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Christchurch attacker charged with terrorism: police
AFP, Published on 21/05/2019
» WELLINGTON - The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks was formally charged with terrorism for the first time on Tuesday, New Zealand police said.
Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of award-winning Reuters reporters
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» NAYPYIDAW (MYANMAR) - Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as hopes now turn to a presidential pardon.
US parents starved kids until they stopped growing
Associated Press, Published on 19/01/2018
» RIVERSIDE, California: A California couple tortured a dozen of their children for years, starving them to the point their growth was stunted, chaining them to their beds for months at a time and forbidding them from showering more than once a year or using the toilet, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong jailed again
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2018
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a judge described as his "leading" role during some of the 2014 pro-democracy "Umbrella Movement" street demonstrations.
'True artist' O'Riordan, Cranberries vocalist, dies at 46
Associated Press, Published on 16/01/2018
» LONDON: Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46.
Reuters journalists charged with violating Myanmar law
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» Prosecutors in Myanmar formally charged two journalists from the Reuters news agency on Wednesday with violating the Official Secrets Act, signalling the case will go forward despite international condemnation.
Myanmar trial set to begin for 2 Reuters journalists
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» Myanmar is set to put two reporters from the Reuters news agency on trial this week after they were charged under a colonial-era state secrets act, in a case that highlights growing concerns about press freedom in the country.
Australian back in court for trying to sell N. Korea missile parts
Kyodo News, Published on 20/12/2017
» An Australian man charged with allegedly trying to sell North Korean missile parts and "technical expertise" on the black market appeared in court on Wednesday.
Money dispute leads wife to break husband's 54 violins
Published on 19/09/2017
» NAGOYA: The estranged wife of a former violin maker broke into his house and destroyed 54 violins and 70 bows after they fought over payments for child support, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
US ship collision stirs territorial dispute
Kyodo News, Published on 21/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Monday's collision between a US Navy guided-missile destroyer and an oil tanker east of the Strait of Malacca has unwittingly rekindled an old territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore.