Bahison Ravindran says he always believed he was Indian. Born to Sri Lankan refugee parents in the southern Indian Tamil Nadu state, the 34-year-old web developer had studied and worked there, and held several government-issued identity documents, including an Indian passport. But a rude shock awaited him in April when police arrested him, saying his…
Australia’s national broadcaster has been ordered to pay A$150,000 (£73,435.50, $99,200) in penalties for unfairly sacking a presenter over a social media post about the war in Gaza. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) removed fill-in radio host Antoinette Lattouf from the air in December 2023 due to her political views and after lobbying from pro-Israel…
A 61-year-old man has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual assaults on women in Sydney during the early 1990s after police made a breakthrough in a three-decade-old cold case. Glenn Gary Cameron was arrested at Sydney International Airport last February after detectives reviewed the unsolved cases using modern DNA and fingerprint technologies. Cameron has now admitted…
A New South Wales (NSW) police officer has been charged with assaulting a protester at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Sydney earlier this year. Hannah Thomas, a former Greens party candidate, alleges she was punched in the face by an officer during a June protest in Belmore. Her injuries required surgery. The protest was held outside…
A mother in New Zealand has been found guilty of killing her two children and hiding their bodies in suitcases, in a high-profile case that shocked the country. Hakyung Lee, 44, was convicted of murder at Auckland High Court on Tuesday, after a trial that lasted about two weeks. She had pleaded not guilty. Lee’s…
In the spy romance series Tempest, Jun Ji-hyun, one of South Korea’s biggest stars, plays a diplomat trying to uncover the truth behind a deadly assassination. “Why does China prefer war? A nuclear bomb could fall near the border,” her character says in one episode of the new Disney+ series. This fictional scene led to…
South Korea has arrested the leader of the controversial Unification Church over allegations the organisation bribed South Korea’s former first lady in exchange for business and political favours. Han Hak-ja’s church is accused of giving Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, two Chanel bags and a diamond necklace, together worth…
Australian officials have promised telecommunications giant Optus will face “significant consequences” over a systems outage linked to multiple deaths. The incident last week left hundreds of people across more than half of the country unable to call emergency services for 13 hours. Optus – one of the country’s two major providers – says at least…
