Richard Huckle was "a constant groomer" who pretended to be a Christian philanthropist while in fact basing "his whole life around the sexual abuse of children", investigators said.

Great excitement on the phone last Sunday morning, communicated via Skype from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by two friends of ours, British long-term residents there.

European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke will gain pre-Hazeltine leadership experience in being named today as captain of the 2016 EurAsia Cup.

Hit by two tragedies in quick succession, the Malaysia Airlines brand may become the airline industry’s equivalent of asbestos or News of the World: toxic to the public and, according to experts, impossible to redeem.

Debris that washed ashore in south-west Australia is not from the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, experts have said.

US Navy equipment has picked up signals consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes, an Australian search official said today.

The European Tour has announced a comprehensive review into the Final Series after Ernie Els strongly criticised the demands on players.

A new match-play event between Europe and Asia, the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM, will be part of the 2014 European Tour schedule.

Armed pirates have robbed a cargo ship at anchor in a Nigerian port and kidnapped at least two crew members in the latest of several attacks off Africa’s west coast, an international maritime watchdog said.

Sea piracy worldwide surged to 266 attacks in the first half this year, up 36% from a year ago, as Somali pirates became bolder and raided more vessels, a global maritime watchdog has said.

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Paris Hilton is “beyond upset” at being refused entry to Japan.

Japanese officials kept Paris Hilton at Narita International Airport for a second day today while they decide whether she will be admitted to the country after pleading guilty to a misdemeanour drug charge in Las Vegas.

Paris Hilton is being refused entry into Japan following her drug arrest.

Paris Hilton is heading to Asia after escaping jail.

Sea attacks worldwide surged 39% to 406 cases, the highest in six years, with Somali pirates' raids on vessels accounting for more than half of the piracy, a maritime watchdog said today.

PIRATES seized a British-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged carrier off Somalia’s coast and were holding 45 crew members yesterday, a maritime official has said.

A Muslim model who was due to be caned for drinking beer was reprieved today.

The grim task of identifying victims of the Air France plane crash will begin today.

AN IRISH aircraft leasing company has brought a legal action against Air Italy over its alleged failure to honour an agreement to buy a Boeing 737-300 for $9 million (€7m).

Police in Australia arrested an Indian doctor in connection with the foiled terror attacks in London and Glasgow as he tried to leave the country and were interviewing a second doctor in the case, officials said today.

An eighth suspect wanted in connection with the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow was arrested in Australia, a television network reported today.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after conferring with her aides, said today she will return to the Middle East to work with others on trying to bring an end to the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, but did not say when she would travel.

China today condemned an Israeli attack in Lebanon that killed one Chinese UN observer and called for new Middle East peace efforts.

A MAN matching the description of al-Qaida adherent Zacarias Moussaoui told an Islamic radical in Malaysia he had a dream about flying a plane into the White House, and was to be given cash by a south-East Asian terrorist group during that trip, according to court testimony yesterday.

Asia must do more to prepare for quick action in case a pandemic flu strain erupts because every moment will count at the onset and rapid response will be crucial, the World Health Organisation said today.

The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was evacuated today and police rushed to the Thai Embassy after both buildings received suspicious packages.

Military-ruled Burma says it will stick with its “road map” to democracy despite the junta’s recent purge of the prime minister who proposed it, but is ducking questions on when pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go free.

COLIN MARTIN, the Irishman who has served over seven years in a Thai jail for a murder he claims not to have committed, wants to stay in the country if he is released, as expected, in the coming weeks.

OPPOSITION politicians have attacked the Government for establishing diplomatic relations with the Myanmar regime without any debate in the Dáil.

THE world’s tallest skyscraper is nearing completion in Taipei after workmen yesterday finished installed the pinnacle on the 1,676ft Taipei 101 building.

The UN Security Council today unanimously adopted a US resolution aimed at attracting more troops and money to stabilise Iraq and put the war-battered country on the road to independence.

Five Japanese abducted decades ago by North Korean spies will be allowed to return home briefly next week.

By Charlie Mulqueen MONKSTOWN’S Ada O’Sullivan is preparing for the biggest challenge of her golfing career.

America was on a major terror alert tonight as it prepared to commemorate the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

The US embassies in Indonesia and Malaysia are to shut tomorrow until further notice because of warnings of possible terrorist attacks on the anniversary of September 11.

Iraq and Iran today said oil should be used to put pressure on the US to force Israel out of Palestinian areas, but that all Muslim oil-producing countries needed to support the move.

Padraig Harrington was still hoping to make it fifth time lucky in Malaysia in the 1million US dollars Carlsberg Malaysian Open this morning.