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Vigil for murdered NYPD officers; US race relations remain on edge

Dozens of people have joined a candlelight vigil for the two New York police officers shot dead in their patrol car on Saturday. Their murders were

USA

US mourns NYPD officers killed in apparent retribution attack

A gunman has shot dead two New York City police officers before then killing himself. It has been reported that the 28-year-old shooter from

USA

Revenge motive probed after two policeman killed in New York

A gunman ambushed and fatally shot two New York police officers on Saturday and then killed himself. Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, has been named by police

USA

Two NYPD officers 'assassinated' on duty in Brooklyn

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France

'Allahu Akbar' lone wolf attacker shot dead by French police

French police have shot dead a man armed with a knife who stabbed three police officers while shouting “Allahu Akbar!” after entering a police

Germany

Berlin launches manhunt following jewellery heist

A manhunt was launched after four jewellery thieves robbed Berlin’s famous KaDeWe department store. They reportedly used pepper spray to take down a

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Scuffles break out in Kenyan parliament

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Police officers in Australia swap guns for paintbrushes

Police officers in Australia have been swapping guns and handcuffs for a canvas and a paintbrush. For the fourth year running, the Wollongong Art

USA

Body of US Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six family members discovered in Pennsylvania

Police in the US searching for an Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six members of his own family in Pennsylvania, say they have found his body

Spain

Suspected jihadist recruiters held in Spain and Morocco

Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested seven people suspected of recruiting women to support extremists from the self-proclaimed Islamic State in

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Clashes continue in troubled Mexican state of Guerrero

World News

Flags fly at half-mast across Sydney after the violent end to a cafe siege

The people of Sydney woke up on Tuesday morning to the news that heavily armed police stormed a cafe overnight ending a siege in a coffee shop. Two

World News

Two hostages and gunman dead after police storm Sydney café where 17 were held hostage

A hostage crisis in Australia has come to a dramatic and tragic end, 16 hours after it first began

World News

Australia: two hostages and gunman killed as police storm Sydney siege café

A hostage crisis in Sydney, Australia, has come to a dramatic and tragic end, 16 hours after it first began

Belgium

Belgium hostage drama thought to be drug related

Armed police have raided an apartment in Ghent, Belgium after a person was reportedly taken hostage. The incident saw special police units dispatched

USA

Justice For All marchers take to the streets of America's cities to call for better policing

Marches for justice spread out across America’s major cities this weekend, and with the exception of Chicago, where police made a number of arrests

USA

Thousands march on Washington to condemn police violence and call for justice for all

Switzerland

Left-wing extremists run riot in upscale Zurich, Switzerland

Dozens of masked extremists have clashed with riot police in Zurich, Switzerland, one of Europe’s wealthiest cities. Police fired rubber bullets

Switzerland

Left-wing extremists run riot in upscale Zurich, Switzerland

Dozens of masked extremists have clashed with police in Zurich, Switzerland, one of Europe’s wealthiest cities. Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas

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161 crosses mark police deaths in Rio de Janerio