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As Japan's yakuza weakens, police focus shifts to unorganized crime hired via social media

TOKYO (AP) — A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining membership. Police agents who were busy dealing with thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have noticed something new: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza. Police call...

2024-05-18T01:03:00Z

PAS showing it should lead PN, says analyst

Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara believes PAS’s claim is justified due to its stronger parliamentary presence, compared to Bersatu.

2024-05-18T00:59:16Z

Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now-deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Dave Hall said Friday that Gary Allen Srery might also be linked to unsolved murders and sexual assaults in Western Canada, and authorities are asking the public for more information that may link him...

2024-05-17T19:38:14Z

Perhilitan translocates foraging wild boar in Shah Alam neighbourhood

ONE of the wild boars that have been rummaging through rubbish and eating food scraps from toppled bins outside homes in Section U11 in Bukit Bandaraya, Shah Alam has been trapped. Read full story

2024-05-18T05:20:38Z

Cops nab 2 men attempting to trespass into Istana Negara

Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa says the two men wanted to meet with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

2024-05-18T04:59:52Z

Police Arrest Six in Massive 400-Car, $8-Million Theft Ring

Michigan police suspect those arrested are just a fraction of the individuals involved in the massive theft organization.

2024-05-17T18:19:54Z

British Army sinks the Americans in bridge-building war game triumph

Faced with the daunting task of crossing an 156-metre stretch across the Drawa River in the west of Poland, the British troops created a makeshift ferry crossing in just 18 minutes.

2024-05-18T01:12:57Z

Famed cook evicted from New York apartment for not paying rent

Madison Cowan was evicted from his $2,750 a month one-bedroom Boerum Hill apartment this week after his landlord, Gus Sheha claimed he didn't pay his rent since January 2020

2024-05-18T01:28:01Z

NYPD arrest suspect in assault on Steve Buscemi

Buscemi was punched in an apparent random attack last week in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

2024-05-17T22:03:00Z

Phones, diapers among weird finds in sewerage - IWK

Stop throwing things in the toilet bowl!

2024-05-18T02:39:58Z

Throwing cash in the air - Nigeria's wedding dilemma

Spraying money - flinging cash at the happy couple - is a highlight of many ceremonies but is illegal.

2024-05-18T00:33:32Z

Police: CBT cases involving lawyers on the rise

KUALA LUMPUR: Cases of embezzlement involving lawyers are on the rise, as seen in Bukit Aman statistics. Read full story

2024-05-17T23:04:53Z

David Miliband 'wants to be British ambassador to the United States'

Many in Westminster think David Miliband could do a David Cameron and become Sir Keir's foreign secretary in the Lords. But his ambitions are said to lie stateside.

2024-05-18T00:27:41Z

Talking about ‘halal’ and ‘haram’ doesn’t make PAS extreme, says Tuan Ibrahim

The PAS deputy president also says the 'increasing support' for PN in Selangor disproves Bersatu assemblyman Abdul Rashid Asari’s claim.

2024-05-18T00:29:06Z

Headmaster had to dig up mud to get tires unstuck before reaching school

TENOM - Facing infrastructure problems like the lack of proper road access and no electricity supply never dampened the spirit of a headmaster at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kapulu, here. Fred Gugau Ridwon, who has served as a teacher in remote areas for 35 years, just completed his final term at the school, bringing with him various sweet and bitter m...

2024-05-18T00:39:36Z

Driver killed in three-lorry mishap along NSE

IPOH: A 61-year-old lorry driver was killed after his vehicle crashed into another lorry that had turned on its side at the North-South Expressway near Tanjung Malim. Read full story

2024-05-17T23:04:52Z

Alcohol abuse 'costs £27bn' and 'King's fighting spirit'

The public cost of alcohol abuse and the King's plans to travel for D-Day tributes lead the papers.

2024-05-18T00:49:04Z

Advocating for Middle East peace by educating on the Holocaust

Today, I am traveling comfortably on a train, not to my death surrounded by other desperate Jews, but working toward peace and prosperity, surrounded by Muslim and Arab allies who share this dream.

