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Newest first · UTC+11:00Five teens arrested over spate of Brisbane, Gold Coast home invasions
Police have arrested five teenagers following a series of break-and-enter offences across South Brisbane and the Gold Coast in which multiple people were assaulted.
PH committing ‘suicide’ if govt partners with China in WPS oil exploration — Carpio
MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday said the Philippines would be “committing suicide” if the government entered into oil and gas explorations in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with China, given its definition of joint development which completely goes against the …
· Izel Abanilla
Texas judge orders attorney to appear in court after criticizing magistrate for berating IT worker in viral video
A Texas judge who was caught belittling an IT worker in a now-viral video has ordered an attorney who demanded he apologize over his conduct to appear in court.
· Richard Pollina
WA’s fishing ban plan political and unscientific, court told
A controversial ban that has left West Australian fish eaters without their favourite fillets was politically motivated, unreasonable and not based on science, a court has been told.
· Aaron Bunch
Man due in court after pedestrians struck in UK city of Derby
A forensic investigator works on the scene in Friar Gate, Derby, Sunday March 29, 2026, where a number of people had been injured, some of them seriously, after being hit by a car in the city centre on Saturday night. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
Ativista Vigário Luís Balanta assassinado na Guiné-Bissau
"A execução sumária de Vigário Luís Balanta não é apenas um crime, é um sinal profundamente inquietante de que, na Guiné-Bissau, o exercício de direitos fundamentais pode transformar-se num ato de riscos sérios", anunciou o presidente da Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos, Bubacar Turé, em lágrimas, no início da co…
· Redação DW África
Woman allegedly kept as slave told nurse about abuse, court hears
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Freeman fired twice at police during deadly shootout
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Class action alleges GrainCorp knew increased production causes noise and odour
Kevin Green has taken GrainCorp to the Supreme Court. (ABC News: Andrew Mangelsdorf)
· Charmaine Manuel
Crucial exhibits unveiled to jury in Irma Palasics cold case trial
The jury was shown a milk container and water jug allegedly containing the DNA of the two accused. (Supplied: ACT Supreme Court)
· Elizabeth Byrne
Lebanon says Israeli strikes on Beirut area kill seven
Lebanon's health ministry said Wednesday that Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and a nearby town killed at least seven people.
· Middleeasteye
Victim speaks out after being sexually assaulted by former rural councillor
Topic:Sexual Offences
· Philippe Perez
'Sleep tight baby': Jurors in NT murder trial to see 'confronting' footage
The murder trial over the death of 19-year-old Yiel Gatluak in Alice Springs has begun. (ABC News: Xavier Martin)
· Victoria Ellis
Jailed Yoon receives over $800,000 in inmate funds: data
Jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol received more than 1.2 billion won ($825,000) in inmate funds during roughly eight months of detention, local media reported, citing Justice Ministry data.
· Lee Sun-young
Neo-nazi protesters outside parliament did not incite racial hatred, police find
A neo-Nazi leader who protested outside NSW Parliament, promoting a baseless conspiracy theory that the Jewish community paid bikies to firebomb synagogues for political gain, did not breach racial vilification laws, according to a NSW Police review.
· Jessica McSweeney, Patrick Begley
Lagac back in form, powers to 2 titles in Olongapo netfest
MANILA, Philippines — Cebu City’s Miguel Lagac III delivered a statement performance, overwhelming local bet Anthony Cosca twice to dominate the Olongapo Tennis Club Junior Age-Group Tennis Championships at the Olongapo City Tennis Courts over the weekend.
· The Manila Times
Captain charged in boat crash that killed 3 girls from Miami sailing camp
A tugboat captain has been charged in a deadly Miami collision that killed three girls from a sailing camp, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
· Associated Press
Pennsylvania man sentenced for murdering police informant with lethal fentanyl dose, dumping body off bridge: ‘It’s your last supper’
A Pennsylvania man faces up to 100 years behind bars for brutally beating a police informant, pumping him full of fentanyl, and then hurling his body off a bridge.
· Richard Pollina
US-Israeli attacks kill at least 10 nurses in Iran
At least ten nurses were killed in a US-Israeli bombing in Iran, according to the Isna news agency, citing the director general of the Nursing System Organisation.
· Middleeasteye
Kmart, Shein sued by Aussie fashion label Sabo Skirt for allegedly ripping off designs
Brisbane-based Australian fashion label Sabo Skirt has taken Shein, Kmart and 15 other brands to the Federal Court for allegedly copying dozens of its clothing designs, as design “duping” continues at pace.
· Jessica Yun
Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot
Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump
· Georgemonbiot
A beguiling philosophical journey in the guise of a crime novel
CRIMEThe Afterlife of Harry PlayfordSteven CarrollFourth Estate, $34.99
· Sue Turnbull
Miles McBride struggling to regain shooting touch since return from surgery
HOUSTON — Miles McBride’s reinjury wasn’t as scary as it looked.
· Stefan Bondy
Cultural compensation replaces fine in 'rare' illegal logging ruling
Topic:Environmental Impacts
· Charles Rushforth
PNP validates girl's claims in viral post to Marcos
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is verifying the claims of a girl from Camarines Sur to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about an abusive local village official.
