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United Kingdom

Flag at half-mast over the UK parliament

The UK mourns a Labour MP who has died after being attacked in the street in the north of England.

16/06/2016

United Kingdom

British Labour MP dies after being shot and stabbed

41-year-old Jo Cox was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after the attack in the town of Birstall in West Yorkshire.

16/06/2016

Turkey

Turkey: journalist speaks out against those 'targeting' him after Istanbul shooting

A prominent Turkish opposition journalist was shot at on Friday just moments before a verdict was to be given in his trial on charges of revealing

06/05/2016

Turkey

Turkey: journalist heading to state secrets trial shot at moments before verdict

Eyewitnesses say a prominent Turkish journalist was shot at moments before a verdict was to be given in his trial for allegedly revealing state

06/05/2016

Cinema

'Rabin The Last Day' a reflection on the nature of peace

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai’s docu-drama takes us back to the moments prior to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin in 1995

18/03/2016

Honduras

Honduras: clashes break out after death of activist Berta Cáceres

Clashes broke out in the Honduran capital following a student protest over the murder of prominent environmental rights activist Berta Cáceres

04/03/2016

Egypt

Mystery over brutal death of Italian researcher in Egypt deepens

After sources said Giulio Regeni had been tortured over a week, the president's office claimed that "terrorists" were behind the killing

02/03/2016

World News

Spaniard detained over 'dismembered body' in Thailand

A Spaniard accused of a gruesome murder has been arrested in Cambodia and sent back to Thailand . Artur Segarra Princep is said by police to have

09/02/2016

World News

Egypt denies involvement in Italian student death

Egypt angry over accusations police killed Italian student Body of Giulio Regeni shows signs of torture Relations strained between Rome and Cairo

09/02/2016

Sweden

Sweden boosts police resources after refugee centre stabbing

The prime minister of Sweden is promising more resources for police after a female worker at a refugee centre was stabbed to death. The knife attack

26/01/2016

United Kingdom

'Subtle British humour': Russia's icy reaction to the Litvinenko report

Russia has reacted to Sir Robert Owen’s report on Alexander Litvinenko’s death with an iciness comparable to a winter’s morning in Moscow. The

22/01/2016

Bangladesh

Killers of Bangladesh blogger are given death penalty

Two former students were sentenced to death in Bangladesh on Thursday for the murder of a secular blogger in 2013. Only one of the pair was present

31/12/2015

Sport

Former Rangers midfielder Arnold Peralta shot dead in Honduras

Former Rangers midfielder Arnold Peralta has been shot dead in a shopping mall parking lot in his home town of La Ceiba on the Caribbean coast of

11/12/2015

Turkey

'Statelessness, not state' killed Tahir Elci, claims pro-Kurdish HDP leader

“What killed Tahir Elci was not the state, but statelessness…” These were the powerful words from Selahattin Demirtas, leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish

29/11/2015

Turkey

Tension in Turkey after pro-Kurdish lawyer is shot dead

A prominent pro-Kurdish lawyer was killed on Saturday amid a street shootout in Turkey. Early reports suggested that Tahir Elci was caught in the

28/11/2015

Turkey

Turkish pro-Kurdish leader is unharmed after his car is hit by a bullet

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtas has escaped an apparent assassination attempt. The rear window of his car was found to

23/11/2015

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius to be released on Tuesday

Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole next week. South Africa’s department of correctional services said that he would be placed under house

15/10/2015

USA

US judge rejects bid to drop charges against police officers over Freddie Gray death

A judge in the US has rejected a defence bid to drop charges against six police officers, accused over the death of a black man, and ordered separate

02/09/2015

USA

Hundreds pay tribute to police officer killed at a Texas petrol station

Flowers, cards and balloons were some of the tributes laid at an impromptu memorial next to a Texas petrol station as hundreds honoured the police officer shot dead on Friday.

31/08/2015

Germany

German teen Anneli-Marie found dead after kidnappers demanded €1m ransom

The body of a kidnapped 17-year-old girl, held for a 1.2-million-euro ransom, has been found in eastern Germany. The girl, identified only

18/08/2015