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Singapore teen jailed for 16 years for killing schoolmate

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Singapore judge sentenced a teenager to 16 years in jail on Friday for killing a schoolmate…

Australian officer charged with manslaughter after tasering 95-year-old

SYDNEY, Nov 29, 2023 (AFP) - An Australian police officer was charged with manslaughter Wednesday, after allegedly tasering a 95-year-old…

Five things to know about Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy, Nov 20, 2023 (AFP) - The massive historic trial concluding Monday targets the 'Ndrangheta mafia, which has…

Hundreds found guilty in historic Italian mafia trial

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy, Nov 20, 2023 (AFP) - An Italian court on Monday convicted and sentenced around 200 mobsters and…

Israel police probe ‘several cases’ of sexual violence on Oct 7

BET SHEMESH, Israel, Nov 14, 2023 (AFP) - Israeli police said Tuesday they were investigating "several cases" of alleged sexual…

19 South Koreans rescued from captivity in Myanmar’s Golden Triangle

SEOUL, Nov 14, 2023 (AFP) - Nineteen South Koreans who were held captive in Myanmar have been rescued, Seoul's foreign…

Colombia detains 4 in kidnapping of footballer’s father

BOGOTÁ, Nov 11, 2023 (AFP) - Police in Colombia have detained four people suspected in the kidnapping of the father…

Students evacuated from German high school over ‘threat’

BERLIN, Nov 8, 2023 (AFP) - German police on Wednesday evacuated students from a school in Hamburg over a "threat"…

Hamburg airport hostage-taker gives himself up

HAMBURG, Nov 5, 2023 (AFP) - An armed father who took his four-year-old daughter hostage, forcing the suspension of flights…

Australian police arrest woman suspected of poisoning family with mushrooms

By Sharon MARRIS SYDNEY, Nov 2, 2023 (AFP) - Australian police on Thursday arrested the woman at the centre of…

Elderly Japanese hostage taker ‘had grudge’ with post office

TOKYO, Nov 1, 2023 (AFP) - Japanese police on Wednesday were probing the motives of an 86-year-old who took two…

Japan police detain octogenarian hostage-taker

By Tomohiro OSAKI SAITAMA, Japan, Oct 31, 2023 (AFP) - Japanese police detained a reportedly 86-year-old man who held several…

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