Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.

A Frenchman who spent almost two decades on death row in Indonesia over drug offences before being returned to France left prison on Friday after being granted a conditional release.

Brown is the first Singaporean to be part of this initiative, and is one of only two drivers selected from Asia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.