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‘I’m telling them, f*** you’
THEY say actions speak louder than words and it’s pretty hard to misinterpret what “The Punisher” is conveying here.
Accused Bali killers face more grilling
AUSTRALIAN woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend will face further interrogations to determine their alleged roles in the death of a Bali police officer.
Police board Saudi jet after false alarm
SAUDI Airlines Flight SV 872 has sparked a major scare at Manila airport after an emergency ‘under imminent threat’ signal was received by the control tower.
Playboy baron’s daughter executed
THE daughter of a British aristocrat with criminal ties to Australia is the latest casualty of The Punisher’s anti-drug death squads.
Baby-faced drug mule freed
CHHAY Reaksmey, Cambodia’s 14-year-old drug mule, is to be released from notorious Prey Sar prison after a judge ruled her jailing was “unjust”.
China’s scathing response to Japan
JAPAN’S recent decision to expand its involvement in the South China Sea dispute hasn’t gone down well with the rising superpower.
Tourists killed in tragic boat collision
AT least 13 people have died and 10 are missing after a double-decker tourist boat hit a bridge and capsized in Thailand.
Thousands slaughtered for organs
PEOPLE are secretly executed or sedated on a surgeon’s table as their organs are removed one by one.
Pakistan mosque bomb kills dozens
DOZENS of people are dead in Pakistan, after a suicide bomber shouted “Allahu akbar” and blew himself up in a packed mosque.
Japan shakes up South China Sea
JAPAN’S latest news is set to incense China in a region that’s already marked by heightened tensions and bitter rows.
Hanged from tree for having ‘an affair’
A WOMAN and man were hanged from a tree and a man charged with shooting dead his mother in the latest shocking “honour killing” cases.
China launches second space station
CHINA has launched its second space station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military-backed program that intends to send a mission to Mars.
Delay in Bali cop killing charges
AUSTRALIAN Sara Connor and her British boyfriend will have to wait to find out what charges they will face after prosecutors said that more work needs to be done.
Two tourists dead in Bali boat blast
AN Austrian woman and another woman believed to be Spanish have been killed and 17 other foreigners hurt in an explosion on a ferry departing Bali.
Runaway moon causes chaos in China
SUPER Typhoon Meranti has made landfall in southern China and already has had some residents seeing the dark side of the moon.
Rivers of blood flow in city’s streets
RIVERS of blood ran through the streets of this city after a mass sacrifice amid monsoon rains. WARNING: Disturbing images.
Firms wage war on stinky business
GOT stinky colleagues? After a long, sweaty summer, some firms are declaring all out war on an office plague known as “smell harassment”.
Accused child molester ‘should serve 16 years’
AN AUSTRALIAN man accused of sexually abusing young girls in Bali should be jailed for 16 years, prosecutors have submitted. But Richard Ellis says police have him all wrong.
Inside China’s brainwashing centres
CHINA’S brainwashing facilities are so secret they don’t officially exist. But the horror that goes on inside their walls is all too real.
Extreme torture in China’s prisons
ELECTRIC shocks and limb stretching. These are just some of the punishments dished out on innocent people in China’s jails.
‘Go ahead, if you want to execute her’
INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo said that his Philippine counterpart gave him the go ahead to execute a Filipino maid spared the firing squad.
South Korea to obliterate Pyongyang
SOUTH Korea has a plan to reduce North Korea’s capital “to ashes and removed from the map” if it shows any sign of a nuclear attack.
Does N. Korea have power to destroy us?
NORTH Korea’s latest nuclear test, its most powerful to date, is a game-changer ... according to North Korea. But how seriously should we take it?
‘N. Korea nuclear test a grave threat’
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will push for new international sanctions against North Korea, calling on China to assert pressure on the Asian country.
PM: N Korea nuke test is ‘provocative’
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has condemned the “reckless, provocative, dangerous action of North Korea” to test a nuclear warhead.
