Topic: Police

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Police and protesters face off in Albania on third day of anti-govt demonstrations

Demonstrators and riot police clashed in Albania's capital on Thursday in a third straight day of violence triggered by student protests calling for better university conditions and Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation. Originally sparked by a luxury tourism project linked to US President Donald Trump's family in the country's south, the demonstrations have occasionally flared into violence amid ongoing calls for Rama's resignation. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.

15 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC

World

Police arrest US teen in alleged Illinois Hindu temple mass shooting plot

Coworker alerted police after receiving disturbing messages from 19-year-old suspect.

15 Oct 2026, 08:52 UTC

World

'Dark day for Turkey': Govt takes control of most-watched news channel

Police raided Turkey's most-watched news channel, Halk TV, early Wednesday, halting broadcasts and installing a government-appointed administrator in the latest move against pro-opposition media. Halk TV chairman Cafer Mahiroglu condemned the move against the broadcaster's Istanbul headquarters as "a dark day for Turkey", and criticism poured in from the opposition and rights groups.

14 Oct 2026, 14:23 UTC

World

Albanian students clash with police as they protest over education and jobs

Albanian students clash with police as they protest education costs, poor university conditions and bleak job prospects.

14 Oct 2026, 10:39 UTC

World

Turkish police raid opposition TV station, halting live broadcasts

It is the latest in a series of crackdowns on media critical of the Turkish president and his government.

14 Oct 2026, 07:05 UTC

World

Albanian police fire tear gas at protesters as Education Ministry attacked

At least 23 protesters have been arrested in demonstrations in the capital.

13 Oct 2026, 23:17 UTC

World

Nuremberg airport briefly closed after in-flight emergency

Police are investigating a suspected in-flight emergency on a Corfu flight. After the airport reopened, the airline said they believed the emergency code was a result of a technical malfunction.

13 Oct 2026, 13:07 UTC

World

Germany: Nuremberg airport closed over in-flight emergency

Police are investigating a suspected in-flight emergency on a Corfu flight. The plane landed safely in Nuremberg after a fighter jet escort.

13 Oct 2026, 12:06 UTC

World

Dozens of journalists in India detained while covering anti-gov’t protests

Police in India detained at least 35 media workers covering protests in New Delhi over a 48-hour period.

13 Oct 2026, 09:20 UTC

World

Police detain leaders of India’s ‘cockroach’ movement at New Delhi protest

Cockroach Janta Party volunteers detained after entering a popular protest site authorities had declared off-limits.

13 Oct 2026, 08:49 UTC

World

South Africa deputy police chief resigns amid sex offence charges

Shadrack Sibiya, who is in prison after his arrest last month, denies corruption, rape and child grooming allegations.

12 Oct 2026, 21:27 UTC

Politics

Government expands police support to political figures who are not MPs

Shabana Mahmood says there is "insufficient protection" for those who play a role in public life.

12 Oct 2026, 18:47 UTC

World

France school shooting: Police detain pupil after two injured

Officials say a staff member disarmed the suspect, who hid a hunting shotgun in a guitar case, before police arrived.

12 Oct 2026, 16:17 UTC

World

South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences

Shadrack Sibiya had denied grooming a 16-year-old and raping an 18-year-old.

12 Oct 2026, 14:47 UTC

Politics

Poland: Police foils alleged assassination attempt against PM

Poland's interior ministry said Sunday a man had been detained on suspicion of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. Interior minister Marcin Kierwinski told Polish media that the suspect, a man in his 60s, had been arrested in the southwestern region of Lower Silesia. He was identified through an analysis of content posted online. The man's home is being searched and his contacts examined. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Warsaw, Adrien Sarlat.

12 Oct 2026, 11:34 UTC

Politics

French police arrest 14-year-old after two teaching staff wounded by hunting rifle fire

Two teaching staff were shot and wounded at a school in Aubagne near Marseille Monday morning, French Education Minister ‌Édouard Geffray said. A police source said that a 14-year-old boy had been arrested in connection to the incident, adding that there did not seem to be any link to the student protests that have swept across the country in recent weeks.

12 Oct 2026, 10:33 UTC

World

Mourners killed by Kenya police at ex-PM's national farewell not part of violence, BBC finds

After analysing 1,500 videos and images of the Raila Odinga memorial, Africa Eye finds that those killed were far from the scuffles.

12 Oct 2026, 04:58 UTC

World

Turkiye highway crash kills 11, injures 27 after tour bus hits truck

Police detain tour bus driver after highway collision in western Turkiye leaves 11 dead and 27 injured.

11 Oct 2026, 17:33 UTC

Politics

Protesters seeking India election chief's ouster detained, as 'cockroach' leaders released

Police detained hundreds of protesters in Delhi for a second day on Sunday as sporadic protests broke out demanding India's election chief quit, while a court ordered the release of "cockroach" movement founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other senior leaders.

11 Oct 2026, 16:15 UTC

Politics

Polish police probe alleged plot to assassinate PM Tusk, defence minister

Security officials hold emergency meeting after police receive information about potential attack.

11 Oct 2026, 12:54 UTC