Julian Assange’s father hopes his son will take a year off to appreciate “the beauty of ordinary life” as the WikiLeaks founder is hours from touching down in Australia. Mr Assange is in the western Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands to front a US court on Wednesday,Continue Reading
MANILA: US secretary of state Antony Blinken underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” on Tuesday to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces after clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken, the latest high-level officialContinue Reading
When Philip Major got a call from a mate living in Bali about the island’s tragic waste issue, he knew something had to be done about it. Waste management has long been a problem at the popular destination with recent photos of Kuta beach — a tourist island located inContinue Reading
An Australian man was pulled off a plane in the Philippines by police after he slapped a passenger, which sparked a dramatic punch up down the aisle. As officers took him away he appeared to challenge another flyer for a “one-on-one” on the tarmac. The man, who began his journeyContinue Reading
An undersea earthquake of up to 7.2 magnitude has shaken the southern Philippines, hitting about 26 kilometres south of the country. The quake struck off the shore of the Mindanao region at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences. Philippines’ seismology agency said theContinue Reading
An elderly New Zealand national faces life in prison after being charged with importing 5kg of heroin – worth more than $2m – in his luggage while flying into Australia. Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged the man, 70, with serious drug import offences after the drugs were allegedly discovered insideContinue Reading
BEIJING: China demanded Friday that Manila stop infringing on its territorial sovereignty after taking what it described as “control measures” against Philippine ships at a contested South China Sea outpost.“The China Coast Guard followed the Philippine ships in accordance with the law, took control measures, and made temporary special arrangementsContinue Reading
After a decade of slow but steady escalation, it’s crunch time in the South China Sea. As the world is distracted by the horrors in the Holy Land and the valiant struggle by Ukraine against Russia’s invasion – Beijing is “making mischief” in Philippine territory. And fears are soaring thatContinue Reading
A woman who stabbed her secret lover in a jealous rage after learning he cheated on her will spend at least the next eight years in jail. In a brutal love triangle tragedy, Jenny Niguidula stabbed Rhonie Apostol — her husband’s brother-in-law — with a kitchen knife in their SydneyContinue Reading
WARNING: Disturbing content A South Australian man allegedly paid international pedophiles more than $50,000 to abuse little girls while he watched and directed the vicious acts over the internet. Andrew Donald Steele, 65, appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court via videolink on the same morning the Australian Federal Police announced twoContinue Reading