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1 dead, 6 hurt after gunmen open fire along Chicago street

AsmanyastwogunmenopenedfireonagroupofpeoplestandingonaChicagosidewalkatabarbecueTuesdaynight,killingonemanandwoundingsixotherpeople,ChicagopolicesaidWednesday.T

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7 dead in Kenya as tensions soar over disputed poll

Atleastsevenpeoplehavebeenkilledinelection-relatedincidencesinKenyaonWednesdayasthecountryeagerlyawaitspresidentialresults.PolicekilledfourofthepeopleinMathare,

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Police raid office of Samsung family homes over decorating expenses

SouthKoreanpoliceonMondayraidedamanagementofficeforresidencesofSamsungElectronicsChairmanLeeKun-heeandhisfamilyoverallegedmisappropriationofcompanyfundsusedtopa

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US rap pioneer Kidd Creole of Grandmaster Flash charged with murder

USrappioneerKiddCreole,whohelpedfoundthebandGrandmasterFlashandtheFuriousFive,wasarrestedbypoliceinNewYorkandchargedwithmurder,policesaidThursday.The57-year-old

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3 killed as Al-Shabaab ambushes commuter bus in coastal Kenya

AtleastthreepeoplewerekilledandanotherinjuredwhenAl-ShabaabmilitantsambushedacommuterbusinKenya'sLamuCountyonWednesday,agovernmentofficialsaid.LamuCountyCommiss

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Indonesian police shoot at Papuan villagers, killing 1

Indonesian police opened fire on indigenous Papuan villagers, killing one person and wounding several others, including two children, during a confrontation that erupted after workers at a company in the remote area refused to take a dying villager to a hospital.

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Explosion rocks near airport in Afghanistan's Kandahar

AnexplosionrockednearanairportinKandaharcity,capitalofAfghanistan'ssouthernprovinceofKandaharonWednesday,withfearedcasualties,alocalpolicesaid."Theblastoccurred

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Opinion: Trump’s “joke” about police brutality could severely backfire

After days of nationwide criticism from U.S. police departments and civil rights groups, the White House has defended U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent remarks appearing to endorse police brutality as “a joke.”

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Opinion: Trump’s “joke” about police brutality could severely backfire

ByAPDWriterLuJiafeiAfterdaysofnationwidecriticismfromU.S.policedepartmentsandcivilrightsgroups,theWhiteHousehasdefendedU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump’srecentremarksap

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One alleged Australian plane terror plot suspect released

OneofthefourmenarrestedbyAustralianpoliceoveranallegedairplaneterroristplothasbeenreleasedfrompolicecustodyinSydneywithoutchargesonTuesdaynight.Thefourwerearres

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China, Indonesia police team up to dismantle cyber fraud gang

JAKARTA, Aug. 1 (APD) – A solid cooperation between China and Indonesia police managed to dismantle and arrest more than 140 Chinese nationals operating cyber fraud gang from Indonesia, targeting people embroiled in legal cases in China.

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Philippine police watching Muslim hitmen ahead of int'l gathering

Philippine security forces are monitoring a group of former Maoist assassins who joined Islamist militants as a possible threat to this week's 50th anniversary meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers, Manila's police chief said on Tuesday.

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China, Indonesia police team up to dismantle cyber fraud gang

ByAPDWriterMaverickJAKARTA,Aug.1(APD)–AsolidcooperationbetweenChinaandIndonesiapolicemanagedtodismantleandarrestmorethan140Chinesenationalsoperatingcyberfraudga

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4-year-old child fatally shoots self with gun found in home in America

PoliceinFloridasaya4-year-oldchildfatallyshothimselfwithagunhefoundinhishouse.Theshootinghappenedabout5:45p.m.SundayinTampa.Inanewsrelease,policesaidAshtonGoodi

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Philippine police watching Muslim hitmen ahead of int'l gathering

PhilippinesecurityforcesaremonitoringagroupofformerMaoistassassinswhojoinedIslamistmilitantsasapossiblethreattothisweek's50thanniversarymeetingofSoutheastAsianf

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Australia 'disrupts terror plot' to bring down airplane

Australian authorities said Sunday they had stopped an allegedly Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, after four people were arrested in raids in Sydney.

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Israel bans men under 50 from disputed Jerusalem holy site

IsraelsentextrapoliceintoJerusalemonFridayandsaidmenundertheageof50wouldbebannedfromtheOldCity'sal-AqsaMosqueforthedayinanticipationofmoremassprotests.Tensionsh