Nationwide anti-police brutality marches and rallies, which have turned violent, erupted over the death of George Floyd, an African-American who died in police custody after being pinned beneath a white officer's knee for nearly nine minutes.
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The white father and son accused of killing the black man were charged with murder after video of the February 23 attack was posted online, sparking national outrage.
A police officer in Turkey’s Adana province fired a warning shot that mistakenly hit a Syrian male who refused to stop for a routine inspection, statement by Adana governorate says.
Several incidents show that French law enforcement is dealing violently with minorities under the cover of new emergency measures.
Suicides totalled 20,169 in 2019, 3.7 percent fewer than the previous year, and was the lowest since the compilation of data began in 1978.
Out in numbers before the demonstration began, police intervened promptly when the rally turned into an impromptu march. Several units of police in riot gear were seen chasing protesters and several arrests were made.
Scuffles erupted between police and protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday, with dozens of arrests made, after thousands marched near the border.
Vaccine teams and security forces escorting them are often targeted in attacks in Pakistan, one of three countries where the crippling disease remains. The Taliban claims the preventive drug is a Western conspiracy to sterilise children.
The van caught fire after hitting the truck in Qila Saifullah district about 200 kilometres northeast of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.
Police were unable to say if the blast in the city of Blankenburg was deliberately set off or if it was an accident.
Eight people believed to be still on the White Island are presumed dead, buried under ash and debris from Monday's eruption. Eight people were confirmed killed and dozens were severely burned in the blast of steam and ash.
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