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Belgium on high alert after two die in police anti-terror raid

Two suspected jihadists have been killed in the Belgian city of Verviers in an anti-terror raid as similar operations continued overnight in Brussels

Belgium

Belgium: Two suspected Islamists dead in shootout with police

A shootout with Belgian police has left two suspected Islamists dead. Explosions were also reported as officers carried out an anti-terror raid in

France

Two arrested after car hits French policewoman at Elysee Palace

French police have arrested two people after a motorist injured a policewoman outside President Francois Hollande’s official residence in Paris

Turkey

Turkey arrests two police officers over murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink

Two police officers have been arrested in Istanbul and charged with negligence in connection with the 2007 murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink

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France

"They died so we can live freely": France pays tribute to police killed in Paris attacks

French President François Hollande gives a moving speech in a ceremony dedicated to Franck Brinsolaro, Ahmed Merabet and Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the police officers who were brutally killed in the att

France

France remembers the officers who died in the Paris attacks

"They died so the people of France may be free." France pays tribute to the three police officers who were gunned down during the Paris attacks.

France

Reassuring a shaken population: 10,000 extra soldiers deployed across France

It is a massive deployment of troops to reassure a shaken population. The French government says an extra 10,000 soldiers are being mobilised to

Ukraine

Interpol puts ousted Yanukovich on international wanted list

Interpol has put ousted former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on its international wanted list, for charges of embezzlement and financial

France

France boosts its domestic security by deploying 10,000 troops on the streets

Smarting at criticism from some quarters that their security services dropped the ball over the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and failed to prevent them

France

Brother of slain Muslim police officer: "Do not confuse Muslims with extremists"

Hundreds have gathered in the hometown of one of the police officers killed in the terrorist attacks in Paris. Officer Ahmed Merabet, a devout

France

France terror suspect Hayat Boumeddiene 'in Syria'

A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria.

France

Female terrorism suspect hunted by French police reportedly in Syria

French state radio says female suspect left for Syria in early January

USA

New York mayor hits back at funeral snub by NYPD officers

New York’s City Mayor has described police officers who turned their backs to him during funerals of two slain colleagues as “disrespectful.”

USA

New York police snub mayor at funeral of slain officer Wenjian Liu

A sea of blue uniforms filled the streets of New York in honour of Wenjian Liu, the second of two police officers murdered last month. As with the

Italy

Italy launches probe after mass police "sick leave" on New Year's Eve

The Italian government has threatened disciplinary action after 83 per cent of police in Rome called in sick for work on New Year’s Eve. An inquiry

USA

Protests in US after another fatal shooting of a black man by police

Demonstrations in St Louis after a white police officer shot dead a black man reported to have pointed a gun at him.

USA

Berkeley police shooting victim Antonio Martin had a gun, says mayor.

The mayor of Berkeley, the suburb of St. Louis, Missouri where an 18-year-old black teenager was shot dead by a white police office overnight on

USA

Tension in Missouri after police shoot dead another black teenager

Tension is high in Missouri in the US after police shot dead another black teenager

USA

18-year-old black man shot dead by police in US, near where teenager Michael Brown was killed

Police in the US have shot dead an 18-year-old black man, near where the killing of another black teenager by police sparked nationwide

Cuba

Frozen spy sperm helps thaw US Cuban relations

As secret negotiations between Cuba and the US aimed at reestablishing diplomatic ties took a marathon 18 months. The wife of a convicted Cuban spy