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The world reacted with alarm on Friday after top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq, with leaders appealing for restraint. The assassination was praised by US President Donald Trump’s Republicans but elsewhere there were warnings of the danger it could inflame regional tensions. Following are some of the reactions […]

Dutch police were puzzled Friday by a spate of letter bombs sent to seemingly random targets in three of the Netherlands’ main cities as it warned the public to be on the lookout. The latest incident happened early Friday when staff at Amsterdam’s Okura hotel alerted police after they received a suspect parcel bearing the […]

The bushfires raging across Australia have had a devastating impact on the country’s unique flora and fauna, with some estimates putting the death toll at nearly half a billion animals in one state alone, and experts believe it could take decades for wildlife to recover. Unprecedented temperatures across the continent have made this season’s fires […]

by Amir Havasi Iran warned of “severe revenge” and said arch-enemy the United States bore responsiblity for the consequences after killing one of its top commanders, Qasem Soleimani, in a strike Friday outside Baghdad airport. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the commander of its Quds Force foreign operations arm had been killed by US […]

An actress who played a small role in Captain America: The First Avenger has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing her mother. Mollie Fitzgerald, 38, was arrested by police on Tuesday in Olathe, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reported that she is charged with second-degree murder and is in jail on a US$500,000 ($675,000) bond. On […]

Swedish YouTuber Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, more popularly known as PewDiePie, has a lasting impression of Malaysian and Singaporean fans. He visited both countries a few years ago. Last Saturday, he took to his YouTube channel to answer fan questions. PewDiePie described Malaysian and Singaporean fans as “hectic” and “scream-ish” when they reacted to him. […]

Just before the clock struck to usher in the New Year, the late actor Godfrey Gao’s girlfriend broke her silence on his death with an Instagram post. Bella Su, a 23-year-old influencer, wrote in Chinese. She said Gao was heaven’s most wonderful gift to her and she thanked him for everything he taught her. She added that […]

Popular songstress Mariah Carey’s Twitter account was hacked on New Year’s eve. More than 50 offensive tweets were posted containing vulgarities, the ‘N-word’ and insults against rapper Eminem. Gadgets quoted Fox News as saying that on Tuesday, Twitter locked the compromised account and all such tweets were erased from Carey’s account. In an interview with […]

Reality star Khloe Kardashian wrote an emotional New Year’s Eve Instagram post, telling fans that she is happily saying goodbye to 2019 and that she is choosing to only take the happiest of times with her into 2020. She added a compilation of videos and images of her one-year-old daughter, True whom she shares with […]

Celebrity couple Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra were in a joyous mood in the Bahamas just before the New Year. It was yet another enchanting location after a romantic Christmas getaway in the winter wonderland at the Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California. Nick and Priyanka took to Instagram respectively to share a shot of […]

A leaked photo from the set of an upcoming television mini-series hints at a key location said to be modelled after Singapore. Bearing a red-and-white flag and national symbols featuring a white crescent, a star and a lion’s head, Madripoor is a fictional South-east Asian island. The symbols were spotted in the leaked photo of […]

by Françoise KADRI Pope Francis apologised Wednesday for slapping a woman who had grabbed him as he greeted a crowd of devotees, shortly before he delivered a speech denouncing “every form of violence against women.” The image of a visibly annoyed Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of an admirer as he walked […]

Smoke from Australia’s bushfires has created a haze across New Zealand thousands of kilometres away with normally white glaciers turning a shade of caramel, according to social media posts Thursday. The acrid-smelling smoke first appeared in the country early Wednesday when in many areas the sun appeared as either a red or golden orb, depending […]

by Patrick GALEY A computer programme can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in what they hoped could prove a breakthrough in the fight against the global killer. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, and regular screening is vital in detecting the […]

by Jing Xuan TENG Over a dozen Chinese lawyers and activists were detained or went missing in the final days of 2019 in a crackdown on participants of a private democracy gathering, rights groups said Thursday. The Chinese government has severely reduced the space for civil liberties since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, […]