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Woman Killed in Liverpool Crash Remembered as Community Mourns
A 38-year-old woman died when her red Nissan Juke veered off Allerton Road in Woolton and struck a brick wall early Friday evening. Flowers and
Two cyclists killed after car ploughs into group in Kent; three arrested
Two cyclists died and a third was injured after a white Ford Focus hit a group of riders in Kent on Sunday morning. Police arrested
South African training body under fire over alleged double pay for audit chair
A South African public-sector governance row is widening after a senior Transnet executive who chairs Inseta’s audit and risk committee was paid nearly R300,...
Pentagon Clash Over Europe Nomination Echoes a Broader Struggle Inside the U.S. Military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved in early 2025 to block Gen. Christopher Donahue’s nomination as the next top U.S. military officer in Europe, setting off
One Nation’s rise in Australia stretches from vote gains to policy gambits
One Nation is no longer just a protest vote in Australia. The right-wing party has turned recent electoral gains into a louder national presence, while
Single-sex classes help lift VCE results at Melbourne private school, principal says
At Tintern Grammar in Melbourne’s east, boys and girls learn separately through the early years, then meet at lunch, in orchestras, on stage and out
Johannesburg floods leave cars stranded as heavy rain pounds inner city roads
Heavy rain in Johannesburg left several motorists stranded on Sunday after vehicles became submerged on waterlogged stretches of Siemert Road and Currey Stre...
Witness Says Penn State Cocaine Ring Figure Called Himself ‘The Godfather’ as Court Case Expands
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania — A former Penn State student told a court this week that an accused cocaine ring leader in the university town styled
US sanctions Turkish lender over Iran transactions, bank vows legal fight
The United States has sanctioned a Turkish bank and its subsidiaries over alleged ties to Iran, sharply escalating Washington’s effort to cut off Tehran’s ac...
Delhi Social Media Influencer Arrested After Admitting to Attack on Protester’s Father
A 22-year-old social media personality facing charges over an alleged assault during a July demonstration in India's capital has been taken into custody afte...
Sydney braces for 33C heat as southern NSW readies for snow
Sydney is set for a scorching start to spring, with suburbs forecast to hit 33C on Saturday and the city on track for its hottest
Queensland’s Former Police Chief Dies After Battling Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Steve Gollschewski, who led Queensland's police force before stepping down in February following a cancer diagnosis, has died at age 67. The former commissio...
Australia’s push for ‘basic’ homes stirs a debate over speed, standards and future costs
Australia’s opposition is promising faster approvals and simpler rules to get more homes built, but the plan is already raising a harder question: what gets
Convicted murderer gets second life sentence after daylight abduction of teenager
A convicted murderer who recorded voice memos about a planned “abduction point” has been handed a second life sentence after kidnapping a 15-year-old girl in
Allies Question Washington as Trump’s Wars and Diplomacy Shake Trust
Countries around the world are rethinking how far they can trust the United States, as Donald Trump pushes America away from old alliances and into
Grass fire shuts Heathrow rail links, stranding passengers at London’s Paddington hub
Train services to and from Heathrow Airport stopped on Saturday after a grass fire beside the tracks near London’s Paddington station knocked out the electri...
Seven aid workers killed on Gaza road were marked as targets after WCK convoy, Guardian says
Seven international aid workers were killed when Israeli drones struck three clearly marked World Central Kitchen vehicles in Gaza after a food delivery run to
Johannesburg’s mayoral race turns into a fight over competing realities
Johannesburg’s next mayor may be decided as much by competing poll numbers as by votes. With the city headed for another hung council, Helen Zille’s
India tests Khagantak-243 glide bomb, a new long-range strike weapon built at home
India’s air force has test-dropped a new indigenous glide bomb that is meant to let fighter jets hit targets from far outside enemy air defences.
Saharanpur mosque demolition triggers political uproar after court-backed order; opposition MP confined to home
Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur demolished a mosque inside the District Magistrate’s office complex on Saturday after a court upheld an earlier ord...
Teen’s quick thinking helped police tie kidnapping suspect to car by DNA clue
A kidnapped 15-year-old girl in England helped leave investigators a crucial trace after tearing out her own hair and putting it in her abductor’s car,
Belgium’s leader says Europe ignored India’s warning on economic dependence — and is listening now
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on Friday that Europe is paying for years of complacency over economic dependence, and that Indian Prime Minister
Minns says pro-Palestine protest fire exposed a hard lesson for Sydney’s stadium politics
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has described the fire that erupted around a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney as a “bitter lesson” for authorities, with
Man and boy charged after false identities spark chaos on Sydney-to-Melbourne flight
A Sydney-to-Melbourne flight was thrown into chaos after a man and a boy allegedly tried to board under false identities. The pair have now been