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Two injured in knife attack on Austrian train

A 60-year-old German man has been arrested after two people suffered knife wounds on an Austrian train.

USA

Louisiana flooding: at least five dead, 20,000 rescued

In Louisiana, at least five people are now confirmed dead and thousands displaced after massive flooding swept the southern US state.

United Kingdom

Ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson dies after being hit by high-voltage gun

Tributes have flooded in for a former English footballer who died after being hit by a high-voltage police gun.

World News

One injured in shooting and knife attack in Germany

The attack took place at around 4am local time. Three or four people were seen having an argument with another man.

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Thailand

Thai police arrest two men after deadly bomb blasts

As Thailand reels from a series of bomb blasts, the Prime Minister has called for an official investigation.

Canada

Canadian man killed in police raid was ISIL supporter and planned imminent attack

A man killed during a police raid at his home in the Canadian province of Ontario was an ISIL supporter and was in the final stages of launching an attack with a homemade…

Canada

'Terror suspect' killed by Canadian police

A man has reportedly been shot dead by police after they said they had received “credible information of a potential terrorist attack” and had identified a…

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Peruvian students clash with police during protest

There have been violent scenes in Peru’s capital Lima during a protest by students.

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…

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.