· Izel Abanilla
Applying Israel's death penalty law would be a ‘war crime’: U.N.
The United Nations on Tuesday harshly criticized the Israeli parliament’s approval of a “cruel and discriminatory” new death penalty bill, warning that applying it in occupied Palestinian territory “would constitute a war crime.”
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Man shot by police after 'altercation' in Brisbane
A man has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after he was shot by police following an altercation in Brisbane's north-west.Officers were called to a home on Akebia Street in Arana Hills earlier today to conduct a welfare check."Around 12.30pm (AEST) police were attempting to speak with the man when an…
· Eleanor Wilson
Murder charge dropped as drugs found to cause death of 'beautiful soul'
More than 400 people attended a vigil in Mullumbimby in September 2024 to honour Ashleigh Grice. (ABC News: Elloise Farrow-Smith)
· Hannah Ross
Israeli strikes on Beirut area kill 7
BEIRUT (AFP) -- The Lebanese Health Ministry said Wednesday that Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and a nearby town killed at least seven people, as Israel's military said it had targeted senior Hezbollah members.
· Yonhap
Police shoot man during welfare check north of Brisbane
A crime scene has been established in Arana Hills after a man was shot by police. (ABC News: Melissa Maddison)
Birthright citizenship case argued before Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen as the moon rises Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
· Mark Sherman
Major global news moments of March, in AP photos
President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return,…
· The Associated Press
New photos from Anne Burrell’s death scene show pills, empty medicine bottles
Police have released new photos from the scene of chef Anne Burrell’s death last year, and they reportedly show a number of pills and medicine bottles scattering the area.
· Wendy Geller
Trump plans to attend Supreme Court hearing on his bid to limit birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.
· Agence France-Presse
Boat captain charged with manslaughter in deadly Miami collision
High-rise buildings at the mouth of the Miami River are seen from Biscayne Bay, May 9, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
· Hallie Golden
Where's the big fish? Palace says DOJ, Ombudsman 'overwhelmed' with ICI cases
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Ombudsman are currently "overwhelmed" by the volume of cases referred by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), Malacañang said Wednesday, a day after the panel ceased its operations.
· Catherine S. Valente
‘It’s really polarised the population’: amid a police search for Dezi Freeman’s helpers, some sympathy towards the double-murderer remains
Police say anyone who helped the 56-year-old fugitive, who allegedly killed two police officers, ‘will be held to account’
· Cait Kelly
Man pleads guilty to murder over body found in buried freezer
Bobby Andrew Weaver (pictured) has pleaded guilty to the murder of David Thorton more than seven years ago. (Facebook)
· Talissa Siganto
Charlie Kirk murder: suspect's lawyer says uncertainty on bullet
LOS ANGELES — Investigators probing the murder of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk cannot connect the bullet that killed him with the rifle they believe the sole suspect used, US court papers filed by the defense show.
· Agence France-Presse
Man pleads guilty to teacher's murder after remains found in buried freezer
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· Rex Martinich
Duo charged after police find $320,000 allegedly stolen Lego haul
A man and woman have been arrested and charged with theft after police found hundreds of Lego sets in Adelaide. (Supplied: SA Police)
Top cop 'certain' police will return to Gus' home as he hopes for 'breakthrough'
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· April Glover
Trump says work on 'massive' White House bunker to go ahead despite block on ballroom
A court order has suspended construction of the White House ballroom. (AP: Jacquelyn Martin)
· Elissa Steedman
Hong Kong inquiry into deadly Wang Fuk Court fire focuses on property manager
ISS EastPoint clerk says renovation contractor planned to use fire services tanks as temporary fresh water tanks while existing ones underwent repairs
· SCMP Reporters
Dozens of pipe bombs discovered in suburban NY apartment after neighbors heard loud booms for weeks
Police discovered more than two dozen pipe bombs inside a White Plains apartment while investigating an explosive found on a quiet, tree-lined block Monday morning — providing a terrifying answer to the mysterious series of thunderous booms neighbors had been hearing for weeks.
· Zoe Hussain
NYC man sentenced to at least 20 years behind bars for gunning down LA rapper in June 2022 pharmacy robbery
A Bronx native was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for the vicious robbery-gone-wrong murder of a Los Angeles drill rapper — that left the family outraged at the killer’s possibility of parole.
· Ella Morrison, Georgett Roberts
Trump to attend Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Kendra Duggar tells Joseph Duggar his family is ‘disappointed’ in him during prison call
Kendra Duggar told her husband, Joseph Duggar, that the family is “disappointed” in him after his child molestation arrest.
· Antoinette Bueno
Disgraced Texas megachurch pastor free after 6 months in jail for sexually abusing 12-year-old girl: ‘I am deeply sorry’
The disgraced pastor of a Texas megachurch who served a a six-month stint for sexually abusing a child in the 1980s was released from jail Tuesday.Robert Preston Morris, 64, was set free just after midnight from the Oklahoma prison where he was sentenced to last October, according to Osage County Sheriff’s Capt. Mat…
· Jared Downing