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The arrest comes just a week after Tokyo and Washington agreed to measures aimed at preventing crimes by US service members on the island after a murder allegedly involving an American Marine triggered outrage.
Residents of Poppleton are grappling with the fallout from a protracted legal struggle over local redevelopment initiatives. Following two arduous years in court, the US Supreme Court declined to examine their grievance. Initiated in 2006, the project has failed to deliver on its commitments…
Mauricio Pochettino has bid an emotional farewell to US football as he prepares to take charge of Manchester United.
People are expected to take to the streets for the fifth Saturday in a row, with a main rally in Paris and dozens of other gatherings across the country.In the capital, the Yellow Vest movement is joining high-school students, unions and other activists fighting for children's rights or opposed to…
Analysts say the pact, agreed amid the US-Iran war, aims to deter attacks rather than build an offensive alliance.
Investigators discovered bundles of banknotes buried in forests and concealed in buildings. The money was seized during an investigation into a former minister accused of accepting millions in bribes.
Millions of customers, abruptly, lost access to their savings accounts and pension payments after regulators seized the bank, setting off a sequence of events that culminated in a change of political leadership
Hong Kong police will activate artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition across their expanding smart surveillance network on Monday, the force’s commissioner has said. Speaking after attending a police passing-out ceremony, Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said the technology…
The legislative and presidential elections had been scheduled for December 22, after already being delayed several times. The United Nations had warned that a vote could set off widespread conflict
Hong Kong will launch a trial scheme next year to handle proxy voting via an electronic platform, a move designed to pave the way for a cap on proxies and curb rampant bid-rigging in private housing estates. Announcing the plan on Saturday, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen…
An ex-minister faces a bribery probe as Hungary's new government investigates alleged corruption during Orban's rule.
The French authorities’ heavy-handed response, including thousands of arrests, police beatings and curbs on marches, has added to the volatile mix of grievances fuelling an anti-Government groundswell that shows no sign of abating before next year’s presidential election
South Sudan, the world's newest country, on Saturday postponed its first national elections from December to February amid growing ethnic and political battles.
Sean Coughlan, who is facing 40 charges, told department inspector he was trespassing on his land
Over 9,000 flights were delayed Friday in the US
The latest raids by the Allied Democratic Forces come just days after the notoriously brutal group killed 66 people in North Kivu.
Protestors called for coal exports from Newcastle to end by 2030 and for workers to be supported in moving to other industries
Anti-corruption authorities in Hungary say they found around $18 million in hidden cash.
The White House said Trump will meet Xi on Nov 19 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Shenzhen.
The Hobart Hurricanes' WBBL defence falls further into tatters with a humiliating 10-wicket loss to the Brisbane Heat.
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 14 - South Sudan has pushed back its national elections to February 11, 2027, according to a timetable issued by the country's National Elections Commission, in another delay to its first election since independence in 2011. No reason was given for the postponement.
Sudan's humanitarian crisis is exacerbated by cuts in international aid. Almost 34 million people are in need as war and drone strikes are making it difficult to deliver aid to the population.
China is updating a law that has underpinned one of the most remarkable industrial transformations of our time. After two decades of rapid renewable-energy development, China is preparing to rewrite the rules that have guided, supported and guarded its energy revolution. The draft revision to…