As police continue to seek out information from the public about two Saudi-born sisters who mysteriously died in Sydney's southwest, there is a tool authorities haven't used yet that some say could be key to solving the case.
NSW Police renewed their appeal for information to the public over a week ago, releasing the names and photographs of Amaal, 23, and Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, to encourage anyone to come forward with details that could assist the investigation into their deaths.
The bodies of two sisters from Saudi Arabia who were found dead in their apartment have been repatriated, as authorities continue to work to establish the cause of their deaths.
NSW Police have confirmed that the bodies of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal, 23, have been returned to the Kingdom. They could not advise when exactly this occurred.
Almost 12 years ago, Qatar shocked the world, winning the right to host the world’s biggest football tournament.
Then FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced it would become the first Middle Eastern nation to stage the tournament in 2022, with Australia among those overlooked.
Australia received just one vote after spending more than $40 million on its bid.
When Tsang boarded a plane from Hong Kong to Thailand for what he thought was to meet his girlfriend in-person for the first time, he had no idea the traumatising experience that awaited him.
After landing in Bangkok, he was smuggled to Myanmar and detained.
The 28-year-old Hong Kong resident told local media organisation Headline Daily that his family was forced to pay a large ransom for his release, but not after he endured a month of beatings and torture.
Saffaa is like a mother to Sydney’s small community of mostly young asylum seeker women from Saudi Arabia.
The 45-year-old activist, artist, and disability support worker says she has been an unofficial source of help for many such women who have fled their homelands, seeking protection in Australia, in recent years.
A Saudi terrorism court has sentenced a women’s rights activist and academic to 34 years in prison, followed by a 34-year travel ban due to tweets she posted calling for basic rights in the country.
The ruling against Salma al-Shehab, 34, is the longest prison sentence given to a Saudi women’s rights defender, marking an escalation in Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s (MBS) crackdown on dissent.
The mysterious deaths of two Saudi Arabian women in Sydney are not the first time two sisters from the kingdom have pleaded for international help, or the first time their stories have ended in tragedy.
NSW Police has appealed for the public's help in understanding the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23. The women's bodies were found in their beds in the southwest Sydney suburb of Canterbury on 7 June with police confirming their identities on 27 July.
New Zealand police have confirmed that human remains found in two suitcases bought at an Auckland auction were of two primary school-aged children, with officers vowing to find those responsible.
Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said on Thursday the bodies were likely to have been in storage for several years and the victims are thought to have been between five and ten years old.
