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Man dressed as a ninja shot by French police

Man dressed as a ninja shot by French police

A man dressed like a ninja was shot by French police after he attempted to attack two officers with a sword in the western city of Cherbourg on Thursday, authorities said. The incident escalated as two female police officers …

Five killed, two hurt in bow and arrow attack in Norway

Five killed, two hurt in bow and arrow attack in Norway

Five people were killed and two more were hurt in an attack in Norway’s Kungsberg, local police spokesman Oyvind Aas said on Thursday. According to Aas, one of those hurt is a policeman. The official said that the …

Student taken into custody after Texas school shooting

Student taken into custody after Texas school shooting

An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Wednesday, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said. Timothy George Simpkins was taken into …

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to year of house arrest

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to year of house arrest

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Thursday for exceeding spending limits during his failed 2012 presidential campaign. The former conservative president was sentenced to house arrest under electronic surveillance. …

Haiti police kill four suspects linked to Moise assassination

Haiti police kill four suspects linked to Moise assassination

Security forces in Haiti have shot dead four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise and captured two others, the country’s police chief said, as the brazen assassination threatened to plunge the already impoverished, crisis-hit …

Rio de Janeiro shootout leaves record 25 people dead

Rio de Janeiro shootout leaves record 25 people dead

At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state’s deadliest police raids, police said. People targeted in the raid in the poor Jacarezinho …

Armenian radicals attack Turkish cafe in Los Angeles (VIDEO)

Armenian radicals attack Turkish cafe in Los Angeles (VIDEO)

Radical members of the U.S.’ Armenian community attacked the Turkish Cafe Istanbul in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, on the evening of November 4. According to the local police department, a group of 6-8 people …

Vienna terror attack: recent developments

Vienna terror attack: recent developments

Several gunmen attacked six locations in central Vienna on Monday starting outside the main synagogue, killing three people and injuring 13-15 in what Austria called a "repulsive terror attack". Witnesses described the men …

Hostage taker surrenders outside French bank

Hostage taker surrenders outside French bank

A gunman who took six people hostage in a bank in France on Thursday surrendered to elite police after a six-hour operation to free his captives. The hostage-taker, a 34-year-old with a history of mental illness, emerged slowly from the …

Detained American claims he plotted Maduro's capture

Detained American claims he plotted Maduro's capture

A former U.S. soldier captured in Venezuela said that he had been contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas’ airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States. …

Five dead in another U.S. shooting

Five dead in another U.S. shooting

Five people have been killed in a shooting at the Molson Coors Brewing Company campus in Milwaukee (Wisconsin, U.S.), Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales said. The gunman died from "self-inflicted wounds". The attacker …

Arizona man dresses up skeleton to drive in HOV lane

Arizona man dresses up skeleton to drive in HOV lane

A driver in the US has been caught trying to disguise a fake skeleton as a passenger so he could use a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane, BBC reports. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the 62-year-old was pulled over when an …

Dentist tries to pass off 20 fake Picassos

Dentist tries to pass off 20 fake Picassos

German dentist has been accused of trying to present 20 fake Picasso paintings as authenticated works in 2017. According to the German-language magazine Monopol, the man from Neuss, Germany had presented the paintings, which …

Former Interpol chief sentenced to 13 years in prison

Former Interpol chief sentenced to 13 years in prison

Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who was detained on a visit to China in 2018, was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for bribery. Meng was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison and fined two …

Four Turkish nationals kidnapped in Nigeria

Four Turkish nationals kidnapped in Nigeria

Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped in western Nigeria and police are conducting a rescue operation, spokesman for Kwara state police Okasanmi Ajayi said. "Four Turkish expatriates were kidnapped at a drinking spot in Gbale …

Georgia hands over convict Jack Shepherd to British police

Georgia hands over convict Jack Shepherd to British police

Georgian escort officers handed over British convict Jack Shepherd, convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence, to the British police at the Tbilisi International Airport, the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service reported. Two …

UK: Five Birmingham mosques attacked with sledgehammer

UK: Five Birmingham mosques attacked with sledgehammer

Five mosques in Birmingham in the West Midlands in the UK had their windows smashed with a sledgehammer, police say, adding that they believe the attacks are likely to be linked, Deutsche Welle reports. "At the moment we …

 Five mosques attacked with sledgehammers in Birmingham

Five mosques attacked with sledgehammers in Birmingham

UK police said they were investigating attacks on five mosques in Birmingham that had their windows smashed overnight. The police were first called at 2.32am to a mosque on Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, where a man was reported to be …