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A gunman has shot dead three police officers who were called to a domestic violence incident in central France. The suspect, 48, said to be known to authorities on child...

Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada. Baloch, 37, a campaigner from the restive region...

Rescuers are trying to free more than 1,000 vehicles which have been stranded on a highway for two days after a heavy snow storm struck Japan. Authorities have distributed food,...

A snowstorm is set to cause chaos in parts of the US east coast with more than 60 million people under a winter storm watch. The storm is expected to...

Food banks across the country are straining to meet rising demand during the pandemic, even in some of the country's wealthier regions. Karla Candelario, 30, never thought she and her...

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai has been charged with fraud and detained until a court hearing in April next year. On Thursday a court denied him...

A gang of armed men has stormed a city in northern Brazil, attacking a bank and taking hostages. The overnight attack on Cametá appears to be almost identical to one...

Armed men have violently stormed the southern Brazilian city of Criciúma, mounting an assault on a bank. Shooting started about midnight local time (03:00 GMT) and lasted more than an...

A French judge has placed four police officers under criminal investigation over the beating of a black music producer at his studio in Paris earlier this month. Video of the...

Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president. Answering reporters' questions for the first time since losing...