2024-05-18T03:11:35Z

Belgian mob breaks Israeli's jaw after he removes anti-Israel sticker

The Israeli tourist filed a complaint to the police, who reportedly responded that they "don't want to deal with them."

2024-05-17T18:55:10Z

Teenage human-trafficking victim rescued after texting 911 and describing landmarks

Teenage human-trafficking victim rescued after texting 911 and describing landmarks - The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said they were able to rescue the victim due to new technology

2024-05-17T18:40:28Z

Faulty lifts raise ire of residents

RESIDENTS of Block B in Palm Garden Apartments, Bandar Baru Klang, are upset and frustrated due to a persistent issue with the building’s lift system. Read full story

2024-05-17T23:49:43Z

Argentine president begins unusual visit to Spain, snubbing officials and courting the far-right

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid on Friday, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing “poverty and death” to Spain and weighing in on corruption allegations against the prime minister's wife. In such circumstances, a typical visiting head of state may strive to mend fences with diplomacy. Not Milei. The brash economist has no...

2024-05-18T00:42:54Z

Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah. Residents said Israeli armour had thrust as far as the market at the heart of Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight

2024-05-18T05:10:21Z

Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Charlotte Greenfield and Ana Cantero KABUL/MADRID/DELHI (Reuters) -Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee had said that three foreign tourists and one Afghan

2024-05-18T03:30:12Z

Perak Sejahtera 2030 development roadmap report card for past year being prepared, says MB

IPOH: The state is preparing its report card on the progress made on the Perak Sejahtera 2030 development roadmap plan over the past year. Read full story

2024-05-18T04:50:32Z

Anger, anxiety, acrimony: Slovaks weigh what led to Fico shooting

(Corrects garbled word 'that' in paragraph 1) By Boldizsar Gyori, Kuba Stezycki and Jan Lopatka HANDLOVA, Slovakia/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Slovak opposition party leader Michal Simecka, who described an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico this week as an attack on democracy, said on Friday that he, his wife and child had received death threats. His experience is not uncommon, a

2024-05-18T03:30:16Z

Harry and Meghan were welcomed to Nigeria by fugitive fraudster

Air Peace CEO Dr. Allen Onyema was a key member of the welcoming committee for Harry and Meghan when they touched down in Nigeria last week.

2024-05-18T05:13:33Z

Malaysia welcomes Madrid appellate court's decision to uphold Sulu arbitrator's conviction, says Azalina

PETALING JAYA: The Madrid Court of Appeal has upheld the Madrid Criminal Court judgement of Dec 22, 2023 that Gonzalo Stampa is guilty of contempt of court. Read full story

2024-05-18T04:50:33Z

JPJ may go undercover to catch vehicle owners renting cars to foreigners without driving licence

KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is mulling going undercover to detect individuals who rent their vehicles to foreigners without a driving licence. Read full story

2024-05-18T01:19:58Z

Ulu Tiram attack: Singaporean among seven remanded a week

PASIR GUDANG: Seven individuals, including a Singaporean, who were detained on Friday (May 17) in connection with the Ulu Tiram police station attack have been remanded for seven days. Read full story

2024-05-18T03:20:20Z

Israeli strike kills Palestinian militant, wounds eight people in West Bank

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -A Palestinian militant was killed and eight other people wounded on Friday in an Israeli air strike on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and Israeli military said. The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group named the killed man as member Islam Khamayseh. The Palestinian health ministry

2024-05-18T00:44:50Z

Ulu Tiram, a Jemaah Islamiah playground

KUALA LUMPUR: Ulu Tiram, some 20km from Johor Baru, has long been a familiar place for Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leaders and fighters. Read full story

2024-05-17T23:04:55Z

Madrid court throws out Stampa’s appeal, upholds 6-month prison sentence

Arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa was found guilty in December 2023 of contempt of court by the Madrid criminal court.

2024-05-18T03:59:43Z

Rachel Reeves says Labour could introduce rent controls

Rachel Reeves said there 'may be a case' for rent caps. But she said she was not in favour of a 'blanket approach' to rent controls.

