Rachel Morgan News Editor A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a 17-year-old girl in the remote Northern Territory community of Galiwin’ku. Northern Territory Police arrested the man on Monday after discovering the teenager unconscious at a home on Elcho Island. He was formally charged on Thursday, one day after an autopsy confirmed the … Read more
Advocate Muhammad Hafidz has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court, challenging legal protections for buyers of “Patriot Bonds” and “Merah Putih Bonds” under the Law on Developing and Strengthening of the Financial Sector (PS2K Law). The applicant argues that Article 50A, paragraph (5) of the law creates a form of legal immunity that could … Read more
Hayes McCloud, a 24-year-old person of interest in two Pierce County, Washington, homicides, was shot and killed by police in Seaside, Oregon, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. The deaths followed a targeted attack on related family members in Puyallup and Tacoma. No officers were injured during the encounter, according to the Pierce County Sheriff. The … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced Thursday that a proposed trade deal with India will make 57 per cent of New Zealand’s exports to New Delhi “tariff free from day one.” The announcement precedes a two-day state visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from July 10 to 11, marking the first state visit … Read more
Prosecution lawyers in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will not move to inhibit senator-judges, relying instead on the internal neutrality of the Senate. Panel spokesman Benjamin Tolosa, Jr. confirmed during a Thursday media briefing that the prosecution expects senators to remain politically neutral as the trial transitions to the upper chamber. Reliance … Read more
Gardaí have launched a nationwide manhunt for a man in his 20s following the murder of 43-year-old American citizen Jamey Carney in Killarney, Co Kerry. According to investigators, the man, who is from the Middle East and has permission to remain permanently in Ireland, had befriended Carney before her death. Authorities have issued alerts to … Read more
Tyrion Davis, a senior airman in the US Air Force, was convicted of sexually assaulting his estranged wife, Emily, by a military court martial. The case, which began with rape allegations from another British woman named Rebecca in June 2020, was transferred from Suffolk police to US military jurisdiction, bypassing the British justice system. Why … Read more
Approximately 3,000 gas cylinders were swept from the HPCL Patalganga LPG Bottling Plant into the Patalganga River and Kharpada Creek on July 9, 2026, after torrential rains caused the plant’s protection wall to collapse. Raigad Collector Kishan Javle has warned that these cylinders may contain gas and could be extremely dangerous if opened or kept … Read more
Indonesia is proposing the creation of the Pusat Finansial Internasional Indonesia (PFII), a financial center offering up to 100 percent corporate and individual income tax discounts to attract foreign direct investment. According to a draft bill on the Indonesian International Financial Center, the hub aims to enhance G20 competitiveness by providing VAT and luxury goods … Read more
Samlit Moneychanger will be charged on Thursday, July 9, for failing to comply with a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) direction to handle customer complaints regarding frozen remittances in China, according to a joint news release from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and MAS. Did You Know? By mid-December 2023, approximately 430 police reports were … Read more