Saturday, 20 December 2025

Author: AFP

Australia police make arrest in Israeli student murder case

SYDNEY: Australia police on Friday arrested a man in relation to the murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, some two days after her body was found in Melbourne. The 21-year-old was killed on the way home from a comedy show in Melbourne just after midnight on Wednesday, with her body

S. Korea court orders Japanese firm to pay for forced labour

SEOUL: A Seoul court yesterday dismissed a Japanese machinery maker’s appeal against an order that it pay 17 South Korean women 100 million won ($89,000) each for forced wartime labour, the latest in a series of rulings raising tensions between the neighbours. South Korea and its former colonial power Japan