caroline Chia)
After the close on Thursday, the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled to invalidate Trump's latest set of universal 10% tariff imposed two months ago under Sec. 122. The administration will quickly appeal this decision before it takes effect May 12. If the case follows the same pattern as the challenge to the IE…
Anthony Nugent was shot dead at his Hamilton South unit in September 2022. (Supplied: NSW Police)
Former Marine Corps 1st Division commander Lim Seong-geun was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after being held criminally responsible for the death of Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun during a flood search operation in 2023.
A close friend of mine serves in an elite combat reserve unit. One of the soldiers in his unit is Druze. Several members of their team were killed shortly after the October 7 massacre. Several more were wounded.
Raymond Thomas Whyte pleaded guilty in the Mackay District Court. (ABC Tropical North: Ollie Wykeham)
Te Chi-wang, deputy director of the Home Affairs Department, takes stand at hearing into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
Te Chi-wang, deputy director of the Home Affairs Department, takes stand at hearing into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission decided Friday to request a police investigation into suspicions surrounding its 2024 decision that then first lady Kim Keon Hee's acceptance of a luxury handbag from a Korean American pastor constituted no violation of the anti-graft law.
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a former Marine commander to three years in prison in connection with the death of a young Marine during a search mission for victims of heavy rains in 2023.
BEIJING — A Chinese military court gave suspended death sentences Thursday to two former defense ministers who were accused of bribery, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Police have dropped charges against Dion Prestia (left) and Steven May over an alleged brawl. (Getty Images)
A group of supporters surround a woman with alleged ties to the Islamic State as she arrives with a child at Melbourne international Airport, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
Ex-defence ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, among the most severe sentences in a years-long purge
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a two-year prison sentence for Hankook & Company Co. Chairman Cho Hyun-bum for misappropriating and embezzling company funds.
A jury has found two men guilty of shooting underworld figure Gavin Preston outside a Keilor cafe in Melbourne's north-west in 2023.
A 52-year-old man was killed in East Hollywood in the early hours of March 27 after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a major street, in a hit-and-run that police say included a second crash before the driver fled.
A man was arrested Friday for series of robberies at convenience stores in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, according to the officials at the Pyeongtaek Police Station.
The Liberty gathered in a circle near the center of the team’s practice court Thursday afternoon and turned to their leader, Breanna Stewart, who had a parting message before players went their separate ways.
Shabtay Yaacoby was arrested while visiting Sydney in 2023. (ABC News: Teresa Tan)
A doctor charged taxpayers $3.5 million, and another billed for the equivalent of five full-time roles in a single year, an audit of NSW’s porous payment system for contractor medicos reveals.
Kawsar Ahmad, 53, and Zeinab Ahmad, 31, appear in Melbourne as Janai Safar, 32, due to face Sydney court on separate charges including joining a terrorist organisation
SYDNEY, Australia — Two Australian women "kept a female slave" after travelling to Syria in 2014 to support the Islamic State group, police said Friday after they were charged in Melbourne.
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A Brooklyn woman who claims to be a victim of deed theft allegedly kidnapped her missing dad — and is collecting his social security checks — according to his Georgia conservator who made the shocking claim in court Thursday.
Jason Meade had been searching for a fugitive when he shot Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020. It is rare for a law enforcement official to be convicted in a killing that occurs on the job.
Ex-Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was in court Thursday facing down a towering OnlyFans model, who is accusing him of shattering her leg during a meetup — with her lawyers claiming he aggressively shoved her during a football lesson because he felt humiliated.
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A man holding a pipe stands hunched over at MacArthur Park after federal authorities made arrests on charges related to selling illicit drugs on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
An illegal migrant accused of killing a father and injuring an elderly woman during a police chase in Orange County appeared stricken while trying to hide his face in court on Thursday.
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Lawyers for Rebel Wilson and the actor suing her for defamation have returned to the Federal Court in Sydney on Friday for final submissions in the high-stakes fight.
The US trade court ruled Thursday against President Donald Trump's 10 percent global tariffs in another legal setback to his trade policy, as his administration is already working to replace its emergency duties struck down by the Supreme Court in February.
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The mother and daughter, accused of ‘crimes against humanity’, were arrested in Melbourne after travelling from a Syrian detention camp
The mother and daughter, accused of ‘crimes against humanity’, were arrested in Melbourne after travelling from a Syrian detention camp
A 26-year-old Yarrawonga man was arrested during the week-long operation. (Supplied: Victoria Police)
Three Australian women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after returning home from Syria.
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New York state is set to ban law enforcement from wearing masks while on duty, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday, a move that is likely to be challenged by the Trump administration.
Three female soldiers from the IDF's Border Protection Corps spoke with Channel 12's 'Uvda,' in interviews broadcast on Thursday evening, discussing the event one year ago in the Gaza Strip that heavily altered their lives.
