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Organised crime muscling in on migrant trafficking AFP July 29, 2015, 12:00 am Paris (AFP) - The profits are huge, the risks limited and the demand virtually inexhaustible: trafficking illegal migrants to Europe is increasingly becoming the domain of organised crime groups attracted by the...

South Korea removes last person from quarantine over Mers PUBLISHED : Monday, 27 July, 2015, 11:52am UPDATED : Monday, 27 July, 2015, 9:54pm Associated Press Hospital workers wear face masks at the lobby of Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul. Photo: AFP South Korean health...

Jobless man arrested in South Korea for 'making online threat to kill US ambassador in Seoul' PUBLISHED : Friday, 24 July, 2015, 3:58pm UPDATED : Friday, 24 July, 2015, 4:12pm Associated Press Lippert was attacked by a man who slashed him with a knife during a breakfast forum earlier this...

HK customs seizes suspected ketamine Xinhua, July 22, 2015 Hong Kong Customs announced Wednesday that they seized about 2 kilograms of suspected ketamine, with a market value of about 260,000 HK dollars, at the Lo Wu Control Point on Tuesday. Customs officers intercepted a 19-year-old...

Ex-Yugoslav general arrested in Montenegro AFP July 20, 2015, 5:39 am Podgorica (Montenegro) (AFP) - A former Yugoslav general was arrested in Montenegro on Sunday on suspicion of having committed war crimes in the 1990s, an official source in Podgorica said. Serbian Borislav Djukic, 66...

Secret video reveals 'aborted babies' body parts being sold' Yahoo US July 16, 2015, 9:25 am A hidden camera has revealed a Planned Parenthood official casually discussing disturbing details of a buy-and-sell arrangement for aborted babies' body parts. The eight-minute clip features Dr...

Siberian military barracks collapses, killing 23 and injuring 19 more Police evacuate 18 hostages from Paris suburb store hold-up PUBLISHED : Monday, 13 July, 2015, 5:37pm UPDATED : Monday, 13 July, 2015, 6:39pm Associated Press in Moscow A ceilling collapsed at a military base in the...

Published: Wednesday July 8, 2015 MYT 7:38:00 PM Updated: Wednesday July 8, 2015 MYT 9:06:38 PM Cops leave 1MDB office, say have completed work for the day by t. avineshwaran AND hemananthani sivanandam The police, were seen leaving Menara IMC at 6.20pm. KUALA LUMPUR: Police and special...

Published: Wednesday July 8, 2015 MYT 8:55:00 PM Updated: Wednesday July 8, 2015 MYT 11:46:45 PM IGP: No reason to arrest Dr Mahathir, suggestion mischievous KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (pic) has rejected calls by certain quarters for former prime...

Bangkok court frees 14 student protesters but they still face trial over sedition charges PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 July, 2015, 1:23am UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 July, 2015, 1:28am Bangkok court frees 14 student protesters but they still face trial over sedition charges Supporters from the New...

Malaysian PM Razak denies reports troubled state fund sent US$700m to his personal bank accounts PUBLISHED : Friday, 03 July, 2015, 5:37pm UPDATED : Friday, 03 July, 2015, 6:52pm AP and AFP in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak called allegations of questionable fund...

Prisoner custody officer dies after being beaten by a prisoner The custody officer was seriously assaulted by a male prisoner, her devastated family are demanding answers from her employer Blackfriars Crown Court in London Photo: PA By Agency 1:13PM BST 02 Jul 2015 The devastated family of...

Severed head selfie sent to Canada AP June 28, 2015, 8:32 am A French terror suspect has sent a selfie of himself with his beheaded victim to someone in Canada. The top suspect in the beheading of a businessman in what French police believe was a terrorist attack took a "selfie" photo with...

Malaysia to hire 1.5 million Bangladeshis AAP June 26, 2015, 9:24 pm Malaysia will hire 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh in stages over the next three years, a senior official says, despite rejecting a plea from the UN to allow more than 150,000 refugees in the country to find jobs...

'Hijacked' Malaysian tanker found in Cambodian waters with fresh coat of paint PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 June, 2015, 3:52pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 June, 2015, 9:52pm AFP The deputy director of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Ahmad Puzi Abdul Kahar, shows a picture of missing...

South Korea says 11th patient has died of Mers infection as two hospitals sealed off But easing in number of new infections may signal that the 'worst is over' PUBLISHED : Friday, 12 June, 2015, 2:27pm UPDATED : Friday, 12 June, 2015, 2:35pm Reuters and AFP in Seoul Doctors pray during a...

Spanish police dismantle voodoo-linked sex trafficking ring Date June 10, 2015 - 3:35AM Prostitutes are reflected in a mirror as they wait for customers at the brothel where they work in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: The New York Times Madrid: Spanish police said on Monday they had dismantled a...

5th person dies of MERS in South Korea AP June 7, 2015, 1:36 pm Another person has died of the MERS virus in South Korea, putting the total number of deaths at five. Sixty-four people have been infected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome since last month. Hundreds of schools have...

Son Jailed For Punching Mother To Death A 30-year-old man who beat and strangled his mother in her London home has been sentenced to a minimum of 27 years jail 14:17, Thursday 04 June 2015 Margaret Sheehy's body was found a day after the attack A schizophrenic man, who beat and strangled...

Three 'lured to city in kidnap plot' Indian businessmen were allegedly held captive and a ransom demanded after they were lured to Hong Kong for property deal PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 June, 2015, 3:29am UPDATED : Wednesday, 03 June, 2015, 3:29am Thomas Chan [email protected] Three...