US-Mexico border is world’s deadliest land migration route, IOM finds
September 12, 2023 8:13 PM The U.S.-Mexico border is the world’s deadliest land migration route, according to U.N. migration agency figures published on Tuesday, with hundreds losing their lives attempting…
Iraq starts relocating Iranian Kurdish fighters from Iran border – Iraq foreign minister
September 12, 2023 7:19 PM Iraq has started relocating Iranian Kurdish groups from Iraq’s Kurdish region frontiers with Iran to camps far from the border as part of a security…
Domestic helper jailed 12 weeks for abusing 85-year-old woman with severe stage dementia
Indah Nur Wahyuni was captured on CCTV hitting the elderly woman and handling her roughly while feeding her in the flat’s kitchen. Read More
Man tried to link woman to porn video by posting her pictures; victim later propositioned for sex on Telegram
Don Weng Kai Jun wanted to insinuate that the victim, whom he had met once via dating app Bumble, and the woman in the sex video were the same person.Read…
Spanish court trims sentence for one of ‘Wolf Pack’ rapists
September 12, 2023 6:20 PM A Spanish court has reduced the sentence of one of the five rapists convicted in the landmark 2016 “Wolf Pack” case after applying a recent…
Mercosur splits dampen EU outlook for trade deal as window narrows
September 12, 2023 6:05 PM BRASILIA/ Splits within South American trade bloc Mercosur have dampened hopes in the European Union of a trade deal, which could fall apart if it…
Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum during pandemic is recovered
September 12, 2023 5:59 PM A painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was stolen from a small Dutch museum in 2020 during a COVID-19 lockdown has been recovered, the institution…
Tharman wins 76% of overseas votes cast in Singapore’s Presidential Election
The other two candidates – Mr Ng Kok Song and Mr Tan Kin Lian – received 15.99 per cent and 7.85 per cent of overseas votes respectively.Read More