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Violence has spiralled across Nepal amid anti-corruption protests
Nepal protests 'hijacked', Gen Z claim, as army patrols the streets
KATHMANDU — Nepal's army has deployed patrols on the streets of Kathmandu, as the Himalayan nation reels from its worst unrest in decades.Fierce protests against corruption and nepotism spiralled further on Tuesday into arson and violence. The prime minister resigned as politicians' homes were vandalised, government buildings were set ablaze and parliament was stormed and torched.But the "Gen Z" groups spearheading the protests have distanced themselves from the destruction, saying the movement has been "hijacked by "opportunist" infiltrators.On Wednesday the streets of the capital Kathmandu appeared calm, but smoke was still rising from burning buildings and charred vehicles lay on roads.Nationwide curfews are in place until Thursday morning, the army...
September 10, 2025

Nepal protests 'hijacked', Gen Z claim, as army patrols the streets

Ms Choi, now 79, said she wanted to stand up for other victims who shared her fate
Woman who bit off attacker's tongue acquitted after 61 years
SEOUL — A South Korean woman has been acquitted after a court revisited her decades-old conviction for biting off the tongue of a man during an alleged sexual attack.Choi Mal-ja was 18 when she was convicted of grievous bodily harm and sentenced to 10 months in jail. Her aggressor, who was 21, received a lighter sentence of six months.After a years-long campaign to clear her name, a retrial began in the southern city of Busan in July. In its first hearing, prosecutors apologised to her and, in an unusual move, asked the court to quash the conviction."I could not let this case go unanswered... I [wanted] to stand up for other victims who share the same fate as mine," Ms Choi said after the acquittal.As a teenager back then, the incident changed her fate by "turning [me]...
September 10, 2025

Woman who bit off attacker's tongue acquitted after 61 years

The protests killed at least 19 people and injured more than 100
Nepal's PM quits amid deadly Gen Z protests
KATHMANDU – NNepal's prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned as anti-corruption protests escalated in the country's capital Kathmandu. The protesters stormed the parliament building and set fire to several government structures.More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds injured during the youth-led protests sparked by a government ban on social media platforms, widespread corruption, and poor economic opportunities.Security forces unleashed live ammunition, water cannons, and tear gas over protests in several cities, according to news agency Reuters. At least 22 people have been killed, Dr. Mohan Regmi, the executive director at Civil Service Hospital in Kathmandu, said on Tuesday.Hundreds of protesters have broken into Nepal’s parliament building in Kathmandu, with...
September 09, 2025

Nepal's PM quits amid deadly Gen Z protests

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025
Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail
BANGKOK — Thailand’s top court ordered the influential former prime minister and billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra to prison for one year on Tuesday in a dramatic turn of events for the embattled political titan.Thaksin, 76, a towering and divisive figure, served as prime minister from 2001 until he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He made a dramatic return to Thailand in 2023 after 15 years in self-imposed exile, and was sentenced to eight years in prison for conflict of interest, abuse of power and corruption during his time in power.Despite the sentence, Thaksin – who once owned Manchester City Football Club – never spent a night in a prison cell. He served his time in a luxury suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital after complaining of tightness in his chest, high...
September 09, 2025

Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail

Protesters gathered at the entrance of parliament
13 dead after protests against Nepal social media ban turn violent
KATHMANDU — At least 13 people have been killed and dozens are injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces.Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over the decision to ban platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube.Nepal's Minister for Communication Prithvi Subba told the BBC police had had to use force — which included water cannons, batons and firing rubber bullets.The government has said social media platforms need to be regulated to tackle fake news, hate speech and online fraud.But popular platforms such as Instagram have millions of users in Nepal, who rely on them for entertainment, news and...
September 08, 2025

13 dead after protests against Nepal social media ban turn violent

Thomas Callam Phillips and his children were officially reported as missing by family members in December 2021
Police shoot dead fugitive father, find his three children missing for years 
AUCKLAND — A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead in an armed confrontation with police on Monday, leading to his three children being placed in the custody of police, ending a near four-year search for the family.Thomas Phillips and his children – believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12 – had been evading police in a remote part of the country’s North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation.Phillips’ time on the run ended in the early hours of Monday when police responded to a break-in at a farm shop in a tiny rural town and gave chase.A police officer was wounded in the confrontation after being shot in the head at close range with a high-powered rifle, police said.One of the...
September 08, 2025

Police shoot dead fugitive father, find his three children missing for years 

Convicted killer Erin Patterson leaves the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne on September 8, 2025
‘Mushroom murderer’ given three life sentences for killing lunch guests
BRISBANE — The Australian woman convicted of killing three lunch guests with the world’s most toxic mushrooms was sentenced to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday, bookending a real-life crime drama that’s gripped Australia and spawned multiple podcasts and documentaries.Erin Patterson, 50, was found guilty in July of murdering three people, including the parents, aunt and uncle of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, with a beef wellington meal she had deliberately laced with death cap mushrooms picked near her rural home in the state of Victoria in 2023.The life sentences will be served concurrently with a 25-year sentence for the attempted murder of the sole survivor, pastor Ian Wilkinson, whose wife of 44 years, Heather, was among the guests who...
September 08, 2025

‘Mushroom murderer’ given three life sentences for killing lunch guests

Some 400 state and federal agents gathered outside the factory complex before lining workers up inside
South Korean worker describes panic and confusion during Hyundai ICE raid
ELLABELL, Georgia — A South Korean worker who witnessed a massive immigration operation at a car factory in Georgia has told the BBC of panic and confusion as federal agents descended on the site and arrested hundreds.The man, who asked to remain anonymous, was at the factory which is jointly owned by Hyundai and LG Energy when agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 475 people, including 300 South Korean nationals, with some being led away in chains.He said he first became aware of the Thursday morning raid when he and his colleagues received a deluge of phone calls from company bosses. "Multiple phone lines were ringing and the message was to shut down operations," he said.As news spread of the raid, the largest of its kind since President Donald Trump...
September 08, 2025

South Korean worker describes panic and confusion during Hyundai ICE raid

Vehicles at the Hyundai Metaplant electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Ellabell, Georgia
South Korea reaches deal to bring home citizens detained in US Hyundai raid
SEOUL — South Korea's government says it has reached an agreement with the US to release its citizens detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.The chief of staff of South Korea's president said a chartered plane would be sent to bring the detainees home if administration procedures were completed.Kang Hoon-sik said the authorities were trying to improve the visa system to prevent such incidents in the future.US officials detained 475 people — more than 300 of them South Korean nationals — who they said were found to be illegally working at the battery facility, one of the largest foreign investment projects in the state.Media in both countries report that South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is expected to travel to the United States on...
September 08, 2025

South Korea reaches deal to bring home citizens detained in US Hyundai raid

Anjali has painstakingly gathered data to track her money trail
Duped of millions in 'digital arrest', Indian woman seeks answers from banks
MUMBAI - The nightmare began with a phone call that would cost Anjali (not her real name) 58.5m rupees ($663,390).The caller claimed to be from a courier company, alleging that Mumbai customs had seized a drug parcel she was sending to Beijing.Anjali, a resident of Gurugram, a suburb of Indian capital Delhi, fell prey to a "digital arrest" scam — fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials on video calls and threatening her with life in prison and harm to her son unless she obeyed.Over five harrowing days last September, they kept her under 24/7 surveillance on Skype, terrified her with threats, and coerced her into liquidating her savings and transferring the money."After that, my brain stopped working. My mind shut down," she says.By the time the calls stopped,...
September 08, 2025

Duped of millions in 'digital arrest', Indian woman seeks answers from banks

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