Global cyberfraud gang's 'co-founder' arrested in Thailand, Asia News,Bangkok – A Russian man accused of co-running a global cybercrime network shuttered in a US-led crackdown this week has been arrested in Bangkok and will face extradition, Thai police said Friday. Sergey Medvedev, 3
India orders judicial inquiry into rape, murder of 9-year-old girl, Asia News,NEW DELHI – The chief minister of India's capital ordered a judge-led inquiry on Wednesday (Aug 4) after a nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered, sparking days of protests and renewed scrutiny of the cou
Briton filmed not wearing mask on MRT train turns up at court without mask on, Singapore News,Briton Benjamin Glynn appeared in a district court on Friday (July 2) and was handed three charges including one for harassment after he was previously filmed not wearing a mask in an MRT train last month.
Ace Ventura producer sues Netflix over Tiger King clips, Entertainment News,The company that produced the Ace Ventura films has sued Netflix over the use of footage from Ace Ventura 2 in its hit documentary series Tiger King. Morgan Creek Entertainment said in the Monday complaint, filed in Los Ange
Pakistani PM Khan criticised over comments blaming 'obscenity' for rape, Asia News,ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing a backlash from rights groups as well as his two ex-wives for remarks over the weekend linking the country’s high incidence of rape to “obscenity” in
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape, sex assault charges, Entertainment News,Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in a New York courtroom Tuesday — the next step in a high-stakes legal battle that the #MeToo movement hopes will end with the disgraced Hollywo
The stairway in Joker has been receiving rave reviews on Google Maps – as a religious destination, Digital News,Is it just me, or is it getting crazier on Google Reviews? Joker isn’t exactly a barrel of laughs, but memes that have surfaced online about the flick have been pretty amusing. Since Joker
ICC says may investigate possible war crimes after Russian invasion of Ukraine, World News,AMSTERDAM – International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan on Friday (Feb 25) expressed his concern over the Russian invasion of Ukraine and said his court may investigate possible war crimes in the
California church shooter was motivated by hate, politics, World News,WASHINGTON – The man who killed a doctor and injured five others at a California Taiwanese church shooting at the weekend was a US citizen born in China who hated Taiwan and drove from Las Vegas heavily armed for the attack, offic
China prosecutes 11 people for smuggling $162 million worth of endangered totoaba fish, China News,Chinese authorities have prosecuted 11 people for smuggling 800 million yuan (S$162 million) worth of Mexican totoaba fish swim bladders, one of the country's biggest busts related to the traffick
Moroccan suspects in killing of Scandinavian women were acting alone, official says, World News,RABAT – Moroccan authorities believe four suspects in the killing of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains were acting on their own initiative, even though they had just pledged allegiance to Isla
Oversupply of drugs in Mekong, East Asia puts younger users at risk: UN, Asia News,BANGKOK – Production and trafficking of illicit drugs have reached unprecedented levels in South-east Asia's Mekong region and East Asia, the United Nations said on Tuesday (Oct 2), warning that oversupply increa
Texan campaigner for 3D-printed guns wanted for sex with minor, World News,A Texas man who has played a central role in the US debate over 3D-printed weapons and caused panic by publishing firearm blueprints online is wanted for having sex with a 16-year-old, police said Wednesday. Cody Wilson — wh
