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Jordan

Jordanians condemn slaying of cartoonist Nahed Hattar

Jordanians have condemned the killing of a writer who was shot outside the court where he was standing trial.

26/09/2016

World News

Vigil held in UK for Polish man killed in attack

The organisers say members of the 850,000-strong Polish community from across the UK travelled to the town of Harlow in Essex to take part.

03/09/2016

USA

Cannibal attack stuns Florida

"Legal high" drug Flakka is under the spotlight after police find a 19-year-old student chewing the face of a stabbing victim.

17/08/2016

USA

Charges after shooting of New York imam and his assistant

A 35-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of a imam and his assistant at the weekend.

16/08/2016

United Kingdom

Alleged gay serial killer facing seven new rape charges

25/07/2016

Pakistan

Pakistan 'honour killing' suspect in court over 'social media' murder

A man accused of murdering his sister, a well-known Pakistani model, because he was outraged at her social media activity has appeared in court.

20/07/2016

Pakistan

Cleric probed over 'honour killing' of Pakistani internet star

Demonstrators in Islamabad on Monday denounced the murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch.

18/07/2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica buries 127 newly-found victims on 21st anniversary of massacre

Thousands of people have gathered in Srebrenica on the 21st anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II.

11/07/2016

Italy

Man arrested on suspicion of murder of Nigerian asylum seeker in Italy

Italian police have arrested a man suspected of killing a Nigerian asylum seeker.

07/07/2016

World News

Asylum seeker is murdered in Italy

A 36-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker has become one more victim in the migration crisis.

06/07/2016

World News

Oscar Pistorius gets six year sentence for murder

The South African athlete has been sentenced by a court in Pretoria for the murder of his girlfriend in 2013.

06/07/2016

United Kingdom

Vigils held across the world for Jo Cox

The MP for Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire died after being attacked in the street in her constituency in northern England last week.

22/06/2016

Germany

Germany: jailed nurse suspected of murdering more patients

A former German nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering two patients after injecting them with heart medication, may have killed dozens more, say…

22/06/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Tributes paid to murdered Labour politician

Tributes have been pouring in following the death of a British MP who was shot and stabbed on Thursday.

17/06/2016

United Kingdom

Floral tributes for slain MP Jo Cox 'rising star of politics'

People have left flowers and tributes in London’s Parliament Square in memory of a British MP who died after being shot and stabbed.

17/06/2016

USA

Orlando shooter 'regular' at Pulse nightclub

The gunman who killed 49 people and wounded dozens in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando visited the bar on multiple occasions, several customers have said.

14/06/2016

South Africa

Pistorius must pay for Reeva's death - father

Barry Steenkamp has told the paralympian's murder sentencing hearing in Pretoria that his daughter's death has devastated the family

14/06/2016

France

"It was terrorism" - Francois Hollande

The French government says it is treating the killing of a police commander and his partner as a terrorist attack.

14/06/2016