French police officer killed by gunman in Paris attack
A police officer has been killed and another wounded in Paris by a gunman who was then shot dead.
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Russian agents shoot dead two terror suspects in Moscow
Security services have shot dead two men suspected of planning terror attacks in Russia.
Hundreds evacuated after deadly Sri Lanka dump collapse
Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on Friday, killing 26 people.
Students clash with police in Indian Kashmir protests
Hundreds of students clashed with government forces in Indian Kashmir during protests Monday against a police raid on a college, as tensions ran high in the restive region.
Pakistani Taliban leader Ehsanullah Ehsan ‘surrenders’
A prominent leader of the Pakistani Taliban’s Jamaat-ur-Ahrar (JuA) faction, Ehsanullah Ehsan, has surrendered to security forces, the military said.
Trump to sell attack planes to Nigeria for Boko Haram fight
The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation’s security forces, according to US officials.
US deploys warships near North Korea
China on Monday called on all parties to “show self-restraint” and avoid worsening the situation, two days after a group of U.S. warships were ordered to change course and head to the waters off the Korean peninsula.
‘Deaths’ in Sweden truck attack
A truck slammed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm on Friday, causing "deaths" in what the prime minister described as an "terror attack."
South Africa’s ANC Rejects Calls For Zuma To Quit
South Africa’s African National Congress “closed ranks” around President Jacob Zuma after two key allies of the ruling party called for his resignation following a cabinet reshuffle that cost the country one of its investment-grade credit ratings. The rand fell more than 1 percent and bonds weakened after ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe told a…
EU critcises Israel’s West Bank demolitions policy
The European Union expressed frustration with Israel’s continued demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank in a high-level meeting last week, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.
