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Paris attacks raid: Gunman killed and four police wounded in Brussels shootout PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, 9:56am UPDATED : Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, 9:56am Agence France-Presse in Brussels Belgian police stand near a security barrier near the apartment where shots were fired in...

Myanmar police make $30 mn drugs seizure AFP March 6, 2016, 6:15 pm Yangon (AFP) - Police in Myanmar seized more than $30 million worth of heroin and methamphetamine, a senior investigator told AFP on Sunday, a bust that highlights the country's continued role as a major global drugs...

Indonesia threatens internet giants with blockages unless they pay tax PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 February, 2016, 4:34pm UPDATED : Monday, 29 February, 2016, 4:34pm Reuters in Jakarta Jakarta says internet companies are making millions from Indonesians, so it’s time to pay up. Photo: AFP...

More than 1,300 police officers deployed in crackdown on fraud in central Chinese city Public security bureau sends phalanx of officers, hundreds of cars and dog teams to round up suspects in Zhumadian city, Henan province, state media reports PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 February, 2016, 5:13pm...

Old heave-ho: jeweller, 76, foils 63-year-old robber in Tsim Sha Tsui showdown Man wielded weapon which turned out to be an air gun PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 3:38pm UPDATED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 5:16pm Clifford Lo [email protected] The suspect was thought to be in...

World health officials mobilize on Zika threat AFP February 3, 2016, 5:08 am Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - World health officials mobilized with emergency response plans and funding pleas Tuesday as fears grow that the Zika virus, blamed for a surge in the number of brain-damaged babies, could...

European police launch 'most wanted' list AFP January 30, 2016, 12:54 am The Hague (AFP) - European police forces Friday launched a "most wanted" website of 45 notorious criminal suspects, including Belgian-born Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in last year's Paris attacks. "The website will...

Explosion outside Stockholm shopping mall AAP January 27, 2016, 7:45 am Police are investigating an explosion outside an up-market shopping centre in central Stockholm, although there were no immediate reports of injuries. Police said they were called to the Mood shopping centre around 1730...

Belgium charges 11th person over Paris attacks AFP January 23, 2016, 2:23 am Brussels (AFP) - A Belgian judge on Friday charged an 11th person with terrorism-related offences over the deadly Paris attacks, two days after the suspect was arrested in a raid in Brussels. The man identified as...

Paris attackers linked in Morocco arrest 1 hour ago Africa The attacks in Paris on 13 November killed 130 people Morocco says it has arrested a Belgian of Moroccan descent with direct links to the Islamist gunmen and bombers who carried out the Paris attacks. The man was detained near...

Sao Paolo toxic cloud leaves 100 people ill AFP January 16, 2016, 3:55 am Sao Paulo (AFP) - A fire at a warehouse where various compounds were being stored created a noxious cloud that sickened some 100 people outside Sao Paulo, officials said on Friday. The fire occurred at a storage...

You mug: Wanted man hates ‘terrible’ police photos, sends selfie to officers instead PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 13 January, 2016, 8:03am UPDATED : Wednesday, 13 January, 2016, 8:03am Reuters in Cleveland Donald "Chip" Pugh is pictured in this undated booking photo (left), and in a selfie that...

Philippines enforces total gun ban as election period begins PUBLISHED : Sunday, 10 January, 2016, 11:35pm UPDATED : Sunday, 10 January, 2016, 11:36pm Xinhua Filipino jail officers inspect confiscated firearms following a raid at the national prison in Muntinlupa city, south of Manila...

Sharp drop in migrants arriving in Sweden from Denmark AFP January 6, 2016, 2:35 am Stockholm (AFP) - The number of migrants arriving in southern Sweden from Denmark dropped sharply on the first day that Sweden imposed systematic ID checks on travellers, police said Tuesday. Police in the...

Belgium releases three held over New Year attack plot Reuters January 2, 2016, 4:34 am Belgian soldiers stand guard on Brussels' Grand Place, December 30, 2015, after two people were arrested in Belgium on Sunday and Monday, both suspected of plotting an attack in Brussels on New Year's Eve...

S. Korean officials seek comfort women's support for landmark deal AFP December 30, 2015, 6:01 am Seoul (AFP) - South Korean officials met former wartime sex slaves Tuesday to seek support for a landmark deal with Japan, amid criticism Tokyo has not fully atoned for its treatment of women...

Mother of Paris attacker says she missed warning signs: report AFP December 28, 2015, 5:34 am Brussels (AFP) - The mother of one of the Paris attackers has told a local Belgian television station that she had missed the warning signs, and not spotted that her son had been radicalised...

Paris attacker Samy Amimour buried AFP December 27, 2015, 11:40 pm Paris (AFP) - Samy Amimour, one of the men that massacred 90 people at the Bataclan music venue in Paris, was buried north of the city, local officials said Sunday. The 28-year-old was buried on Thursday in Seine-Saint-Denis...

Enormous landslide in Alaska unleashed 200 million tonnes of rock PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 10:24am UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 10:26am Associated Press in Anchorage, Alaska An October 17 satellite view shows a huge landslide covering the foot of Tyndall Glacier...

Paris attacks suspect got past three police checks: source AFP December 21, 2015, 4:59 am Brussels (AFP) - Wanted fugitive Salah Abdeslam, suspected of involvement in last month's Paris attacks, got past three police checks in France as he fled to Belgium just hours after the terror assaults...