2024-05-18T00:27:42Z

Jury finds Honolulu's former top prosecutor and 5 others not guilty in a federal bribery case

HONOLULU (AP) — A jury found Honolulu's former top prosecutor not guilty Friday in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee. A U.S. grand jury indicted former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro and five others in 2022. The indictment alleged that Mitsunaga & Associates employees and an attorney...

2024-05-18T00:52:46Z

Govt cancels Singaporean comic Sharul Channa’s show over 2018 video

This comes after members of the public lodge police reports on an old set of hers touching on 3R issues.

2024-05-18T03:29:39Z

King expresses condolences to victims’ families

PETALING JAYA: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, has expressed his condolences to the families of the two policemen killed in the line of duty in Johor, while the Prime Minister has demanded firm action against those causing chaos. Read full story

2024-05-17T23:04:55Z

Bizarre moment RADAR picks up a structure above 'UFO hotbed'

Scientists are investigating a radar anomaly in Utah's Skinwalker Ranch, notorious for UFO sightings and paranormal activity by using ground-penetrating radar and rockets.

2024-05-18T03:13:25Z

PBS won’t budge in fight for return of 40% revenue rights, says Dr Joachim

KOTA KINABALU: Sabahans must stay united in its pursuit of the return of 40% of federal revenue earned from the state, says Datuk Seri Dr Joachim Gunsalam. Read full story

2024-05-18T04:50:32Z

Caring for exotic tortoises a great way to relieve stress

KUALA LUMPUR - Spending RM100,000 to purchase 31 land tortoises as pets may seem wasteful but for Muhammad Jantan, it is a worthwhile "investment” as he finds caring for the reptiles a good stress-buster after a hard day at work. The 29-year-old proprietor of a marketing consulting company said his interest in these exotic animals came about after ...

2024-05-18T00:39:37Z

Modern antisemitism: The monster of Jew-hatred just will not die

For years, Jews spearheaded social justice movements. Now that we need their support, they have turned their backs on us.

2024-05-18T00:41:10Z

Nearly 30,000 older Britons died waiting for social care in one year

Analysis of NHS data showed that 28,665 people over the age of 65 died in 2022/23 while languishing on waiting lists for social care, a new study from charity Age UK has revealed.

2024-05-18T00:57:45Z

A man investigated in the deaths of women in northwest Oregon has been indicted in 3 killings

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year has been indicted in two of those killings — as well as in the death of a woman whose body was found in Washington state. A grand jury indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun, 39, on second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, 24; Bridget Leanne Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32,...

2024-05-18T01:13:09Z

Cops killed in gunfight at station

JOHOR BARU: When a couple of students came to the Ulu Tiram police station at 2.30am to seek advice from the police over a sexual assault case that happened two years ago, the officers in the station were quizzical, and distracted. Read full story

2024-05-17T23:04:56Z

2 Chinese among 33 foreigners nabbed at e-waste factory, says Ruslin

The immigration department says the operation was carried out based on public complaints.

2024-05-18T05:30:00Z

Why is this small town mayor accused of being a Chinese spy?

The Philippines investigates a mayor as it faces increasing sea tensions with China.

2024-05-18T00:33:33Z

Extremists are the loudest, but not the majority

We are in the midst of a billion-dollar global branding campaign based on a false narrative that has convinced millions that the truth is a lie and that a lie is the truth.

2024-05-18T00:41:09Z

Biden Border Patrol officials probed for connections to tequila heir

President Joe Biden 's top Border Patrol officials attended booze-filled parties in the U.S. and Mexico on behalf of a tequila tycoon and international trade broker.

2024-05-17T21:27:24Z

American presidents who served in the military

Of the 46 men who have so far held the office of president of the United States, 31 had served in the military. The American president is also commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, and while coming from a military background is not a prerequisite for becoming the head of the nation's highest executive office, a president who has previously enlisted in the Army, Navy, or Air Force is seen as someone armed with the necessary leadership skills required to take possession of the White House. So, who are the US presidents that have served in the military? Click through and take the salute.

2024-05-17T13:17:33Z

Labuan MP vows to keep backing PM Anwar no matter what Bersatu says

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — Labuan MP Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman said he would not withdraw support for Prime Minister Datuk...

2024-05-18T01:54:05Z