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U.K. counterterrorism police are understood to be investigating a potential link with Iran after an alleged bomb threat against an air base hosting U.S. forces.
Police are reviewing footage of a man at Putney Bridge station after the Crimewatch presenter was shot in 1999.
Police say the US shooting followed an altercation at an after-hours venue, and four people are in hospital.
British police have evacuated homes near an air force base in Gloucestershire, as army bomb disposal experts examined several vehicles in what authorities described as a major incident. Five men have been arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and offences under the Explosives Act. RAF Fairford, the base involved, is also being used by the US for strikes on Iranian missile sites targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz. US Air Force personnel at the base have been told to remain vigilant, while police say the incident is now contained. France 24 international affairs editor
Two more women have been found dead in Johannesburg this weekend, bringing the number of women killed in a single municipality to 11 in just two months. Most of the other victims were in their 20s and 30s, with some found partially undressed and showing signs of sexual assault, raising fears that a serial killer could be responsible. Police have offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspected killer or killers. The deaths have sparked a national outcry over violence against women in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest rates of gender-based violenc
It has been a deadly night in South Africa, with 27 people killed in two separate shooting incidents. Police say 17 people were shot dead at a tavern outside Johannesburg by suspects armed with assault rifles, while another 10 were killed near Cape Town when gunmen opened fire at a venue selling grilled meat. No arrests have been made as police search for the attackers. Initial investigations suggest one shooting may have been linked to a turf war between illegal miners, while the other could have stemmed from a business rivalry. France 24 correspondent Eurice Masson reports the latest from So
Scores of homes were evacuated in the UK town of Whelford, near an air base used by the US military, with bomb disposal teams checking "suspicious vehicles" at the scene. Police said five men had been arrested.
Police evacuated about 85 households and cordoned off the area as bomb disposal experts examined three vehicles.
British police said they had evacuated homes Sunday near the air base of Fairford in southwest England used by US air forces and arrested five men over suspected explosives offences. British counter-terrorism police are investigating the incident.
Ranka has criticized Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over schools, land rights and electoral boundaries. DW has more.
Police are investigating the killings in a country with one of the highest femicide rates in the world.
The blast was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, which has stepped up attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years.
Police have used tear gas on protests by the opposition Congress party demanding India's election commission head steps down, following a report alleging "rigged" elections.
Rights groups accuse UN of hosting a 'war criminal' as delegations walk out during Israeli prime minister's speech.
The Football Association charges Cardiff City defender Krystian Bielik over an altercation involving Portsmouth fans, but a police investigation has been concluded.
In #Texas, images of a Venezuelan migrant who had been shot during an ICE intervention, the U.S. immigration police, are indignant. While the 28-year-old now claims to be suffering from paralysis on the left side, students are demonstrating and denouncing the #migration policy of the #Trump administration.
Police close major highways into Islamabad as supporters of jailed former prime minister plan to march into the capital.
Police arrest suspect after shooting near high school; injured people rushed to local hospitals for treatment.
While India is fuming over a viral video of two minors being harassed in Bihar, a case of an alleged gang-rape of a minor has emerged in a posh Delhi neighborhood. Meanwhile, India's foreign minister is at the UNGA.
After violence broke out, Dutch riot police dispersed hundreds of far-right protesters in The Hague. Prime Minister Rob Jetten said that the demonstrators had chanted "abhorrent" far-right and antisemitic slogans.