Bali pair ‘should face murder charges’
POLICE have recommended that Byron Bay woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend both face charges of murdering a Balinese police officer.
Australia weighs in on ‘provocative’ North Korea
MALCOLM Turnbull has added his voice to the chorus of condemnation levelled at North Korea for its 10-kiloton nuclear warhead test.
Man cuts off penis of wife’s lover
A JEALOUS husband who suspected his wife was having an affair chopped off her lover’s penis when he caught them together in a hotel.
Downfall of Melbourne party boy
JAKE Mastroianni was a nightclub king who travelled the world. But his whole world came crashing down because of one stupid decision.
Growing ISIS threat to Australia: PM
AUSTRALIA’S region is a growing frontier for radical Islamist terror attacks, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warns ASEAN Summit.
Japan wants restraint in sea dispute
JAPAN, China’s long-time enemy, has agreed with Australia that all parties in the South China Sea need to exercise restraint.
The failures of AirAsia X flight 223
A SHOCKING report on an AirAsia X flight that turned the wrong way after taking off from Sydney Airport has revealed a frightening litany of failures.
The ‘Rock’ scarier than celeb version
HE’S The Punisher’s right-hand man and Ronald Dela Rosa, aka “The Rock”, is just as dangerous as the Philippine president.
Tourist breaks back fleeing rapist
A YOUNG tourist is seriously injured after falling 45 metres down a cliff in a Thai jungle trying to escape a sex attacker.
Duterte: ‘We shall not be cowed’
THE Philippine President has defiantly reaffirmed his campaign against drugs despite criticism from Barack Obama, who he labelled ‘a son of a b**ch’.
New twist in cyanide murder case
AN AUSTRALIAN forensics expert is being kicked out of Indonesia after raising doubts over whether a woman was murdered with a cyanide-laced coffee.
Girl, 4, killed in Thai bombing
A BLAST outside a primary school in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south has killed a little girl and her father.
Lie that cost Australian teenager his life
WHEN Liam Davies walked into a beachfront bar a day before New Year’s Eve in 2012, he asked a simple but important question.
Obama gives Putin death stare
PRESIDENT Obama shared a tense exchange with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in China as the two failed to agree over a ceasefire in Syria.
Barack Obama called ‘son of a wh*re’
MOST national leaders wouldn’t dare insult the US President, let alone with such foul language. This guy didn’t care.
Obama meets Putin in private talks
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting privately at the G20 summit, as tensions brew between Australia and China.
N Korea’s war games with new missiles
NORTH Korea has fired three ballistic missiles in the latest show of force as it warns that a deadly game of cat and mouse could lead to a nuclear war.
Dispute that could spark World War III
MOST Australians have never even heard of this patch of water, but powerful nations are in a tense face off over it.
Korea’s bizarre, boozy underbelly
IT’S a boozy, narcissistic country that would make even a Kardashian blush. This is what it’s really like to work in South Korea.
Wife strips hubby’s mistress in public
THIS is the dramatic moment a furious wife set upon her husband’s mistress after she found out the pair were having an affair. WARNING: Graphic content.
Strong earthquake hits the Philippines
A STRONG earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines on Sunday, briefly panicking residents, the government volcanology office said.
Obama’s rocky welcome to China
HE may have just signed the Paris climate change agreement with China, but Barack Obama’s visit to the Asian nation didn’t get off to the best start.
Saintsational! Mother Teresa’s day arrives
AS the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint, the city that witnessed her many good deeds celebrates her canonisation.
IS blamed for Philippines bombing
ISLAMIC militants have been accused of bombing a night market in the Philippines, killing at least 14 people.
Uzbekistan’s veteran dictator dead
UZBEKISTAN’S president has died after 27 years in power, six days after he was taken to hospital with a suspected brain haemorrhage.
What can a tyrant teach us about Trump?
RODRIGO Duterte promised a “bloodbath” among drug dealers if he was elected Philippines president. That raises questions about the other big-mouthed bullyboy of politics.
