A known radical claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group killed a French policeman and his partner in what President Francois Hollande on Tuesday branded a "terrorist act", reports AFP. Monday's assault in a small town northwest of Paris is the first deadly strike in France since…

An escaped American inmate convicted of sex crimes has been arrested in Costa Rica after a year on the run and returned to the United States, officials said Monday, reports AFP. John Wesley Saatio, 34, “has been returned to the United States,” the Central American country’s public…

Greek police yesterday cleared two more improvised migrant camps near its border with Macedonia, moving occupants to state-run facilities, officials said, reports AFP. Police in Greece’s second largest city Thessaloniki said the operation was ongoing in the makeshift camps, which had formed around…

A riot and fire erupted late Monday at a prison in a Mexico City suburb, prompting authorities to send in hundreds of police and firefighters to restore order, reports AFP. The fire was extinguished and there were no reports of casualties at the Barrientos prison, located in the municipality of Tlalnepantla,…

A six-year-old Indian boy was rushed to hospital with serious burn injuries after his father dropped him on hot coals during a Hindu ritual, a doctor said Monday, reports AFP from Jalandhar, India. The father was walking barefoot with his son Kartik in his arms on the red-hot embers when he lost his…

Afghan and Pakistani forces clashed in an escalation of tensions between the neighbouring countries, killing at least three people and forcing the closure…