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Rivals pounce as Trump fails to denounce KKK, after endorsement from white supremacist PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 February, 2016, 9:11am UPDATED : Monday, 29 February, 2016, 9:12am Associated Press in Leesburg, Virgina A caucus-goer confronts men dressed as Ku Klux Klan members outside the...

Vietnam suspends four guards after inmate becomes pregnant PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 16 February, 2016, 4:12pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 16 February, 2016, 4:13pm Associated Press in Hanoi Nguyen Thi Hue paid US$2,300 to a male inmate to help her get pregnant. Photo: AP Four prison guards in northern...

Briton Jailed After Going To Syria To Join IS Mohammed Uddin, 29, left Britain in November 2014 and was caught as he tried to return from Syria the following month. 14:52, Wednesday 10 February 2016 Mohammed Uddin Uddin was caught after crossing the border into Turkey A British man who...

Malaysian officer who assaulted New Zealand woman in case that sparked diplomatic furore to serve 9 months PUBLISHED : Thursday, 04 February, 2016, 4:11pm UPDATED : Thursday, 04 February, 2016, 4:11pm Associated Press in Wellington Former Malaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman Ismail stands...

Dead Italian student in Egypt 'tortured' AAP February 5, 2016, 9:01 am The body of an Italian student who went missing in Cairo was found half naked by the roadside with cigarette burns and other signs of torture, a senior Egyptian prosecutor said. In Rome, Italy's Foreign Ministry summoned...

China demotes 10 wayward top officials in 2015 but few details on errors of cadres’ ways Only one of the demoted officials, all of whom held vice-ministerial ranks, had his wrongdoings made public as Beijing tries to maintain party image PUBLISHED : Saturday, 30 January, 2016, 1:26am UPDATED ...

‘Armed and dangerous’ double-murder suspect arrested in dramatic swoop at Hong Kong airport Chinese national accused of bludgeoning two nephews to death in Los Angeles grabbed by Hong Kong police as he attempted to flee to mainland PUBLISHED : Saturday, 23 January, 2016, 11:40pm UPDATED ...

Spanish police smash helicopter cannabis smuggling ring AFP January 14, 2016, 11:49 pm Madrid (AFP) - Spanish police said Thursday they had smashed a ring that smuggled cannabis from Morocco to Spain by helicopter, arresting 20 people including a former Ukrainian pilot who used to fight...

Bank replaces stolen ATM with new machine Central News Agency 2016-01-11 03:32 PM Central News Agency (2016-01-11 15:03:58) Workers were busy installing a new automated teller machine (ATM) at the Tainan Rende branch of King's Town Bank Monday after robbers ripped out one of the ATMs...

Briton suspected of being masked man in IS video: BBC AFP January 6, 2016, 12:01 am London (AFP) - Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an Islamic State (IS) group video are focusing on a Briton, Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC reported Tuesday. Dhar was born...

Expelled French journalist warns of dark days for media in China AFP January 1, 2016, 7:30 pm Paris (AFP) - A French reporter forced to leave Beijing after she criticised government policy in violence-racked Xinjiang arrived home Friday after warning of dark days ahead for journalists...

Police in Louisiana use a dating app to arrest a man accused of stealing phone at gunpoint THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 09:15 AM EST | Updated: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 09:19 AM EST LAFAYETTE, La. -- Police in Louisiana say officers used a dating app to...

Baby girl among four dead in Pat Heung minibus-truck crash which injured 14 Hongkongers Minibus thrown across intersection to land on its side after impact with truck, killing four instantly PUBLISHED : Friday, 18 December, 2015, 5:54pm UPDATED : Saturday, 19 December, 2015, 9:09am Clifford...

Jehovah’s Witnesses set to reap US$1 billion from sale of NYC headquarters PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 December, 2015, 9:59am UPDATED : Monday, 14 December, 2015, 9:59am Associated Press in New York The current world headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses is seen in the Brooklyn borough of New...

Teacher asks 13-year-old Muslim student if she has a bomb, principal apologizes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015 12:25 PM EST | Updated: Saturday, December 12, 2015 12:46 PM EST ATLANTA -- The father of a Muslim middle school student says a teacher asked his...

Guilty: Malaysian embassy worker took off pants, walked into house, attacked woman, then tried to claim immunity PUBLISHED : Monday, 30 November, 2015, 12:55pm UPDATED : Monday, 30 November, 2015, 12:55pm Associated Press in Wellington Muhammad Rizalman Ismail in a Wellington, New Zealand...

Psychotic Hong Kong ‘monster killer’ who chopped mother to death is jailed for 10 years Court told how drug abuser leapt from burning Yuen Long flat shouting ‘Jesus loves me’ PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 November, 2015, 4:45pm UPDATED : Thursday, 26 November, 2015, 4:55pm Julie Chu...

'All the terrorists are basically migrants': Controversial Hungarian prime minister calls for EU border clampdown in wake of Paris attacks Viktor Orban claimed in interview 'all the terrorists are basically migrants' He said the 'number one job' was now to 'defend borders' after Paris...

Italy launches jihadist hunt after US tip AFP November 19, 2015, 11:38 pm Rome (AFP) - Italy is looking for five terror suspects after a tip-off from the United States about possible jihadist attacks on tourist sites in Rome and Milan, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Thursday. The US...

Cambodian soldier among 10 arrested over illegal logging patrol murders A forest ranger and a policeman were killed while investigating the illegal trade PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 November, 2015, 3:33pm UPDATED : Friday, 13 November, 2015, 3:33pm Agence France-Presse in Phnom Penh Chhut...