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The FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning the nation's 18,000 law-enforcement agencies about potential copycats seeking to emulate this week's devastating ramming and shooting attack in New O...
An Army veteran who was "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around a parked police car serving as a barricade and plowed through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, leav...
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran's reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend. Brent crude - a key benchmark for oil prices internationally - was lower but still trading close to $90 a barrel on Monday morning. Prices had already ris...
The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping. It named the ship as the KOI, which it said was US-operated. But industry journal Trade Winds quot...
Czech police are working to uncover the motive behind the country's worst-ever mass shooting, which saw a student open fire at a university in central Prague, killing 14 and wounding 25 others. Czech President Petr Pavel has appealed for...
Ikea has warned of product delays following rebel attacks on ships using the key Red Sea trade route. Houthi militants in Yemen have stepped up attacks on vessels since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October....
Thirteen-year-old Nika Selivanova made a heart shape with both her hands, waving goodbye to her best friend Inna who was pressed up against the glass partition that divided the entrance hall of Kherson's train station from the waiting area....
Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water. A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical. Prosecutors say two people were...
Russia has hit Ukraine with a wave of attacks, including Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones on the capital, Kyiv. The strikes hit critical infrastructure in three regions, cutting off electricity in hundreds of villages across the cou...
Canals across the UK have been forced to close, with the heatwave and a lack of rain said to be to blame. In what is usually the busiest time of year on the waterways, partial closures are having an impact on the boating holiday and tourism trade. ...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed after he was shot at an event in the city of Nara. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech, causing him to fall to the ground. His attacker has been arrested. Ex...
It's a tough time to be a farmer. Just ask Rachael Sharp, a third-generation farmer in the US state of South Carolina, who grows a varied mix of soybeans, corn, wheat, cotton, peanuts and oats. She saw fertiliser prices for her cro...
President Joe Biden said on Monday that intelligence indicated a growing Russian cyber threat to the US. He said Russia was "exploring" cyber attack, but the US would use "every tool" to prevent and respond to...
Ian Pannell reports with the latest news on the state of the war in Ukraine....
Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to put its deterrence forces, which include nuclear weapons, on "special alert". He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West, amid ...
Russian military forces have seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials say. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said the "totally pointless attack" on Thursday amounted to "one of ...
Top US General Mark Milley has said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "horrific" and would lead to a significant number of casualties. Gen Milley described the build-up of 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine's...
President Joe Biden delivered a forceful speech on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to try to overturn the election....
Astronauts at the International Space Station took cover Monday after debris passed dangerously close and threatened their safety. Officials say the debris came from a destroyed Russian satellite....