TOKYO: A senior member of one of Japan’s most notorious yakuza groups, Yamaguchi-gumi, has been arrested on suspicion of trying to defraud the country’s national health insurance system.
AURORA: Donald Trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a country “occupied” by hordes of criminal foreigners in a campaign speech as he escalated his efforts to make November’s US election about a migrant crime wave that isn’t happening.
NEW YORK: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin’s top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will be released on October 22.
JERUSALEM: Israel warned residents of south Lebanon “not to return” to their homes on Saturday as Hezbollah said it launched missiles across the border on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
JERUSALEM: Israel warned residents of south Lebanon “not to return” to their homes on Saturday as Hezbollah said it launched missiles across the border on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
OSLO: The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha.
SAN FRANCISCO: For the second year in a row, the brown bear sow, known as 128 Grazer, has been crowned Fat Bear Week Champion, beating out second place finisher Chunk once again, reported German news agency (dpa).
MOSCOW: Fourteen US attorneys general have filed lawsuits against the TikTok video-sharing app, accusing it of harming children's mental health, reported Sputnik.
MELBOURNE: A self-described Nazi on Tuesday became the first person convicted in the Australian state of Victoria of performing an outlawed Nazi salute.
CAIRO: Nearly 42,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in a year since the outbreak of the conflict with Israel, with more than 60 per cent of them being women and children, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Monday, reported Sputnik. .
MALAYSIAN filmmaker Adele Lim, who wrote the screenplay of “Crazy Rich Asians” and Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon”, and directed “Joy Ride”, is set to direct the sequel to “Princess Diaries”, reported Variety.
KUALA LUMPUR: Tensions have escalated due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the killing of Iran-backed Hezbollah group leader Hassan Nasrallah in southern Lebanon following years of conflict between Iran and Israel.
WASHINGTON: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pic) issued an appeal Saturday for peace ahead of the one-year mark of the war in Gaza next week, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
Kuala Lumpur: Kpop entertainment giants HYBE have partnered with the National Museum Cultural Foundation to release a new series of merchandise that blends the beauty of traditional Korean culture with the influence of popular group, BTS.