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Portland "anti-Muslim" stabbings

Two men in Portland Oregon are fatally stabbed while trying to stop a man from harassing two young Muslim women

United Kingdom

Manchester bomb attack: police say they are looking for "a network" of conspirators

United Kingdom

Imminent attack: The UK's "critical" terrorism threat level explained

The United Kingdom increased its terrorism threat level to its highest level of “critical”, prompting the deployment of soldiers throughout the country, after the UK’s worst terror attack since…

World News

Sydney coroner says police acted too slowly in cafe siege

An Australian coroner says police failed to act quickly enough in a Sydney cafe siege in 2014 that left three people dead.

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United Kingdom

Manchester Arena bombing: live updates

An explosion has hit the Manchester Arena where US pop singer Ariana Grande was performing Monday evening.

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Crackdown in crackland

Brazilian riot police arrested 34 in a pre-dawn raid on Sunday (May 21) in the downtown Sao Paulo neighbourhood known as Cracolandia (Crackland), a notorious zone where crack cocaine users and addicts

Spain

Two tons of cocaine seized from Atlantic fishing boat

Police in Spain have seized two point four tonnes of cocaine from a fishing boat sailing under a Venezuelan flag in the Atlantic.

United Kingdom

Cutting-edge car calls cops on drunk driver

Car safety feature lands drunk driver in hot water with police after it automatically called them to report an accident.

Italy

Mafia clan ran migrant centre for ten years, say Italian police

Italian police say they have made 68 arrests and dismantled a leading mafia clan that ran a leading reception centre for migrants for ten years, creaming off state…

Israel

14-year old neglected boy found in squalid Israeli home

Israeli police investigating why a 14 year-old was kept secluded and mostly indoors in his Hadera home said they no longer suspect the boy's parents.

USA

Hundreds arrested in "biggest ever" US gang crackdown

1,378 people have been arrested in the United States over the last six weeks as part of an operation to identify and prosecute gang members.

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USA: NYPD 'extreme' training

Members of the New York Police Department Emergency Service Unit took part in an ‘extreme’ exercise.

Italy

Italian police make arrests in probe into illegal migrant working

At least six people have been arrested as part of a probe into migrants being taken from reception centres and put to work illegally in southern Italy.

Mexico

Mexico arrests suspected Sinaloa drug kingpin

Mexican security forces have arrested suspected drug kingpin Damaso Lopez.

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May Day in Paris

Less than a week before the decisive second round in France’s presidential election, thousands of people took part in the traditional May Day rally in central…

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Russian flags waved at Trump rally

Donald Trump celebrated his first 100 days as US President on Saturday with a campaign-style rally attended by cheering fans in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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South Korea THAAD scuffles

Protesters scuffled with police in South Korea’s Seongju county on Sunday as they tried to prevent US Army oil lorries from entering the site where the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system (THAA

Turkey

Turkey: More than 200 detained in May Day clashes

May Day turned ugly in Turkey on Monday as protesters clashed with police.

Italy

Italy helps dismantle Berlin-based terror cell linked to market attacker

Italian police have revealed they helped Germany to dismantle a Berlin-based terror cell.

France

French police protest over "lack of recognition"

In Paris hundreds of police officers marched calling for better protection and recognition.