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Hong Kong firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old boy who climbed out a window onto the air-conditioning unit to escape a fire that broke out in his flat, while his mother has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. Police received reports at 7.54pm on Wednesday that a fire had broken out in a flat at Tsui To House, one of the blocks of Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong. Online footage showed the boy, wearing only his underwear, climbing out of a window and onto the condenser unit as...

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with Okinawa Governor Genta Koja in Tokyo on Wednesday and expressed her willingness to talk with the United States following the arrest of a U.S. Marine for allegedly murdering a woman in the southern Japan prefecture on Saturday. During the meeting at the prime minister's office, Koja said that the incident was "absolu...

The 73-year-old has been arrested over allegations that a charity she is linked to misused donations.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--The U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture has said that all U.S. troops stationed in the southernmost Japan prefecture will observe a 48-hour operational pause from noon Wednesday, following the alleged murder of a local woman by a Marine, who was arrested Sunday. The personnel are prohibited from leaving their bases in the prefecture and consuming al...

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Governor Genta Koja, at a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday, lodged a protest following the murder and robbery allegedly committed by a U.S. Marine in the southernmost Japan prefecture earlier this month. At the meeting, held at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Koja urged Koizumi to ensure that effective measures to preven...

The two members of the People's Liberation Army — Maibam Arun (50) and Wahengbam Bimol (26) — were arrested on Tuesday (Ocotber 6), a police official said.

The US military in Okinawa will impose a curfew from midnight to 5am for a month starting Friday following the arrest of a marine on suspicion of robbing and murdering a local woman, its regional coordinator said on Tuesday. All US military personnel on Okinawa will also observe a 48-hour operational pause from noon on Wednesday, during which there will be “no off-base liberty, including a complete prohibition of alcohol consumption on or off base”, said Lieutenant General Benjamin Watson,...

US authorities arrested ⁠a person in Washington state on Tuesday ⁠who they accuse of providing advice and offering to live-stream a deadly mass shooting carried out earlier this year in Canada. James Cody Bryant, 30, was detained on a charge of conspiracy to murder people in a foreign country in connection to the shooting at ‌Tumbler Ridge, according to the Department of Justice. The charge carries a penalty of up to life in prison. Bryant was in repeated contact with the shooter, Jesse Van...

The suspect, from the western state of Washington, allegedly gave money and advice to the attacker over the internet.

Prosecutors in Panama arrested Enrique Lau Cortés, the former head of the social security fund, in a money-laundering and illicit-enrichment probe. The post Panama Arrests Former Social Security Head in 5 Raids appeared first on The Rio Times.

A seventh man was arrested Tuesday over a major incident last month at a British military airbase used by the United States to launch strikes on Iran, police said. The arrest came a day after President Donald Trump said the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford because of "threats" he believed were linked to Tehran. A 22-year-old British male was arrested in London "on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts", Britain's Counter-Terrorism Policing network said in a statement. Six men in their 20s have already been arrested and released on bail after three suspicious vans were stopped near the base in southwest England on September 27. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot reports from London.

A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason, an embarrassing case at a time when the country is seeking to broaden the powers of its intelligence agencies. August Hanning, who ran Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005, is accused of espionage, treason and working for foreign intelligence services, federal prosecutors said. FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth reports from Berlin.

President José Antonio Kast signed a law giving Chile's police 24 hours, up from 12, to arrest suspects caught in the act, and urged Congress to move faster. The post Chile’s Kast Doubles Police Arrest Window to 24 Hours appeared first on The Rio Times.

A doctor sought for months over eight deaths after vitamin drips in Sonora, the Mexican state just south of Arizona, turned himself in on 5 October. The post Mexico Arrests Sonora Doctor Over 8 Vitamin Drip Deaths appeared first on The Rio Times.

British police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man in London on suspicion of a terror offence over a security incident at a US-run military airbase in England that authorities have linked to Iran. The arrest is the seventh in connection with a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, located 160km (100 miles) west of London, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran during this year’s war. Five British men in their 20s were detained near the perimeter of the base in the early hours of...

Mexican forces arrested Iván Cazarín Molina, known as El Tanque, in Zapopan on 5 October. The US Treasury sanctioned him in 2024. The post Mexico Arrests Jalisco Cartel Operator ‘El Tanque’ appeared first on The Rio Times.

22-year old British national arrested on suspicion of terrorism after other suspects released on bail.

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police have captured a Russian national believed to be a key member of the "Qilin" international hacker group and extradited him to Germany, investigative sources said Tuesday. Qilin is believed to have carried out ransomware attacks against companies worldwide, causing major damage through data encryption. In 2025, the group claimed responsibility on...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Governor Genta Koja summoned Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, head of U.S. forces in Japan, to the prefectural government office to protest the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of murdering a woman in the southern Japan prefecture. Koja said that the incident caused "great anxiety" among local residents and was "absolutely unacceptable," and demande...

For many locals on this island, the arrest has brought decades of frustration back to the fore.

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that her government has strongly protested to the U.S. side over the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on suspicion of murder and robbery. The government also pressed the United States for cooperation in the investigation, a review of discipline involving U.S. military personnel, and ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Governor Genta Koja said Monday he will travel to Tokyo this week to directly lodge a protest to the Japanese government following the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa on suspicion of murder and robbery. During the planned visit to the capital, Koja, who took office at the end of last month, is expected to meet with Prime Minister Sanae Ta...

A California woman allegedly sent photos and videos of President Lai's son and his family to Chinese officials.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--About 100 people gathered near the Okinawa prefectural government building Sunday, in protest after a U.S. Marine was arrested in a murder-robbery case in the southernmost Japan prefecture. Many participants voiced anger at the case and many other crimes committed by those linked to U.S. military bases in Okinawa, with one of them saying, "How much ...

Jerusalem Daily: Israeli forces arrest school children during raid