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3 killed in gunfight between rival groups in Manipur's Noney

Meanwhile, the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body of the Kuki community, strongly condemned the killing of the three youths

Four Bauchi youths gang-rape 12-year-old girl

Four young men have been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a 12-year-old girl in Sakwa District, Zaki Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were arrested following a complaint by the victim’s 50-year-old father, who reported the incident at the Sakwa Divisional Police Headquarters on Thursday.

Six dead, four injured in horror weekend on Victorian roads

Six people — including three motorcyclists — have died and four others have been seriously injured on Victorian roads since Friday.

The unexpected neighbourhood pest terrorising this pensioner

Every morning pensioner Mal Richards walks down his driveway to collect the day's newspaper and meet his nemesis, Eric the emu.

Ebola: No new cases in Nigeria as two suspected cases in North-east test negative

No new cases in Nigeria as two suspected cases in North-east test negative. Details obtained exclusively by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that a 34-year-old pilot and his wife, a medical doctor, are the two people suspected of having Ebola virus disease in Adamawa State, North-east Nigeria.

Tusk defends overhaul of Poland’s constitutional court despite protests

Prime minister says shake-up is vital to restore tribunal crippled by years of political disputes Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed to see through a contested overhaul of the country’s constitutional court, declaring that “in certain matters, there can be no compromise”. In a prime-time television address on Saturday night, Tusk was defiant, despite overnight protests that saw riot police drafted to protect the court’s building, saying the shake-up was vital to restore a tribunal crippled by years of political disputes.

Soldiers kill two bandits in Kogi ambush

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have killed two suspected bandits during an intelligence-led ambush along the Adankolo–Apata Road in Kogi State.

Bomb squad called to country town after reports of shot fired

A 66-year-old man has been charged with making and possessing an explosive device, as well as drug possession, in northern Victoria.

Clashes Erupt In France As Thousands Protest Cost Of Living, Inequality

A police officer in Paris was injured after being struck by a Molotov cocktail as clashes erupted in the capital and other cities during protests across France against soaring living costs and inequality. “The images of a police officer engulfed in flames after being targeted with incendiary devices are unbearable,” Le Pen said on X. A French riot gendarme mobile has flames rising up his uniform after being hit by a Molotov cocktail during a charge against demonstrators at the end of a demonstration part of a nationwide day of protests over the rising cost of living and inequality organised…

German Police, Protesters Clash After ‘Gen Z’ Protest, Several Police Officers Injured

“I think it’s really important to show solidarity with all the other protests currently happening across Europe, including in France,” Milla, a 20-year-old student who only gave her first name, told AFP in Berlin. Berlin has been in contact with officials in France and Italy amid fears that radicals from overseas could seek to join the Germ

Fiery confrontations between protestors and police in Albania

'Police are coming for you': Minister's message to drive-by shooters

The manhunt for two masked gunmen who fired at least six shots at a crowd of innocent people outside a Queensland pub has shifted to a homicide investigation.

Tinubu hails EFCC after FBI praises role in sextortion arrests

The investigation, known as Operation Artemis, led to the extradition of Mudasiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the US in August.

Madras High Court Advocates Association challenges 1965 Union Cabinet decision to continue English as common language for Supreme Court and all High Courts

Says, the 1965 decision came to its notice only in 2025 pursuant to details obtained by a lawyer under the Right to Information Act, 2005

Man in Belfast charged with possessing explosives and firearms

The 35-year-old was charged after police searched properties in Shankill Road and Edwina Street areas A man has been charged under the Explosives Act and Firearms Order after police searched properties in Belfast. The 35-year-old was charged with offences including two counts of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances, and possession of a prohibited weapon (discharge of electricity or noxious gas).

Troops neutralize suspected bandits in Kogi shootout

By Kingsley Omonobi Troops of Sector 3, Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke have neutralized a suspected bandit following an intelligence-led ambush along the Adankolo–Apata Road in Kogi State. “The Force Commander, Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke and General Officer Commanding 5 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Moses Gara, commended the troops for their gallantry and successful execution of the operation.

Clashes erupt between police and protesters in Paris

Over 320,000 people protested around France in a third weekend of demonstrations against the rising cost of living and poor public services.

Plateau police arrest man over wife’s killing

The police said the suspect allegedly shot his wife in the chest with a locally fabricated firearm following a domestic dispute at their residence

Two arrested for attempting to determine sex of foetus in Tirupattur

More than 290 arrested in France as some weekend protests turn violent

Protests continue across France as 320,000 people take to the streets over rising living costs and poor school conditions for a third consecutive weekend, with clashes reported in several cities.

London police arrest 48 as hundreds protest Palestine Action ban

Demonstrations in London and Edinburgh come days before a UK Supreme Court appeal challenging the group's proscription.

Police repel bandits’ attack on Kebbi community

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State Police Command has said that it is aware of the security incident in Ribah, Zuru Local Government Area, on 30th October 2026, when suspected bandits launched two successive attacks on the community. Police image maker, in a statement on Saturday, revealed that the first incident occurred at about 7:25 pm, when the assailants attempted to block Rambo Junction along the Ribah–Dirin Daji Road under Zuru emirate, as their attempt was promptly foiled by the joint security forces comprising the police, military and local vigilante group, who engaged…

Police clash with masked rioters after largely peaceful protests across France

Demonstrations also taking place in Germany, where officers fire teargas to disperse crowds as evening falls Clashes have erupted in Paris, Marseille and other cities after tens of thousands of demonstrators, some in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services. About 320,000 people – down from an estimated 410,000 last weekend – took part in rallies around the country, the interior ministry said, including 70,000 in Paris who marched along boulevards on the south-eastern outskirts, avoiding the city centre.

Clashes break out as hundreds of thousands protest in France

Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in Paris and elsewhere on Saturday as hundreds of thousands marched across France against soaring living costs and police violence, with some demonstrators dressed as clowns and witches for Halloween. A protester wearing a Marie-Antoinette costume (L) holds a placard reading “Give them brioche” flanked by a protester dressed as a wizard holding a placard reading “A potion for the revolution” during a demonstration in Lyon, central-eastern France on October 31, 2026, part of nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and…