A man has gone on trial in Spain for allegedly killing his mother, cutting up her body, and eating her remains. Alberto Sánchez Gómez was arrested in 2019 after police went to the home of hi... Read more
A bomb explosion at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least four people and wounded 12. The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan is suspected to have been the target of... Read more
India has reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours – the highest one day tally recorded anywhere in the world. Deaths rose by 2,104 in the same time period, India... Read more
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after being found guilty of unauthorised assembly. Mr Lai was one of several activists in court on Fr... Read more
Eight people have been killed and many injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say. Witnesses heard several gunshots at a FedEx facility and one said he saw a man firing... Read more
The US has announced sanctions against Russia in response to what it says are cyber-attacks and other hostile acts. The measures, which target dozens of Russian entities and officials,... Read more
Chicago police have released graphic footage of an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old boy in a dark alley. Bodycam video shows the policeman shouting “Drop it” before shooting A... Read more
A group of high school students in Texas have been disciplined for setting up a “Slave Trade” messaging group that assigned prices to their black peers. Messages shared on the Sn... Read more
Bernie Madoff, a Wall Street financier disgraced after he admitted to one of the biggest frauds in US financial history, has died in prison at age 82. His death was announced by the Bureau o... Read more
Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully. The move is expected to delay the cou... Read more
A white police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota is to be charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Officer Kim Potter has been arrested and will be held in... Read more
The resignation of a police chief and of an officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota have failed to end unrest over Sunday’s killing. Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter... Read more
US President Joe Biden is set to announce that American troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September, officials have told US media. The US would miss a May deadline for a pullout agreed wit... Read more
A police officer in Virginia has been fired after pointing a gun at, and pepper spraying, a black US army lieutenant during a traffic stop. Army Second Lieutenant Caron Nazario is wearing hi... Read more
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