Hong Kong police smash alleged Thai prostitution ring, seize B55m cash

7 more killings added in case vs Rodrigo Duterte; total now 56

MANILA, Philippines — Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have allowed the prosecutors in the case against former President Rodrigo Duterte to include more incidents in the list of killings being linked to his so-called war on drugs. The ICC’s Trial Chamber (TC) III, in a decision on Oct. 9, partially granted the request

Houthi attack on Saudi airport kills 12, over 300 wounded, authorities say

RIYADH — The third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 wounded, Saudi authorities said, and the Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the strike, a major escalation of their campaign against the Saudis. The dead included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the U.S., Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. At the latest count, they said 309 were wounded. Hospitals were flooded with wounded brought by ambulance and helicopter, people briefed on the matter said. Some were in critical condition. Saturday's attack occurred without warning, with no alert issued by Saudi Arabia's threat warning system. This week's two previous attacks on King Khalid International Airport left four people dead and caused heavy damage to a Saudi commercial plane parked on the tarmac. This week's deadly strikes exposed vulnerabilities in the kingdom's self-defence capabilities as it wages an air campaign against the Houthis to support a ground war by the Yeme

Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskyy. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason he never does," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president." Zelenskyy, in some of his sharpest criticism yet of the White House, blasted Trump's deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, which comes as soaring energy prices have become a political liability for Trump's Republican Party ahead of next month's midterm elections. The Russian government said on Saturday it had partially lifted a ban on diesel exports with immediate effect. "Today, Russia said thank you for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia," Zelenskyy said after a Russian strike on that

Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

Another 309 people were injured in an attack a Saudi-led military coalition called a "war crime".

Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide

Authorities said several houses and two suspension bridges had been swept away, and a hydroelectric project was damaged by the flood.

New Zealand pick Allen, Ferguson, Seifert for India ODIs, Ravindra returns

Trump, Zelensky clash over diesel deal as Russian strikes kill 21

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and Moscow’s continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children. Trump, whose party faces dim prospects in next month’s midterm elections partly over soaring US fuel prices, announced

WA Bravery Awards honour Perth father who saved his daughter from drowning

CJP protest 2.0: Supreme Court holds special Sunday sitting to hear contempt plea, detentions — All you need to know

The petition seeks initiation of contempt proceedings against Home Secretary, Delhi Police Commissioner, and DMRC Chairperson for alleged willful disobedience of the Supreme Court's directions.

‘I should have won 8’: Trump fumes over latest Nobel snub

In a nearly 600-word late-night tirade, Donald Trump disparaged this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and warned the award had been “forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues”.

Four All Blacks ruled out of second Wallabies test

Pope Leo condemns death penalty as Trump mulls livestreamed execution

Pope Leo renewed his condemnation of the death penalty on Saturday, saying it violates the sanctity of human life and deprives people of the chance of redemption, days after the Pentagon said it planned to livestream an execution.