MOSCOW has condemned the “unacceptable” detention of 43 Russian hooligans by French police after a string of sickeningly violent clashes at Euro 2016. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov slammed the French police, claiming the host nation’s security forces are “discriminating against Russian...
At least 36 people have been arrested in Lille following clashes between French police and football fans at the Euro 2016 tournament. French police said the arrests had been made throughout Wednesday — adding that 16 people had been hospitalised. On Wednesday night, riot police charged at hundreds of England football fans...
The murder of two French police officials by a man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) is "unquestionably a terrorist act", President Francois Hollande says. A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home west of Paris. Their three-year-old survived. The attacker was killed in...
THE homophobic Islamic State psychopath who mercilessly gunned down hundreds of Orlando clubbers was reportedly scouting Disney World as a possible target. Omar Mateen and his wife, Noor Zahi Salman, visited Walt Disney World in April, according to a US law enforcement source. Salman reportedly warned federal authorities that...
A man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) stabbed a French policeman to death before being killed when police stormed a house, in what officials say was a "terrorist act". The attacker took the officer's partner and their son hostage in their home in Magnanville, near Paris. The partner was found...
Eleven German MPs of Turkish origin have been put under police protection. They received death threats after supporting a move to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Germany's foreign ministry has warned MPs of Turkish origin against travelling to Turkey, saying their security there could...
A rancher jumped on his horse Friday morning and lassoed a man who was trying to steal a bicycle in the parking lot of an Oregon Wal-Mart, police said. Robert Borba was at the Eagle Point store loading dog food and a camping tent into his truck when he heard a woman screaming that someone was trying to steal her bike,...
A Georgia police officer reportedly shot a man in the neck late Tuesday night after responding to a 911 call, but at the wrong house, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The bureau will conduct an independent investigation into the incident. Henry County Police responded to a 911 caller who described...
A young Pakistani woman was burned to death by her mother and brother Wednesday, apparently because she married a man against her family's wishes, police said. Zeenat Rafique, 18, had eloped and moved away, but returned to her family's home in Lahore because she was under the impression a reconciliation could occur,...
Police in Papua New Guinea have opened fire on students protesting against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. Several students were injured and opposition MPs said four were killed, but this has not been independently confirmed. The students were marching from their campus in the capital, Port Moresby, towards parliament where...
A 70-year-old Hindu priest was hacked to death in southwestern Bangladesh Tuesday morning, police say. The priest, Ananda Gopal Ganguly, was on his way to temple when he was attacked by assailants in an open field in a secluded part of a village in the country's Jhenaidah district, Altaf Hossain, the police...
A Memphis police officer was killed Saturday evening, after he was struck by a car driven by a shooting suspect who was fleeing police. The officer, identified as Verdell Smith, 46, was an 18-year veteran of the Memphis Police Department, officials said. The chain of events began just before 10 p.m. Saturday when Memphis...