World News by Wild Rose

Hong Kong police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in a flat at a private residential estate. The force said the woman, believed to be in her fifties, was discovered with knife wounds to her neck in a flat in block 2 of Heng Fa Chuen in Chai Wan at about 7.50pm on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. She was confirmed dead at the scene. Officers arrested the man and announced that an investigation was under way. Heng Fa Chuen is a major private...

FIR alleges that Reporter TV managing director and two unidentified persons conspired to defame the Chief Minister in public by circulating and retaining documents which they allegedly knew to be fabricated

Authorities are offering a 400,000-rand reward for information that could lead to arrests as the investigation continues.

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a former owner of a Tokyo massage parlor to five years in prison and fined him 1 million yen for making a then 12-year-old Thai girl provide sexual services in violation of laws including the child welfare law. Tokyo District Court found Masayuki Hosono, 52, guilty of having the girl provide sexual services to male customer...

The mother of Malaysian schoolgirl Yap Shing Xuen has shared a moving tribute to her late daughter, who was stabbed to death nearly a year ago in a school toilet. On Monday, the Shah Alam High Court found Yap’s attacker, who was 14 at the time, not guilty of her murder on the grounds of insanity. Medical testimony accepted by the court established that the boy had severe undiagnosed schizophrenia since the age of nine. He was ordered into psychiatric confinement, where he will remain...

A death-registry tally covering the start of Keiko Fujimori's government has circulated widely. It runs about half the rate implied by official statistics. The post Peru Homicides Reached 248 in 46 Days. The Count Is Provisional and Will Rise. appeared first on The Rio Times.

Guangzhou police apprehended a man in the city’s university town district after receiving reports that he was wielding a knife and injuring pedestrians, according to a police statement. According to an alert by the Panyu district branch of the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, at about 5.20pm local time, emergency services received calls about multiple stabbings in front of a hotpot restaurant in the district’s Xiaoguwei Island. The bureau said in a social media post that police...

The Dominican Republic's accumulated homicide rate stands at 7.39 per 100,000 through 4 September 2026, the joint task force reports — on track for the lowest close in decades. The post Dominican Republic Murder Rate Falls to 7.39 per 100,000 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Two thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled, authorities said. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Christopher Marinello, a lawyer and founder of Art Recovery International. He says that offering a reward for information could go a long way in recovering stolen artworks.

French police on Tuesday hunted for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum, after abandoning two others as they fled, in a burglary that reignited concerns about the protection of France's cultural heritage. The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies including the daylight theft last year of crown jewellery valued at around $100 million from the Louvre in Paris. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell.

Six Malaysian men have been detained in connection with a drug smuggling case involving a 39-year-old Malaysia Airlines pilot detained at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia. The six were arrested following information obtained during questioning of the pilot by a team of Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) officers sent to Jakarta from August 11 to 15. Bukit Aman NCID director Commissioner Hussein Omar Khan said the six had allegedly acted as suppliers and...

The defence lawyer is upset after the judge decides not to remove a holdout in the triple murder case.