Police

United Kingdom

UK police disrupt gang suspected of smuggling stolen phones to China

The Metropolitan Police said it has arrested 46 people in its largest ever crackdown on mobile phone theft.

07/10/2025

World News

Morocco pledges reforms as death toll from protests rises to three

The demonstrations, organised by a leaderless movement dominated by internet-savvy youth, have taken the country by surprise and emerged as some of Morocco's biggest in years.

02/10/2025

Art

Italy's art police seize 21 suspected forged Salvador Dalí artworks

Italy’s art police say they seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries. The investigation is ongoing.

01/10/2025

Germany

Oktoberfest to reopen after bomb threat linked to explosion in Munich

German police had closed the Oktoberfest fairgrounds on Wednesday morning due to a bomb threat linked to a fire at a house in northern Munich.

01/10/2025

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Police remove protesters in Tel Aviv calling for Gaza ceasefire

Police forcibly removed demonstrators blocking Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as protests called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages.

17/09/2025

Australia

Australian fugitive being helped by others, say police

Dezi Freeman, 56, allegedly killed two police officers at his rural property in Porepunkah last Tuesday, before escaping into the bush.

01/09/2025

Germany

Germany issues arrest warrant after neo-Nazi Liebich flees the country

German authorities issued an arrest warrant for neo-Nazi Marla-Svenja Liebich after fleeing abroad instead of reporting to prison. Liebich has insinuated to be in Russia.

31/08/2025

Green News

14-year-old boy confesses to starting several fires in Portugal

Police say the boy said he was frustrated because of poor results in school and faced difficulties in socialising with his peers.

29/08/2025

Australia

Manhunt for gunman who killed two Australian police officers continues

Authorities said the suspect, identified as 56-year-old Dezi Freeman, is heavily armed and experienced in wilderness survival as a massive search entered its second day.

27/08/2025

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Students clash with riot police in Jakarta over MPs’ housing benefits

Riot police clashed with thousands of students in Jakarta on Monday as protests erupted against lawmakers’ allowances, with demonstrators attempting to march on Indonesia’s Parliament building.

25/08/2025

USA

Republican states to deploy hundreds of Guard troops to Washington

The activations of external Guard troop deployments suggest the Trump administration sees the need for additional manpower, despite the president personally downplaying the need for Washington to hire more police officers.

17/08/2025

Portugal

Portuguese police shift up a gear with Ferrari seized in drug case

Portuguese police's latest acquisition is a Ferrari 488 GTB, which will join a BMW i8 and Ford Mustang V8 in being used for non-crime related duties.

12/08/2025

USA

Trump to deploy National Guard to DC citing 'crime emergency'

Trump also said at his news briefing that his administration has started removing homeless encampments "from all over our parks, our beautiful, beautiful parks."

11/08/2025

Europe News

UK ninja sword ban begins with bladed weapons surrendered in amnesty

From 1 August, it is now illegal to own, sell or import ninja swords in England and Wales, with possession in public carrying up to four years in prison.

01/08/2025

Angola

Four killed and hundreds arrested in Angola fuel hike protests

Angola is one of Africa’s largest oil producers but the country doesn’t have enough refineries to meet domestic demand, so imports diesel and gasoline at high prices.

29/07/2025

Europe News

German military helicopter crashes into river in Saxony

An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing but emergency crews say accessing the wreck of the helicopter is difficult.

29/07/2025

USA

Gunman kills four at Manhattan office building in New York City

The suspect fatally shot himself after killing four people, including an off-duty police officer, at a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday.

29/07/2025

Indonesia

Indonesian police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires

The fires are often started illegally by plantation owners or traditional farmers to clear land for planting, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a statement.

23/07/2025

Culture news

Police drop Glastonbury criminal probe into Belfast rap group Kneecap

Avon and Somerset Police say they will be taking “no further action” after reviewing video and audio footage from Kneecap’s set at Glastonbury.

18/07/2025

Europe News

Teacher injured in stabbing at Dutch school, three suspects arrested

The 53-year-old was stabbed on Wednesday night as he tried to intervene in an argument between three men at a cultural centre in Alblasserdam, police said.

17/07/2025