Five people died in the northern Swiss town of Wuerenlingen after residents heard shots fired late Saturday, federal police said. Responding officers from Aargau County Police found their bodies lying outdoors and inside a residence. ...
Fifteen people, including a 16-year-old boy, were arrested following clashes with police during an anti-austerity protest close to Downing Street. Officers in riot gear clashed with a « minority » of protesters who threw objects during the ...
A number of Ethiopians arrested during last week’s protests against the Tel Aviv regime’s racism and police brutality say they were abused while in custody. The Ethiopians said the Israeli police denied them medical treatment ...
Israel has approved the construction of 900 new illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), despite mounting international criticism of its expansionist policies. An Israeli activist group known as Peace Now said on Thursday that ...
A group of US researchers say Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing a grave humanitarian situation, and have warned of a possible genocide there. Staff from Washington’s Center for the Prevention of Genocide visited Myanmar ...
Around 40 migrants died when an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of Italy, Save the Children quoted survivors as saying on Tuesday. « They said there were 137 people aboard ...
A man fatally shot three people on a walking and biking bridge in central Wisconsin on Sunday, and wounded a fourth before being found dead himself, police said. « We believe that this was a random ...
A secondary school in northeastern France has sent a 15-year-old student home twice in the last two weeks for wearing a long skirt that the principal judged was “an ostentatious sign” of the girl’s Muslim ...
Pakistani military fighter jets have pounded militant positions in Pakistan’s rugged northwestern tribal region close to the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 44 militants. According to a statement released by the Pakistani Army, the ...
A U.N. inquiry has found that at least 44 Palestinians were killed and at least 227 injured by direct mortar strikes and other « Israeli actions » while sheltering at U.N. locations during last year’s Gaza war. ...