Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks worth millions in Sicilian museum robbery
Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina...
US envoy Kushner visits Hamas leader in push for Gaza road map before Netanyahu meeting
Published: 2:14am, 17 Aug 2026Updated: 2:22am, 17 Aug 2026 US negotiator and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the...
Driver arrested after Hungary bus crash kills 12 people, injures at least 10
A passenger bus travelling on a highway in Hungary early on Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing...
Iran offers US$30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers
Iran’s military announced on Sunday that it was offering a bounty equivalent to US$30,000 for killing or capturing US soldiers, with the reward doubled...
BBC asks US court for help with testimony from the Trump family in defamation suit
Britain’s BBC asked a US court for help in getting documents and testimony from members of US President Donald Trump’s family in connection with...
Customs steps in after woman claims beauty chain Opatra cheated her out of HK$60,000
Published: 12:27am, 17 Aug 2026Updated: 12:53am, 17 Aug 2026 Hong Kong customs has said it is actively following up on a case involving a...
Lee Kuan Yew’s Montblanc pen sells for US$360,000 in Singapore auction
A silver Montblanc fountain pen owned by Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has sold for S$461,500 (US$360,000), nearly 10 times its highest...
How a ‘rough’ and ‘crude’ Chinese cartoon ox went from box office zero to hero
A raw, handcrafted Chinese animation has become an unlikely box-office sensation despite being widely panned by critics and social media users. Niu Lai, or...
Moscow strikes Ukrainian steel plant as Kyiv targets Russian economy
Russia carried out a wave of air strikes on Ukraine overnight, killing two people at a steel plant, and Kyiv launched a heavy drone...