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It comes after Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen joined the conflict by striking Israel over the weekend.

Police had been searching for ‘sovereign citizen’ since he fatally shot two officers last August

Hong Kong stocks dropped on Monday as escalating tensions in the Middle East sent oil prices to recent highs. Over the weekend, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched attacks directly on Israel, which intensified strikes on Tehran. The US has also deployed additional military forces to the Middle East. The escalation pushed up oil prices, with Brent crude jumping as much as 3.7 per cent to US$116.80 a barrel, its highest in more than a week, while West Texas Intermediate rose to US$101 a...

Architect Dan Meis talks about the challenges of designing Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium - including relegation battles, new owners, a pandemic and global war.

Architect Dan Meis talks about the challenges of designing Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium - including relegation battles, new owners, a pandemic and global war.

Architect Dan Meis talks about the challenges of designing Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium - including relegation battles, new owners, a pandemic and global war.

Architect Dan Meis talks about the challenges of designing Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium - including relegation battles, new owners, a pandemic and global war.

Architect Dan Meis talks about the challenges of designing Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium - including relegation battles, new owners, a pandemic and global war.

Architect Dan Meis talks about the challenges of designing Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium - including relegation battles, new owners, a pandemic and global war.

A troupe of left-behind rural women in central China has gained online fame through group live streams orchestrated by local Gen Z managers. In Junying village in Henan province, more than 20 women with an average age of 60 wear sunglasses and gloves, colourful jackets and dance with props in a disused courtyard. But this is no ordinary square dancing. In group live-streams, the aunties take on the viral dance routines favoured by younger internet users, while viewers send virtual gifts and...

Fugitive Dezi Freeman has been wanted since he shot dead two police officers on his rural property in August last year.

A Thai undertaker’s extreme mission to prove he was not hoarding fuel went viral over the weekend after he brought a coffin containing a body to a petrol station to convince attendants the extra fuel he needed was for cremation, not black market resale. Thais have been pressed into energy-saving mode by the US-Israel war on Iran, which has throttled oil and gas supplies to much of Asia. Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insists there is enough fuel for over three months, while the...