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Argentine prosecutor shot point blank in forehead: official AFP January 25, 2015, 10:16 am Buenos Aires (AFP) - An Argentine prosecutor found dead shortly before he was about to make explosive allegations about President Cristina Kirchner took a bullet point-blank to his forehead, justice...

Aust IS fighters raped, enslaved women AAP January 22, 2015, 8:27 pm Australian jihadist Khaled Sharrouf. Picture: Facebook Australian jihadists Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar have been accused of enslaving and raping women from the Yazidi religious minority in northern Iraq. Two women...

Landmark trial begins for British doctor accused of genital mutilation PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 2:03pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 2:08pm Reuters in London Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena is accused of performing FGM after stitching back a Somali-born woman's genitals after...

Seventh person arrested over murder of Australian Robert Ellis in Bali Date January 19, 2015 - 8:55PM Robert Kelvin Ellis, pictured with his wife Julaikah Noor Aini. Photo: Supplied A man Indonesian police have been hunting for months over the Bali murder of an Australian businessman has...

Japan's final sarin gas trial unlikely to bring closure Eleven members of Aum Shinrikyo cult face execution, yet group that carried out Japan's worst domestic terrorist attack lives on Riot policemen surround the Tokyo headquarters of the controversial Aum Supreme Truth sect, on March 22...

Nearly Half of Chinese food plants failed inspections, quality control specialist says Quality control specialist says 48.1 per cent of the inspections it carried out in China last year failed to meet modern health and safety standards PUBLISHED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 2:42am UPDATED ...

New York Times reporter will not be forced to testify in CIA leak trial Reuters 12 Jan 2015 at 21:53 ET New York Times reporter James Risen New York Times reporter James Risen will not be called to testify in a CIA leak case that has become a flashpoint of contention over...

Pro-IS hackers seize US CentCom social media accounts AFP January 13, 2015, 6:20 am Washington (AFP) - US Central Command suspended its Twitter page on Monday after a group declaring sympathy for Islamic State jihadists hacked its social media accounts and posted internal documents. In an...

Seventh suspect arrested, but no cash found, in multi-million-dollar highway cash spill PUBLISHED : Saturday, 10 January, 2015, 3:36pm UPDATED : Saturday, 10 January, 2015, 8:56pm Clifford Lo [email protected] A man picks up money spilled by a security van in Wan Chai on December 24...

US Navy commander pleads guilty to accepting bribes from Singapore-based contractor Greed and lust sink officer who accepted kickbacks from Singapore defence contractor to pass on classified ship schedules PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 07 January, 2015, 11:03am UPDATED : Thursday, 08 January, 2015...

Mexican mayor's wife jailed for key role in disappearance of 43 students PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 January, 2015, 5:32pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 06 January, 2015, 5:32pm Agence France-Presse in Mexico City Maria de los Angeles Pineda (left) and husband, former Iguala mayor Jose Luis Abarca. Photo...

China executes S. Korean drug offender 2015/01/05 17:59 SEOUL/BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- China executed a South Korean national last week for smuggling and trading drugs, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday, following Beijing's execution of three South Korean drug dealers five months...

HIV eruption in remote Cambodian village Date December 30, 2014 - 4:11PM Lindsay Murdoch South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media A four-year-old girl is the latest of more than 200 residents of a remote Cambodian village who have tested positive for HIV, baffling health officials...

Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson handed six-month sentence in Taiwan for intimidation Youngest son of Taiwan political dynasty handed six-month sentence, subject to appeal, for posting threats against former school on social media PUBLISHED : Saturday, 27 December, 2014, 10:01am UPDATED ...

Russia's economy expected to get worse in year ahead after rouble's fall The week ended with relief in Moscow, but the economy is still expected to get worse next year PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 December, 2014, 10:10pm UPDATED : Sunday, 21 December, 2014, 10:10pm Agence France-Presse in Moscow...

Owner of Chinese Apple reseller allegedly flees to France with 100 million yuan PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 23 December, 2014, 2:54pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 23 December, 2014, 2:54pm Stephen Chen [email protected] Apple said the owner of a Chinese shop reselling its products, who allegedly fled to...

Abuse and 20 hour shifts: Plight of Nepalese domestic workers seeking 'Gulf Dream' Restrictions on women going abroad to work as maids set to be eased after several states agree to ensure rights amid reports of abuse PUBLISHED : Saturday, 20 December, 2014, 9:41pm UPDATED : Saturday, 20...

US unlikely to retaliate against North Korea with its own cyberattack Retaliation for Sony likely to be kept quiet to avoid North's desire for public showdown PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 10:55pm UPDATED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 10:55pm Bloomberg Sony studios in Culver City...

Boston Marathon bombing suspect to face court for first time since attack PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 5:14pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 5:19pm AP and AFP in Boston Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (right) will face a pre-trial hearing for his role in the bombing. He allegedly...

Indian police arrest ‘jihadi tweeter’ in Bangalore Mehdi Masroor Biswas placed under arrest for operating ShamiWitness Twiiter account in support of Islamic State radicals fighting in the Middle East PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 7:04pm UPDATED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 7:19pm...