A focused view of neutral reporting on Crime & Justice, brought together across publishers.
Explore all topics →
South Korean netizens have uncovered large networks of sexual “humiliation” chats, where male users have been sharing images of schoolmates, colleagues and relatives to thousands of strangers online. The scandal, propagated on private Telegram groups and channels, comes as the social media platform’s CEO Pavel Durov…
Japan’s most powerful storm of the year so far has killed at least three people and left scores injured. Typhoon Shanshan packed gusts of around 252km/h (157mph), as it smashed into Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu early on August 29, 2024, before moving towards the main island of Honshu. Authorities warned of…
A Hong Kong court has convicted a now-defunct online news service and two former editors of conspiracy to publish seditious articles after the city’s adoption of the national security law four years ago. The district court ruling, handed down on August 29, 2024, marked the first time a judge hand-picked by the city’…
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
Read more about this: https://sc.mp/1ef8i
Read more on this : https://sc.mp/zots3
No media source currently available
A 6km (3.7 mile) police chase ended when the driver of a pursued car failed to smash his way through a roadblock in a residential area of Ho Man Tin in Hong Kong on Friday, leaving two people injured, including an officer. A video clip posted online shows officers with their guns drawn and batons out as they approac…
No media source currently available
Pakistani police have charged a man with cyberterrorism for spreading misinformation that led to widespread rioting in the UK earlier this month, a senior police investigator said on August 21, 2024. The false information claimed that the suspect was an Islamist migrant. UK police later clarified he was British-born…
Read more about the accident: https://sc.mp/hmwpo
No media source currently available
Read more on this: https://sc.mp/qhez8
No media source currently available
Thailand’s Constitutional Court removed Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, after he was found guilty of breaching ethics. He had appointed a cabinet member who had served a jail term in April 2024.
A court in Bangladesh opened a murder investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six other figures on August 13, 2024. Hasina was accused of being responsible for the death of a protester allegedly shot and killed during recent civil unrest. The country was shaken in July by a wave of protests tha…
LeBron, 11-year-olds in action – 5 things to know for day 11 at the Paris OlympicsMore track and field action as well as the skateboarding and NBA stars taking to the court as the basketball heats up.
Advertisement03:05BangladeshVideoAsiaBangladesh protests widen to target top officials appointed during Sheikh Hasina’s ruleJayson AlbanoandCaroline Qiqige WangPublished: 6:30pm, 12 Aug 2024Read more about Bangladesh: https://sc.mp/eeab2 Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank chief have reportedly resigned afte…
Police video, audio, texts and emails released Saturday by Uvalde, Texas, city officials offer new details about the Robb Elementary school shooting while also largely reaffirming reporting about law enforcement’s failure to engage a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
A Chinese crime ring has been accused of stealing more than 4,000 bodies from crematoriums and medical laboratories to use their bones for dental grafts. The scandal came to light after a well-known criminal lawyer published details of the case on social media on August 8, 2024. The lawyer, Yi Shenghua, said police …
No media source currently available
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the largest party in the country’s parliament. Move Forward was disbanded on August 7, 2024, after its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat was found guilty of conspiring against the monarchy. Move Forward won the largest share of votes in the 2023 general election…
Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered across Britain on August 7, 2024, after rioting far-right groups caused more than a week of violent racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants. The riots came after a wave of disinformation circulated online, falsely blaming the murders of three girls on an …
No media source currently available
Youyou was born without a left arm, and has found a stage to shine on: the badminton court. The boy’s mother thinks the 10-year-old has become a more outgoing child after two years of training.
Chinese-American scholar Wang Shujun was convicted in the United States on August 6, 2024, on charges of using his reputation as a pro-democracy activist to gather information on dissidents and feeding it to the Chinese government. Wang, a co-founder of a pro-democracy group based in New York, faces up to 25 years i…
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese and Asian player to win an Olympic singles title at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old tennis player overpowered Donna Vekic of Croatia, 6-2 and 6-3, in Saturday’s gold medal match. In a post-game press conference, Zheng said she had felt even more determined to perform we…
The Special Duties Unit under the Hong Kong Police Force, which is also known as the “Flying Tigers” from its emblem, shares its training process with the Post as it marks its 50th anniversary in 2024. Recruits to the secretive elite squadron have to go through a gruelling “hell week” where they complete strenuous p…
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
Hillsides have collapsed in the Indian state of Kerala after sudden torrential rains struck the area on July 29, 2024. Heavy flooding and landslides have killed at least 106 people and injured as many as 128 others. Most of the victims were tea estate workers who lived with their families in makeshift tents. Kerala …
Hong Kong Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said some Western countries’ move to suspend their extradition agreements with the city was “a shame” as it did benefit some criminals but the cooperation of law enforcement with global agencies has not been affected by geopolitical tensions. He also said with t…
FILE - A “boneless chicken wing” is displayed in Glenside, Pa., on Feb. 8, 2023. On Thursday, July 25, 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a…
A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during take-off in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. The pilot survived, but 18 others were killed. Eighteen Nepalis and one Yemeni citizen were said to have been aboard the flight. The Saurya Airlines flight, bound for the tourist hub of Pokhara, was carryin…
No media source currently available
No media source currently available
Asia is home to four out of the top 10 safest cities for visitors, according to a personal finance website, and also five of the bottom 10 cities too. Forbes Advisor looked at crime rates, health, chances of a natural disaster, and several other measures to rank 60 of the world’s biggest cities in its study.
A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during take-off in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. The pilot reportedly survived, but police said “many” others were killed. Eighteen Nepalis and one foreigner were said to have been aboard the flight. The Saurya Airlines flight, bound for the tourist hub o…
No media source currently available
