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Belgium

Two policewomen wounded in machete attack in Belgium

Charleroi police say the attacker, who shouted "Allahu Akbar," was shot and died of his injuries.

Italy

Migrant crisis: eight arrested in Italy on suspicion of people smuggling

Italian police have arrested eight people on suspicion of migrant smuggling and falsifying documents.

Brazil

Security tight ahead of Rio 2016 opening ceremony

Security measures at the Rio 2016 Olympic games are in place ahead of Friday evening’s opening ceremony.

United Kingdom

London attack: Russell Square suspect is a Norwegian of Somali origin

A 19-year-old Norwegian man of Somali ancestry remains in police custody in London on suspicion of murdering an American woman in her 60s after a deadly assault in Russell Square last…

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Brazil

Anti-torch protest in Rio before Olympic Games begin

Riot police have fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesters who obstructed the route of the Olympic flame through a poor neighbourhood of Rio.

Spain

Panic in Spain as a flash mob is mistaken for a militant attack

Tension is high after a series of attacks claimed by ISIL in France and Germany over recent weeks.

Turkey

President Erdogan apologises for not seeing 'true face' of coup plotters

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued an apology for his former alliance with the Gulenist movement, suspected of orchestrating last month’s attempted coup…

United Kingdom

More armed police officers to guard London against 'severe' terrorist threat

London's police force is to put 600 more armed officers on London's streets to deter would be attackers from carrying out acts of terror.

World News

Armenian gunmen surrender after two week stand-off at police station

Armed men who seized a police station in the Armenian capital Yerevan have surrendered after a two week stand-off.

United Kingdom

London police chief warns of UK terror attack risk

The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has warned that it is a question of “if, not when” the UK will be hit by a terror attack.

USA

One dead, five injured in two isolated shootings in Austin, Texas

Emergency service officials in Austin say a woman in her 20s has died and at least five people have been injured in isolated shootings in the Texas capital.

Armenia

Policeman shot dead as Armenia hostage siege escalates

An Armenian policeman was killed on Saturday as chaos gripping Yerevan spirals increasingly out of control.

USA

Charges dropped against police officers involved in death of Freddie Gray

US prosecutors in Baltimore have dropped charges against three officers awaiting trial over the death of a black detainee whose his neck was broken while being transported in a police van.

Germany

Failed asylum seeker kills himself and injures others in a blast in southern Germany

A Syrian who had been denied asylum in Germany a year ago died on Sunday when a bomb he was carrying exploded outside a music festival in Ansbach.

Germany

German machete attack "no link to terrorism" - police

A machete attack by a Syrian asylum seeker in the German town of Reutlingen had no apparent connection to terrorism.Police say the incident which left one woman dead and two others injured happened

Armenia

Yerevan: Gunmen free police hostages, but refuse to lay down weapons

Armed men, who took nine police officers hostage in the Armenian capital Yerevan, have freed the four remaining captives.

Armenia

Armenia: scores of arrests at Yerevan police station protest

There was tension in Yerevan on Wednesday night as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to support gunmen holding several hostages in a police station in the Armenian…

France

Boosted reservist force a 'National Guard' for France, says Hollande

Francois Hollande has called on reservists to boost security in the wake of the attack in Nice.

Turkey

Turkey hunts for coup plotters but arrested ex-air force chief denies being ringleader

Former Turkish air force chief Akin Ozturk has denied being being one of the the orchestrators behind Friday’s failed coup attempt.

USA

Baton Rouge gunman's anger at police

The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining about the police treatment of African-Americans.