BBC: Four people have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly hacking over 120,000 video cameras in homes and businesses and using the footage to make sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website. Police announced the arrests on Sunday, saying the accused exploited the Internet Protocol (IP) cameras’ vulnerabilities, such as simple passwords. A cheaper […]
BBC: Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year – the highest since 2003. These come a week before a constitutional challenge against the death penalty for drug offences is due to be heard. Singapore has some of the world’s harshest anti-drug laws, which […]
Reuters: HONG KONG, Dec 1 – Revenues at China’s giant military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according to a study released on Monday by a leading conflict think tank. The Chinese declines contrast with strong revenue growth globally for big arms and military-services companies, fuelled by wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and […]
Reuters: TAITUNG, Taiwan, Dec 1 – Flying over the blue waters off Taiwan’s east coast, a light aircraft equipped with a powerful U.S.-made radar slung under its belly tracks Chinese warships, collecting data its operator is keen to provide to Taipei’s security forces. Small Taiwanese operator Apex Aviation, better known for pilot training and charter […]
BBC: The death toll from devastating floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka has exceeded 330 people, as the country grapples with one of its worst weather disasters in years. More than 200 are missing, and some 20,000 homes have been destroyed, sending 108,000 people to state-run temporary shelters, the Disaster Management Centre reported. Officials said […]
BBC: At least 146 people are known to have died in a devastating fire that tore through multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. Police announced the death toll in a news conference on Sunday, cautioning that they “cannot rule out the possibility of further fatalities”. A further 79 are injured and 150 remain missing, they […]
BBC: The death toll from flooding and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has risen dramatically to 442, officials say. The total passed 300 earlier on Sunday, with evacuation efforts under way, major roads cut off, and internet and electricity only partially restored. Monsoons exacerbated by tropical storms have caused some of the worst flooding in […]
BBC: At least 193 people have died from floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka as the country grapples with one of its worst weather disasters in years. More than 200 people are missing, and more than 20,000 homes have been destroyed, sending 108,000 people to state-run temporary shelters, the Disaster Management Centre reported. Officials said […]
BBC: At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a child’s birthday party in California. Ten others were injured in the shooting at a restaurant on Saturday evening, in the state’s northern city of Stockton. Local police say the victims include both adults and children. The conditions of the injured have […]
BBC: Ukrainian naval drones hit two oil tankers from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” as they travelled through the Black Sea, Ukrainian officials have said. Footage verified by the BBC shows waterborne drones speeding through the waves into the vessels, before detonating into a ball of flame, sending black smoke into the air. The targeted tankers […]