THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court said on Friday that Israel's settlement policies and exploitation of natural resources in the Palestinian territories were in breach of international law. The United Nations' highest court said that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories were illegal under international law, in an advisory opinion issued on Friday (July 19). The...
BANGKOK: A total of 30 of 35 luxury cars stolen from the United Kingdom have been handed over by Thai authorities to the British Embassy to be returned to their rightful owners in a case that dates back to 2016. The return of the stolen cars was announced on Friday (July 19) at a joint press...
DENPASAR: Two Australian nationals and three Indonesians survived a helicopter crash in South Kuta in Badung, Bali, on Friday (July 19) afternoon. The crash reportedly happened after the helicopter became entangled in kite strings. I Nyoman Sidakarya, an official with the Denpasar Search and Rescue Agency, said the helicopter took off from the Garuda Wisnu Kencana...
SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong is among a select group of foreign leaders invited by Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar to attend his installation ceremony as the 17th King of Malaysia. Lee will thus be visiting Malaysia from July 19 to 22 for the installation ceremony at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur, which is set to...
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Internet personality Andrew Tate will not be able to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking after a Romanian court of appeal on Tuesday overturned a previous ruling. Tate was indicted in mid-2023 along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects for human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal...
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian-born soldier has been promoted to a Major rank in the US Army, in a post by the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The news was shared by the embassy in a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 16). “Congratulations to Malaysian-American Major Lim on your promotion in the US Army! “This achievement underscores your professionalism,...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Six people were found dead at an upmarket hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday, including at least one American national of Vietnamese descent, the Thai government said, as the prime minister ordered a swift investigation to stem any damage to the tourism sector. The Thai police said in a separate statement that the six people...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP): The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement's attention at Saturday's rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him before he managed to get on a roof,...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former US president Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defence lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed. The decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon brings a stunning and abrupt conclusion to...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former US president Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defence lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed. The decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon brings a stunning and abrupt conclusion to...
