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Matlala says April meeting with KwaZulu-Natal police chief was arranged after complaints over SAPS tender delays
Businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala told South Africa’s Madlanga commission on Wednesday that a 2025 meeting with KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhl...

Tasmanian pilot Bob Bramley remembered for love of flying after NT crash
Tasmanian pilot Bob Bramley was being remembered on Wednesday as a young man who “just loved flying” after his small charter plane crashed in remote

Former Chemistry Teacher Convicted of Sexual Misconduct With Teenage Boys in 1980s London School Case
A former chemistry instructor has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in north London nearly four decades ago.

Bondi families push for royal commission as fears of whitewash grow
Families affected by the Bondi attack are demanding a royal commission, saying the government’s antisemitism inquiry has not gone far enough. Their push come...

Texas judge lets ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting leave jail after extradition bid stalls
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged in a Minneapolis shooting walked out of a Texas jail on Thursday after a federal judge refused to

Labour faces loss of up to 18 London MPs as Reform, Conservatives and Greens surge in poll
Labour could lose as many as 18 MPs in London at the next general election, according to a new poll that puts the party 11

Two Western Australians charged after joint AFP-FBI probe into alleged global cybercrime network
Two young men from Western Australia have been charged after a months-long investigation linked them to an alleged cybercrime syndicate accused of compromisi...

Matlala says suspended police general Sibiya was only an acquaintance, not a friend
PRETORIA — Alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala told the Madlanga Commission on Monday that suspended deputy police commissioner General Shadrack...

Southern California heat wave hits its peak, with downtown Los Angeles set for a record 101 degrees
Southern California is at the height of its worst heat wave of the summer, with Wednesday forecast to be the hottest day across the region.

Australia antisemitism inquiry closes with rabbi’s emotional plea for reckoning
An historic Australian inquiry into antisemitism ended on Wednesday with a stark warning from a rabbi who lost a family member in the Bondi terror

Ex-building commissioner tells corruption inquiry alleged shakedown was used to pressure him over Toplace order
Former NSW building commissioner David Chandler has told a corruption inquiry that an alleged “extortion attempt” involving construction company Toplace was ...

Queensland court formalises parentage in rare surrogacy case of biologically unrelated twins
A Queensland woman gave birth to twins with different biological parents in November 2025, forcing two families to seek court orders to untangle a surrogacy

London police expand e-motorbike fleet in push against phone snatchers
The Metropolitan Police has grown its fleet of high-powered electric motorbikes from five to 25 as it steps up the chase against phone snatchers and

Houston sends for Kayshon Boutte as injuries reshape Texans’ receiving picture
HOUSTON — The Houston Texans moved quickly on Monday, trading for veteran wide receiver Kayshon Boutte after injuries thinned their depth chart. For fantasy ...

Guantánamo trial for four accused in 9/11 plot set to begin in 2028
A military judge has set a trial date of June 5, 2028, for four men accused of involvement in the September 11 attacks, including Khalid

Australia’s GST deal is under fresh fire as its price tag nears A$60 billion
Australia’s long-running fight over how to split the goods and services tax has flared again, with a 2018 deal struck to ease West Australian anger

Victoria’s population boom could feed a ring of satellite cities around Melbourne
Victoria is adding about one person every four minutes and 40 seconds, and most of them are ending up in Melbourne. The state’s capital is

U.S. immigration arrests hit monthly high under Trump, reaching nearly 50,000 in July
U.S. immigration arrests climbed to their highest monthly level of President Donald Trump’s second term in July, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement recor...

Six killed as private bus slams into truck on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway in India’s Suryapet district
Six people were killed and 20 others injured early Wednesday when a private travel bus collided with a lorry on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway in India’s

Dozens Dead, Hundreds Missing After Flash Flood Devastates Nepal-Tibet Border Region
A flash flood swept through the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday morning, leaving at least 22 people dead and hundreds missing, including foreign touri...

Sydney Harbour calm shattered by a day of search, rescue and shock
What began as one of Sydney’s brightest winter days turned fast. By midday last Saturday, NSW Police marine officers were pulled from routine harbour patrols

Trump administration pauses all U.S. immigrant visa applications as restrictions tighten
The Trump administration has paused all U.S. immigrant visa applications while the State Department moves to tighten screening and limit access for applicant...

South African court throws out R17m claim over failed public works job bid
A Western Cape High Court judge has dismissed a R17 million claim brought by an unemployed man who said a municipality wrongly led him to

CIA Director’s Surprise Moscow Trip Signals Shift in U.S.-Russia Engagement
CIA Director John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow on Tuesday morning after an overnight flight aboard a U.S. Air Force cargo plane, marking a rare and