Malaysian contingent ‘praying’ typhoon doesn’t lash Philippines

Typhoon Kammuri is expected to hit south island of Luzon, which includes SEA Games-hosting cities Manila, Clark and Subic.(Weatherph.org pic) PETALING JAYA: Chef-de-mission Megat Zulkarnain Omardin admits the national contingent is aware typhoon Kammuri hitting the Philippines during SEA Games remains a possibility. Megat said organisers PHISGOC’s contingency plan is to move outdoor sports to […]

Dutch father who locked up kids in hidden room charged with sexual abuse

The family spent years locked away in the cellar of a farmhouse. (Reuters pic) AMSTERDAM: Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday they suspected the father of a family that was found locked away in a farmhouse room of having sexually abused two of his nine children. Police discovered five siblings and their ailing father last month […]