Bangladeshi police stormed a militant hideout in a Dhaka neighbourhood and killed nine suspected Islamist extremists after a gunbattle on Tuesday morning, officials said. “Nine Islamist militants were killed after two hour-long gunfight” deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masud Ahmed said, adding another extremist was shot and arrested during the raid in Kalyanpur neighbourhood. Police said they cordoned off […]
» Read moreAt least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack on Tuesday at a facility for persons with disabilities in a city just outside Tokyo in the worst mass killing in generations in Japan. Police said they responded to a call at about 2.30 a.m. from an employee saying something horrible was happening at the facility […]
» Read moreSixty people were either killed or missing in fresh torrential rain and floods in north China, taking the toll to 176 due to rainstorms this week that have flattened homes and triggered massive evacuation, officials said on Saturday. As many as 26 people were killed and 34 others listed missing in Hebei Province in the rains in the rain since […]
» Read moreAn 18-year-old German-Iranian opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and nearby McDonald’s on Friday night, killing ten people and injuring 16 before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital Hubertus Andrae told a news conference early on Saturday. He said the suspect was a dual citizen from Munich and his motive was still “fully unclear.” […]
» Read moreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced a three-month state of emergency to enable the authorities to take swift and effective action against those responsible for last weekend’s failed military coup. Mr. Erdogan, who has launched mass purges of state institutions since the July 15 coup attempt, said the move was fully in line with Turkey’s constitution and did […]
» Read moreThe Republican Party formally nominated Donald Trump for President of the United States on Tuesday, capping a roller-coaster campaign that saw the billionaire tycoon defeat 16 White House rivals. “It’s my honour to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegation count tonight,” the candidate’s son, Donald Trump Jr., told delegates at the Republican National Convention. […]
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