A nurse has appeared in court in England accused of the murder of three people.

A leading politician was forced to resign today after admitting unwittingly starring in a secretly filmed sex video which has embarrassed the Malaysian government.

A Singapore man who may have been exposed to the SARS virus will appear in court – on a video screen – to face charges that he broke home quarantine orders, a police spokesman said today.

King Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, elected by sultans under Malaysia’s unusual royal rotation system, died today after weeks of complications following heart surgery, prime minister Mahathir Mohamad announced.