China boasts of new ‘super bomber’
BEIJING says it’s building a new type of strategic bomber to ‘significantly increase’ the nation’s long-range strike capability.
‘Child predator’ headed to Oz busted
AN INTERNATIONAL manhunt has led to the capture of an alleged American child predator just before he boarded a flight to Australia.
Man missing since 2004 ‘in North Korea’
A STUDENT who was presumed dead after going missing in China in 2004 has reportedly turned up in North Korea - acting as Kim Jong-un’s tutor.
Bali murder: lovers to meet again
SARA Connor and her British boyfriend will today be brought together to go through the differences in their versions of the night a Bali police officer was murdered.
North Korea executes official for slouching
NORTH Korea executed a high-ranking official after he “acted with disrespect” during a meeting with Kim Jong-un in the secretive state’s latest purge.
Embracing the reality of a fatal attack
FOR three hours, Sara Connor and David Taylor were the star actors in a police drama played out on the beach, as the media and tourists watched.
Catastrophic typhoon kills 10 people in Japan
A CATASTROPHIC typhoon has killed at least 10 people in northern Japan, after the powerful tropical cyclone pounded the region.
Wife of China’s ripper can’t accept it
HE IS accused of raping and murdering 11 women and girls, but the wife of the man dubbed China’s worst serial killer says she has no idea how he did it.
Kim ‘executes official for sleeping’
TYRANT Kim Jong-un has reportedly blown to bits one of North Korea’s top officials with an anti-aircraft gun after he dozed off in a meeting.
Bali murder: Accused to re-enact events
FOR the first time since their arrest, Sara Connor and David Taylor will face each other at the scene where a Bali police officer is alleged to have been killed.
‘China’s rise no longer peaceful’
CONCERNED about China’s rise to power? According to this key figure, the superpower’s demand for dominance is anything but friendly.
The most feared man in China
FOR 14 years, a serial killer hunted women in red. His actions after he caught them made him China’s most feared man.
Tourists told not to wear skirts in India
LADY Diana did it. So did Kate Middleton. But now India’s tourism minister has advised female tourists not to wear skirts when visiting his country.
IS bomber hacks priest in church
A WOULD-BE bomber, reportedly carrying an IS flag, hacked a priest with an axe after his explosives failed to detonate in a packed church in Indonesia.
Sara Connor’s tearful meeting with ex
AUSSIE mum Sara Connor has had her first meeting with her ex-husband at Denpasar police station since she was detained as a suspect on murder charges.
Connor accused of burning evidence
BALI police have alleged that Australian mother-of-two Sara Connor burned the personal items belonging to the officer who was found dead on Kuta Beach.
Mother Teresa to be sainted by Pope
SHE was one of the Twentieth Century’s most iconic figures. Now Mother Teresa will officially be made a Catholic saint by Pope Francis on September 4.
Bali pair to return to death beach
POLICE plan to take Aussie woman Sara Connor and her boyfriend back to the beach where a Bali cop was killed as part of a crime reconstruction.
Dad stabs son to death for not studying
A FATHER has stabbed his son to death because he failed to study for a school entrance exam. He later told police he stabbed him “by mistake”.
Bali cop death: Sara sobs as cracks appear
AUSTRALIAN Sara Connor wept in police psychological testing as her lover’s version of events over the death of a Bali cop differs to hers.
Bali murder: Dream trip ends in hell
SARA Connor was looking forward to a blissful week with her new lover in Bali. Now they’re accused of murdering a cop. How did it all go so wrong?
‘The Punisher’ has issued a bleak warning
HE’S the president like no other, a man who offers rewards to citizens who kill criminals. This week, he delivered a message.
Fat boy slims down for school
AN INDONESIAN child who weighed a staggering 200kg has returned to school after a strict diet and exercise regime helped him walk again.
Murder accused to undergo psych tests
AUSSIE mum Sara Connor and her boyfriend David Taylor — suspects in the death of a Bali cop — will undergo psychiatric evaluations as the investigation continues.
