Foreign nationals among 28 tourists feared killed in targeted terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir
Home Minister Amit Shah arrived Srinagar last night to review the security situation.
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Thailand inspects over 500,000 foreign workers; 2,575 prosecuted
Out of those inspected, 2,575 workers faced legal action, including 883 who were charged with engaging in occupations reserved exclusively for Thai nationals. These included 481…
Filipino domestic worker killed in Milan burglary
The Philippine Consulate General in Milan, Italy on Monday reported that a 61-year-old Filipino helper died in a burglary incident over the weekend. In a statement, the Consulate…
Vietnamese real estate tycoon’s life sentence reduced but death sentence stands for embezzlement
The court on Monday also upheld Truong My Lan's, 69, sentences of 12 years for money laundering and eight years for illegal currency transport.
Suspected arsonist found dead at scene of Seoul apartment fire
The scorched body of a 61-year-old man, the prime suspect, was found on the fourth floor of the 21-story apartment building, authorities said, after the fire was extinguished at…
All three types of rape equally serious, says Singapore High Court as it dismisses man’s appeal
Justice Dedar Singh Gill made the ruling as he dismissed the appeal of a man who argued that the type of rape he had committed was a less serious form of the offence.
53 cases of drowning, fire, crimes monitored during Holy Week: Philippine National Police
Col. Tuano said drowning topped the list of Holy Week incidents nationwide at 31, which is lower by 28 per cent compared to 43 incidents recorded last year.
Singapore hangs man who killed pregnant wife, daughter in 2017
Teo Ghim Heng, 49, strangled his wife with a bath towel before using his bare hands to make sure she was dead. He then strangled his daughter. After the murders, he slept on the…
Police arrest ob-gyn for alleged sexual abuse of patients in Indonesia’s West Java
A viral video allegedly showed the doctor sexually abusing a pregnant patient during an ultrasound session.
Hackers take over accounts at Japan securities firms, make illicit stock trades in apparent bid to raise prices
Some individual investors have lost millions of yen through the scams. Criminal groups are also believed to have stolen clients’ authentication information by guiding them to…