Several people were injured after a shooting in a residential area in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, police said.  The shooting began at 10.45am local time (9.45am GMT) when a gunman opened fire on a tram on 24 Oktoberplain.  The gunman then fled the scene, according to news

Canada is offering New Zealand its full support as an ally and intelligence partner, following the horrific mass shooting at two mosques in that country. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale saying he is closely following developments and our threat level remains at medium. He says

Australian police have searched two homes in towns on the New South Wales (NSW) mid-north coast linked to the investigation into Friday's mass shootings at mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Police said that a search warrant was executed on Monday morning by the

Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch within 24 hours of the attack, underscoring the massive game of whack-a-mole social media giants have to play with even the most high-profile problematic content on their

Theresa May has asked MPs to make an "honourable compromise" as she seeks to persuade them to back her Brexit deal at the third time of asking. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister said failure to support the deal would mean "we will not leave the EU for many months, if

Fifty people are confirmed to have died in Friday's attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Police say they have shared a list with the families but have not released it publicly. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the bodies had not been handed over as officials had

The man charged over Friday's twin mosque attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch is believed to have acted alone, police say. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a self-described white supremacist, live-streamed the attack on Facebook. Three others arrested afterwards are

The death toll in the New Zealand mosque massacres rose to 50 Saturday when police discovered another body buried beneath the carnage in Christchurch. “As of last night we were able to take all of the victims from both of those scenes and in doing so we have further located another

Flash floods in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua have killed at least 42 people and badly injured 21 others, a local disaster agency official told Reuters on Sunday. The Sentani area near the provincial capital Jayapura has been hit by torrential rain since Saturday that

Police say 16 people have been arrested for blocking traffic during a climate protest in front of New York City's American Museum of Natural History. The protesters face charges of disorderly conduct stemming from Friday's die-in at the museum. The protest was one of several

The first person killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings to be publicly identified has been named as Daoud Nabi. Mr Nabi, 71, was originally from Afghanistan. His son Omar told AFP news agency his father described New Zealand as "a slice of paradise". Nationals of Bangladesh,

President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure from Congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Lawmakers, including 12 Republicans, had passed the rejection resolution on Thursday in a surprising rebuke of Mr Trump's pledge to build a border

The main suspect in the mosque shootings that killed 49 people in New Zealand on Friday has appeared in court on a single murder charge. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, appeared in the dock in a white prison shirt and handcuffs. Further charges are expected to be made against him.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may break off denuclearisation talks with the US and resume missile and nuclear testing, a senior official says. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui told foreign diplomats the US threw away "a golden opportunity" at a recent summit between President Trump

Prime Minister Theresa May will try to persuade MPs for a third time to back her Brexit deal over the coming days. The Commons will vote on her withdrawal agreement by 20 March, after MPs agreed to ask the EU to delay Brexit beyond the current 29 March departure date. Tory MPs and

Christchurch mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant worked as a personal trainer at Big River Gym in Australia’s New South Wales city of Grafton. Gym manager Tracey Gray confirmed the man who filmed the attack and streamed it online was Tarrant, reports abc.net.au. She said he worked at

Gunmen have opened fire at mosques in Christchurch, with reports of between nine and 27 people killed. Dozens feared dead as at least two gunmen open fire at two central Christchurch mosques. Four people are in custody - three men and one woman. A number of IEDs that were attached

A foot overbridge near Mumbai's landmark Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station collapsed this evening, killing four people and injuring 28. The overbridge was under repair but it was still in use. The collapse took place around 7.30 pm -- the busiest hours of the

Greta Thunberg, the founder of the Youth Strike for Climate movement, has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize, just before the biggest day yet of global action. Thunberg began a solo protest in Sweden in August but has since inspired students around the globe. Strikes are expected

Theresa May will make a third attempt to get her EU withdrawal deal through Parliament in the next week. She told MPs that if her deal fails again to get their backing, a lengthy delay to Brexit may be needed. The prime minister's warning comes ahead of a Commons vote later on