Sara Connor ‘tried to protect policeman’
THE Aussie mum accused of murdering a Balinese policeman was trying to protect him from her British boyfriend, her lawyer says.
‘No inquiry needed into MH370 search’
THE fruitless search for the MH370 plane seems set to go unchallenged with the Minister responsible for the operation ruling out any inquiry.
Warning: ‘The confrontation will be bloody’
CHINA is not going to be happy about this. Far from acquiescing to Beijing, one of the superpower’s close neighbours has issued an aggressive warning.
Connor ‘did not know victim was dead’
SARA Connor and David Taylor are facing further interrogations in Bali as more allegations about the Aussie woman’s role in a police officer’s death emerge.
North Korea submarine fires missile
NORTH Korea launched a missile from a submarine in the waters off the country’s east coast, putting South Korea firmly within its range.
Myanmar rocked by 6.8-magnitude quake
AT least three people have died after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar, with tremors felt in neighbouring countries.
Murder probe: Bali cops find burn site
BALI police now claim they’ve found the spot where Aussie woman Sara Connor and her boyfriend burned their bloody clothes as a murder probe continues.
A slap in the face for China
A RADICAL proposition has been aired over the South China Sea dispute. If successful, it could be a recipe for disaster.
Aussies warned: avoid Thailand
AUSTRALIAN travellers have been warned to stay away from tourist hot spots in Thailand after more deadly bombings in the south.
Breakthrough in South China Sea talks
PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte said bilateral talks with China over their long-simmering territorial dispute are likely to kick off this year.
Pair ‘left Bali cop to die on beach’
POLICE claim Sara Connor and her British boyfriend burned evidence after the fatal bashing of a Bali police officer as the Aussie woman maintains her innocence.
Bali boosts security over terror threats
SECURITY has been tightened in Bali after reports of a suspected militant plot to attack the holiday island.
North Korea’s nuclear warning to enemies
NORTH Korea has issued a fresh warning to its enemies, threatening nuclear destruction that will leave nothing but “a heap of ash” in its wake.
Russia in South China Sea support
RUSSIAN warships will join China’s navy in military exercises in the South China Sea as tensions continue to rise over Beijing’s territorial claims.
Bali murder: ‘Truth will come out’
AUSSIE woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend, who are being quizzed over the killing of a Bali cop, have allegedly changed their version of events.
Crazy demands of accused paedophile
A FILIPINO jail doesn’t sound like it would be a trip to a resort, but that’s exactly how an accused paedophile is treating it.
Back off: China’s threat to Japan
CHINA has staged “war-games” in the Sea of Japan — simulating a bomber attack on a warships — as Tokyo reveals it has been warned not to cross a “red line”.
Bali murder: Boyfriend ‘hiding something’
THE “whole truth” will be told today by a British DJ who, along with his Aussie girlfriend, have been named as suspects in the killing of a Bali cop.
Murder accused ‘a beautiful person’
THE family of Sara Connor, officially a suspect in the murder of a Bali policeman, say the allegations against her are totally out of character.
Aussie now a Bali murder suspect
AUSTRALIAN woman Sara Connor and her British friend David Taylor have now officially been declared suspects in the murder of a police officer in Bali.
Bali terror plot foiled by police
AN alleged plot to stage a terror attack in Bali has been foiled after police arrested a man believed to be linked to Islamic State.
Aussie arrested over Facebook post
A BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN dual national living in Dubai has been detained for weeks for sharing a charity post on his Facebook page.
Thais detain 17 over deadly bombings
THAI police have detained 17 people following last week’s wave of horrific bombings at seven popular tourist destinations.
Aussie woman sought over Bali cop kill
A NSW woman is at the centre of a grisly murder investigation in Bali after her handbag was found near the battered body of a traffic cop in Kuta.
Thugs bash backpackers in Thailand
THIS was the horrific moment four armed men attacked two backpackers with metal bars on a street in a popular Thai tourist area. WARNING: Graphic.
