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China has lodged a strong protest and made representations with the Japanese after what it described as a "forceful break-in" at its embassy in Tokyo, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Hugo Holland’s aggressive legal tactics made him one of Louisiana’s most renowned prosecutors and helped turn Caddo Parish, a majority Black community in the northwest corner of the state, into one of the nation’s leaders in death penalty convictions.
Plaintiffs and supporters in a case against Thailand’s largest gold mine stand in front of the Bangkok Civil Court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
Hong Kong police are now empowered to require anyone suspected of violating the semi-autonomous city’s national security law to hand over passwords to their mobile phones or computers.
Supporters of a Boston police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a carjacking suspect have donated more than $400,000 to an online fundraiser created to help him and his family.
An Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Bchamoun in the capital Beirut killed at least two people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, as the Israeli army pressed ahead with its attacks on Lebanon and issued a new evacuation threat for Burj Shemali in the country’s south.
Willy Ngoma, spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, center, releases captured mercenaries at the Gisenyi border point in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Willy Ngoma was killed in a drone strike Tuesday Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
A woman in her 30s accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter in 2020 confessed to the murder, police said Tuesday, changing her testimony after a lie detector test found her to be lying.
The men’s and juniors teams of University of Perpetual Help System Dalta captured back-to-back titles in the NCAA soft tennis tournament which culminated on Tuesday at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Court in Malate, Manila.
Former Member of Parliament Sajin Vass Gunawardena has been further remanded by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court over allegations of amassing illegal assets worth Rs. 243.8 million.
Political tensions are rising in Zimbabwe. Opposition leader Tendai Biti has been granted bail after spending the weekend in detention. He was arrested near the Mozambique border alongside an activist, accused of holding a public meeting without notifying authorities.
A middle school student in Gwangju was arrested for stabbing and injuring two classmates Tuesday, officials at the Gwangju Seobu Police Station said.
A rape charge has been reinstated by prosecutors against accused Easey Street killer Perry Kouroumblis. (Supplied)
Dayton Webber, 27, accused over shooting death of Bradrick Wells in Maryland, reportedly after argument inside car
Iranian authorities on Tuesday arrested three people for“spying on sensitive sites” in the city of Shahroud in Semnan province, local media reported.
At least six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed and 22 wounded in a rocket attack on their base north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, security and Peshmerga sources said on Tuesday.
A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia’s armed forces said.
Ghana is calling for global support at the United Nations for a draft resolution that would recognize the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The move is aimed at strengthening ongoing conversations around reparations and historical accountability.
A US-Israeli strike killed at least six people and injured nine in one of the residential areas of East Azerbaijan Province, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported, citing provincial officials.
Glenn Willem Francis McCagh allegedly struck an attendant with his car after stealing fuel at this Vibe service station in Armadale. (ABC News)
Some journalists at Voice of America charged in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration — while largely shutting down the government-run outlet that provides news around the world — has turned what remains into a voice for propaganda.
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The number of children killed in Iran since the war began on 28 February has risen to 208, the head of the emergency service said in a video statement on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
Leeanne Eatts's (pictured in 2019) sons Jhulio Sariago and Barak Austral drowned in a Townsville river. (ABC North Qld: Sofie Wainwright)
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives Committee on Justice will start the hearing proper on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday.
Charles county sheriff’s office alleges Dayton James Webber fatally shot passenger in car during argument
A former Victorian police officer who preyed on vulnerable victims he met through work for sex could face years behind bars for exploiting his position to contact a string of women.
At least 66 people were killed after a Colombian military Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday in the southern province of Putumayo. Many others were injured, while rescue and evacuation operations continued into the night.
Here is a guide to who now wields power and influence in a depleted but resilient hierarchy
Dedicated police units and a national watchdog. Two new bills aim to ensure animal abusers face justice, not just a US$17 fine
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Toronto Raptors forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) goes up for a dunk against the Utah Jazz during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)
THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) conducted a consultation meeting with the Department of Education (DepEd) at the DepEd Central Office on March 19, 2026 to strengthen collaboration in advancing crime prevention initiatives through the education sector under the 2026 National Crime Prevention Program (NCPP).
A teenager was shot dead inside a public housing complex in Brooklyn on Monday evening, according to police.
A county sheriff’s office in Maryland said Monday that professional cornhole player who’s also a quadruple amputee fatally shot a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument.
With every shot that found the bottom of the net, every pass that was deflected, every trip down the court that resulted in one player pointing at another in appreciation, the UCLA women’s basketball team did something it could not two days earlier.
MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution team on Tuesday presented Henry Alcantara as witness in the trial of a case against former congressman Zaldy Co pending before the Sandiganbayan.
A worker pushes a cart of received mail ballots at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center Nov. 4, 2025, in City of Industry, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) walks on the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Kristian Silva is a court reporter with ABC News in Melbourne. He has been a journalist since 2011, and previously worked in newsrooms in regional Victoria and Brisbane. Follow him on Twitter: @kristian_silva
The Pentagon said it will close media offices and relocate press operations after a federal court struck down the Trump administration’s credential rules for reporters.
Pilot and co-pilot killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. (AP Video by Joe Frederick)
An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
Aden Holloway is denying the drug charges Tuscaloosa County prosecutors are bringing against him, and the Alabama basketball star is demanding a trial, a new court filing on Monday revealed.
Cambodian police officers walk past a temple damaged during border clashes with Thailand, at Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Saturday, March 14, 2026, (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Anthony Monteleone is accused of stabbing his former girlfriend at a gym car park in Sydney's Alexandria. (Facebook)
Residents’ accounts to be heard as committee continues to probe causes and alleged corruption linked to blaze that killed 168
A Redlands real estate agent who had tenants pay sham fees directly into her private account and falsified records for 196 transfers will spend at least eight months behind bars, a court has ruled.
Caught in a viral video, the duo’s graveyard escapade was interrupted by a witness threatening police action