PARIS: The French government vowed a crackdown on urban violence Tuesday after shocking video footage emerged of a policewoman being beaten on New Year's Eve, reports AFP. She was one of two officers attacked by a crowd of youths after police were called to a party in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne,…

SULAIMANIYAH: Iran on Tuesday reopened the last two border posts with Iraqi Kurdistan that it closed in response to an independence vote rejected by Baghdad and neighbouring countries, officials said, reports AFP. The Iranian consulate in the Kurdish autonomous region's capital Arbil announced the…

TOKYO: Japan's Emperor Akihito on Tuesday delivered his traditional New Year address with tens of thousands of well-wishers flocking to the Imperial…

London: Police in Brazil say 77 inmates are on the run after escaping amid a riot at a jail in the central state of Goias, reports BBC. The authorities say nine prisoners were killed and 14 injured when a group of armed inmates invaded a wing controlled by a rival gang. One of the victims was decapitated.…

London: German doctors have spoken out against proposals for young asylum seekers to undergo mandatory medical tests to ascertain their age, reports BBC. The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) said the checks were ethically wrong and unreliable. Conservative politicians have called…

Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the US as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures, reports AP. The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and freeze warnings Tuesday covering…

NEW DELHI: A former army lieutenant bludgeoned six people to death with an iron rod Tuesday in a killing spree that sparked panic in a northern Indian city, reports AFP. Naresh Dhankar, 45, began his murder rampage in a hospital in Palwal then walked the city's streets picking victims at random,…

WARRI: Gunmen killed at least 14 churchgoers returning from a midnight service on Monday in Nigeria's Rivers State, a police source told AFP, the latest violence to hit the oil-rich region, reports AFP. "The gunmen opened fire on a set of worshippers at about 12:30 am on Monday," said…

London: Australian wildlife rescuers have removed 43 reptile eggs from a sandpit at a school in New South Wales, reports BBC. The incident sparked alarm…