BAKERSFIELD, Cali. (AP) — A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank branch and school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said Wednesday.
On May 21, a Turkish court delivered what may prove to be the most consequential political ruling in modern Turkish history: the effective removal of the elected leadership of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), led by Ozgur Ozel.
LONDON — British leader Keir Starmer said Wednesday there was "no justification" for violence after protesters clashed with police in a demonstration against officers' handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man.
Kuwait demanded that two Iranian embassy staff leave the country within 24 hours after an Iranian attack on the country's airport killed one person and injured dozens more.
Sir Keir Starmer has accused Nigel Farage of exploiting the death of Henry Nowak to create "grievance and division", as the political fallout from the teenager's murder saw angry exchanges in the Commons.
A judge in Siberia has sentenced journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko to an another year and 10 months in prison for allegedly assaulting a prison guard, marking the third criminal conviction against her in as many years.
LONDON — British leader Keir Starmer said Wednesday there was "no justification" for violence after protesters clashed with police in a demonstration against officers' handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man.
Gabon’s main opposition figure, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, will remain in detention after an appeals court rejected his bid to invalidate legal proceedings against him. The decision deepens concerns over judicial independence and political freedoms in the Central African nation.
A transgender neo-Nazi fugitive, convicted of multiple offenses, could be extradited to Germany, according to a ruling delivered by a regional court in the Czech Republic as cited by Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP).
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a head-on collision with a car while travelling on the wrong side of the road, prompting a safety warning from Dubai Police.
The family of Vickrum Digwa has been accused of adding insult to injury after issuing a statement asking that Henry Nowak’s murder not be used to cause “further pain,” despite fierce public anger over the way the 18-year-old was stabbed, falsely accused, handcuffed and left dying in the street.
Protests near the site of 18-year-old Henry Nowak's murder in Southampton left 11 police officers injured on Tuesday - residents and civic leaders have been giving their reactions to the violence.
Kuwait International Airport has come under Iranian missile and drone attack on Wednesday, in a significant strike that killed one person and left 63 people injured - according to the country's health ministry, with several of the victims being seriously wounded.
President Donald Trump's plan to hand out $1.8bn (£1.3bn) in taxpayer funding to political allies lasted all of two weeks before his Department of Justice (DOJ) abandoned the idea amid an intense backlash from Republicans in Congress.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 63-year-old man was banned on Wednesday from contacting Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexander or her family for two years as she studies at a university in Australia.
Artist Sanmu Chen displays a red thread as he performs on the street in the Causeway Bay area on the eve of the 37th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Syria has established a Tourism Police unit responsible for ensuring the safety and security of visitors, as the war-torn country works on developing new tourist attractions in a bid to revive the once robust sector, its Tourism Minister has said.
A Ukrainian drone strike killed eight people and wounded 10 others in the occupied Donetsk region after crashing into a passenger bus, Kremlin-installed authorities said Wednesday morning, as overnight attacks killed at least two people in Russia.
One of the two alleged victims in the Sir Jeffrey Donaldson sex abuse trial, who has accused him of raping her when she was a child, has said she should have reported it to police long ago.
The U.S. Trade Representative has issued an overnight statement and proposed a new round of tariffs of at least 10% on imports from 60 trading partners, marking the administration's largest attempt yet to rebuild its tariff empire after the Supreme Court struck down earlier levies.
A fire in a building in south Delhi has killed at least 21 people, police say. The blaze hit a hotel in Malviya Nagar, a residential neighbourhood popular with students and young professionals
OpenAI chief Sam Altman will be attending the G7 conference in France later this month, CNBC has learned, as President Emmanuel Macron steps up efforts to court tech leaders across the globe in support of the country's AI ambitions.
The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the president, the Justice Department’s top official said Tuesday.
Israeli forces killed at least 119 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in May, the highest monthly death toll recorded this year, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
DETROIT — Two scientists at a US government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it during interviews with investigators at a Michigan airport, authorities said Tuesday.
Kuwait said Iranian attacks on its territory killed one person and wounded several others, briefly forcing its airport to close and damaging unnamed diplomatic missions.
At least 21 people have been killed in a fire that ripped through a hotel in New Delhi, police said, in one of the deadliest blazes in the Indian capital in years.
The Knesset is set to hold a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday to select the country's next state comptroller, with lawmakers choosing between retired Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron, seen as the opposition’s candidate, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attorney, Michael Rabilo.