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Leader of Oregon occupation arrested, 1 dead after highway shootout with authorities PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 27 January, 2016, 11:59am UPDATED : Wednesday, 27 January, 2016, 12:21pm Reuters Sergeant Tom Hutchison stands in front of an Oregon State Police roadblock on Tuesday. Authorities say...

Islamic State video shows Paris attackers beheading people and training in desert PUBLISHED : Monday, 25 January, 2016, 9:22am UPDATED : Monday, 25 January, 2016, 9:22am Associated Press in Paris A screenshot from a new video released by the Islamic State group depicts the jihadists behind...

PUBLISHED : Sunday, 17 January, 2016, 7:41pm UPDATED : Sunday, 17 January, 2016, 7:47pm Why China will not sharply devalue the yuan Beijing faces long battle with speculators, but tinkering with the currency would be counterproductive and at odds with its international stance Wang Xiangwei...

Deaf-mute victims ‘beaten, raped, intimidated’ into stealing in Chinese crime gang PUBLISHED : Friday, 15 January, 2016, 3:52pm UPDATED : Friday, 15 January, 2016, 3:52pm Alice Yan [email protected] A member of the gang and its boss, right. Photo: SCMP Pictures A deaf woman has been...

Hong Kong police round up 31 suspected triad members after fighting between rival factions over staring at girlfriends The trouble within Wo Shing Wo erupted about 10 days ago in Tin Shui Wai PUBLISHED : Monday, 11 January, 2016, 2:38pm UPDATED : Monday, 11 January, 2016, 5:27pm Clifford Lo...

German broadcaster sorry for slow reporting on mob assaults AFP January 6, 2016, 11:58 pm Berlin (AFP) - German public broadcaster ZDF has apologised for delays in reporting on a wave of sexual assaults blamed on men of Arab appearance amid accusations Wednesday of media self-censorship of...

Hong Kong leader 'very concerned' over missing booksellers AFP January 5, 2016, 1:52 am Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's leader said he was "very concerned" Monday over the disappearance of five booksellers known for publications critical of the Chinese government after a prominent lawmaker...

Hong Kong bookseller disappears: Police say no record of him leaving - wife says he called from Shenzhen and 'will not be coming back anytime soon' Police say there is no record of him leaving HK, but wife suspects mainland officers grabbed him and says he phoned her on the night he vanished...

Three held after fight in Dutch refugee centre AFP December 27, 2015, 9:49 pm The Hague (AFP) - Dutch police said three men were in detention Sunday after a late-night brawl at a refugee centre in the city of Arnhem left four people slightly hurt. The Saturday night fight was the latest of...

IS jihadists stole 'tens of thousands' of blank passports: report AFP December 21, 2015, 2:50 am Berlin (AFP) - The Islamic State group may have stolen "tens of thousands" of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported...

California shooter messaged Facebook friends about support for jihad: Report Reuters First posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 08:50 PM EST | Updated: Monday, December 14, 2015 09:01 PM EST This July 27, 2014 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and...

Brazil police shootings of five men spark outrage AFP December 2, 2015, 6:35 am Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Angry Rio residents said Tuesday the shooting of five young men in an apparently botched police operation shows next year's Olympic host city is a war zone where the poor are treated as the...

Thai poultry factories accused of labour abuses Report comes after allegations of slavery in country's fishing industry PUBLISHED : Saturday, 28 November, 2015, 2:30am UPDATED : Saturday, 28 November, 2015, 2:30am Associated Press in Bangkok Many migrants are considered slaves in the Thai...

Mainland Chinese tourist arrested for slapping Hong Kong guide in alleged ‘forced shopping’ row PUBLISHED : Saturday, 21 November, 2015, 7:00am UPDATED : Saturday, 21 November, 2015, 7:00am Christy Leung [email protected] The mainlander is allegedly forced to spend at a patisserie in...

Indonesian motorbike taxi app to ban smelly drivers AFP November 12, 2015, 8:41 pm Jakarta (AFP) - Life is about to get a little easier for Indonesians who use motorbike taxis to weave through Jakarta's notorious traffic-choked streets -- a new ride-hailing app is promising to ban smelly...

China paper denounces Taiwan opposition leader AFP November 9, 2015, 7:01 pm Beijing (AFP) - A state-run mainland Chinese newspaper denounced Taiwan's opposition leader and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen as narrow-minded and selfish on Monday as she criticised a historic meeting between...

Bangladesh teachers, students take to streets after secular publisher hacked to death The murder came hours after a publisher and two atheist writers were also attacked in Dhaka PUBLISHED : Sunday, 01 November, 2015, 4:30pm UPDATED : Sunday, 01 November, 2015, 4:33pm Agence France-Presse in...

FBI investigates videoed classroom arrest of black schoolgirl, slammed to ground by white officer PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 9:42am UPDATED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 10:55pm Agence France-Presse in Washington Senior Deputy Ben Fields grabs a student before throwing her to...

Bangladesh arrests over Italian aid worker death 26 october 2015 Asia Four people have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the killing of an Italian aid worker, say police. Cesare Tavella, 50, was shot dead in the diplomatic quarter of the capital, Dhaka, in late September. The...