Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence a further reduction, according to a member of her legal team.
Qatar rejected claims and media reports that it backed International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan if he pursued legal action against Israeli officials.
Substantial chunks of royal commissioner Virginia Bell’s interim report on the Bondi Beach massacre – including five of her 14 sensible but modest recommendations for change – remain hidden behind a veil of redactions. And, as Bell warned when she launched the inquiry in February, key questions remain unanswered bec…
SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team said Thursday it has appealed to the Supreme Court over a lower court ruling on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's case on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed 2024 martial law bid.
The prosecution is seeking a three-year prison sentence for a man in his 30s accused of hugging and touching multiple women at a Starbucks in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.
From world record breakers to the most iconic image of all time, these are Guardian Australia’s top three photos for April. Photographer and picture editor, Carly Earl, hand-picks three photographs as her favourites every month and explains the craft and composition that makes them special. April’s edition includes …
A French teen is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after posting a video on social media of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and then putting it back.
MANILA, Philippines — Batangas 2nd District Rep. Gerville Luistro defended the proceedings conducted by the Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives which found probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.
A Cambodian police vehicle which is believed to carry former Cambodia National Rescue Party’s President Kem Sokha heads out from an appeals court after a court session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Police are investigating whether a deadly apartment fire in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, was deliberately set after a note believed to have been written by one of the deceased residents was found at the scene.
A group of armed and uniformed police officers, their fingers looped around their vests, stand at the edge of Queen Street Mall in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD, scanning passersby with intent.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A French teen is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after posting a video on social media of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and then putting it back.
Inquiry to focus on government and police responses to warnings from intelligence agencies with no public comments on alleged Bondi terror attack shooters’ motivations
An interim report into last year's Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among 14 initial recommendations, but found Australia's legal and regulatory frameworks did not hinder security agencies in preventing or responding to the attack.
SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The sports ministry said Thursday it once again urged the national football governing body to act on the ministry's demand to discipline the sport's top official, in light of a recent court ruling siding with the ministry.
In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, UN-backed forecasts warn that almost a quarter of Lebanon's population could face acute hunger, as the conflict continues despite ceasefire efforts.
Hussein Farran whose six members of his family were killed in a Israeli airstrike in Kfar Hatta village, visits their graves at a cemetery where civilians and Hezbollah fighters are temporary buried in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
A midnight phone call from a High Street crime gang, threatening to kill crime investigator Mandy and burn her house down, was just the start of a campaign of intimidation that would eventually force her and her husband to move home.
Australian white supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction and sentence for shooting dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, court documents show.
Police in Alabama are turning to a landfill in the tragic search for a 2-year-old girl who has been missing for months and is believed to have been killed by her mother, then stuffed into a bag and trashed on Christmas.
A man has been arrested after a paramedic was stabbed in the neck and slashed in the face while getting a coffee this morning.The male paramedic was waiting for a coffee outside a cafe on Broadway in Reservoir around 11am when a man got out of a small, red car and attacked him from behind, police allege.The victim …
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds up the report on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion during a press conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP)
MANILA, Philippines — The much-delayed Dengvaxia case will now likely go full blast after a Quezon City court judge turned down the motions filed by former Health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin and other co-accused to dismiss the multiple cases for reason of "double jeopardy," among others, according to…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who is deceased.Missing Northern Territory girl Sharon Granites has been found dead days after going missing from Alice Springs, police have announced.Before midday today, NT police found the body o…