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Philippines orders 13 treated after eating meat of rabid dog PUBLISHED : Monday, 16 March, 2015, 7:57am UPDATED : Monday, 16 March, 2015, 7:57am Agence France-Presse in Manila Four adults and nine children had eaten the infected dog meat. Photo: Reuters Philippine health officials were...

‘Jihadi John’ apologizes to his family By Post Wire Services March 7, 2015 | 10:52pm Photo: Twitter/Reuters Mohammed Emwazi has apologized to his family for the shame he has heaped on them after being unmasked as the ISIS butcher from Britain known as Jihadi John. The Sunday Times of...

Blind justice: Iranian man's eye gouged out as punishment for acid attack Critics condemn sentence carried out on an Iranian man convicted of an acid attack that caused his victim to lose sight in both eyes PUBLISHED : Friday, 06 March, 2015, 9:37pm UPDATED : Saturday, 07 March, 2015, 3:04am...

Dating app Tinder offering paid service with fees based on age and location Dating app's new Plus version charges users every month based on their age and location PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 03 March, 2015, 11:28pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 03 March, 2015, 11:28pm Agence France-Presse in Washington In...

Snowden files reveal US, British hacking into company's SIM cards PUBLISHED : Saturday, 21 February, 2015, 2:11pm UPDATED : Saturday, 21 February, 2015, 2:11pm AFP and AP in London and Washington US and British agencies “hacked into” European manufacturer Gemalto to gain encryption keys...

Samsung Galaxy S6: wireless charging set to be built in to new flagship phone Phone will support number of different versions of the technology — allowing users to charge the phone using many of the confusing and competing wireless charging standards Andrew Griffin Tuesday 17 February 2015...

Belgian court jails Islamist group leader for 12 years on terror charges By Laura Smith-Spark and Bharati Naik, CNN Updated 11:02 AM ET, Wed February 11, 2015 (CNN) A Belgian court convicted the leader of an Islamist group and several of his followers on terror charges Wednesday for sending...

A look at recent air disasters affecting Asia By The Associated Press Feb. 4, 2015 9:49 AM EST Emergency personnel work on top of a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly...

Director of Hong Kong charity arrested on suspicion of assaulting taxi driver PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 28 January, 2015, 4:59pm UPDATED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 3:09am Clifford Lo [email protected] Andrew Wells, pictured here in a file photo, was released without charge. Photo: Edward...

Korean Air chairman's daughter denies 'nut rage' charges Date January 19, 2015 - 9:17PM Heather Cho has denied conspiring over her first class outburst. Photo: Reuters SEOUL: The daughter of the chairman of Korean Air Lines on Monday denied conspiring with airline executives to force...

Malaysian businessman bribed 'dozens' of US Navy officers with prostitutes and suckling pigs Defence contractor "Fat Leonard" Francis pleads guilty in the biggest corruption scandal in the Navy's history Leonard Francis, a 51-year-old Malaysian defence contractor known as "Fat Leonard" By...

Around the nation: Chinese police hunt man who stole cash and sex toys PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 14 January, 2015, 5:59pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 14 January, 2015, 6:46pm Police in Henan province said a man, filmed by a surveillance camera, is suspected of stealing cash and sex toys worth more...

Boyfriend brutally beats alleged rapist after catching him 'sexually abusing his girlfriend' Man told police he found alleged attacker on top of his girlfriend and then drove him from the house, in Conway, South Carolina Ben Tufft Sunday 04 January 2015 A man brutally beat a man whom he...

Korean Air heiress arrested for 'nut rage' AFP December 31, 2014, 3:17 am Seoul (AFP) - Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah was arrested on Tuesday for delaying a flight with a tantrum over snacks in a "nut rage" incident that caused a national uproar, according to a media report. Cho has been...

Strict sharia forces gays into hiding in Indonesia's Aceh Reuters December 28, 2014, 3:03 pm The fingernails of a transgender person are seen as she applies nail polish at her office in Banda Aceh, December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta By Gayatri Suroyo and Charlotte Greenfield BANDA ACEH...

Man Dies Following Taser Shot at U.S. - Mexico Border The incident occurred about 7 p.m. Wednesday at the San Ysidro Point of Entry. By Mirna Alfonso (Patch Staff) December 25, 2014 at 3:20am A man died at a hospital after a Taser was administered during a fight with U.S. Customs and Border...

Pilot jailed over China air crash disaster Qi Quanjun, captain of the airliner that came down in heavy fog in Yichun in 2010, killing 44, also criticised for leaving plane before evacuating the passengers after it caught fire PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 11:08am UPDATED : Friday, 19...

Junta-backed council votes to strip Thai parliament’s power to appoint premier PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 12:57pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 6:30pm Reuters in Bangkok Thai Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, the current leader of the country, attends a meeting in...

Spain arrests seven accused of recruiting women for Islamic State MADRID Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:25am EST (Reuters) - Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested seven people in a ongoing joint swoop on suspected efforts to recruit women to go to Syria and Iraq to support Islamic State insurgents...