Security forces and supporters of a prominent Kurdish politician exchanged fire in Sulaymaniyah after an overnight arrest operation that left five people dead and 18 wounded, according to local officials.
ABC News reported that Iryna Zarutska, 23, was fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line and that police later arrested Decarlos Brown Jr. on a murder charge.
Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of helping coordinate the Nord Stream pipeline attacks in a case that keeps one of Europe’s biggest sabotage mysteries in motion.
French police detained a suspect after four bodies were recovered from the Seine in Choisy-le-Roi, with investigators treating the case as suspected murder.
A New Zealand soldier who admitted attempted espionage and related offenses has been sentenced to two years in military prison and will be discharged from the army.
Authorities say 13 people have been arrested over the May shooting that killed two senior city officials, including three suspects who allegedly took part directly in the attack.
On the event date, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa for the 60th anniversary of Beijing’s consolidation of rule there.
Prosecutors say the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit faces a broad indictment that includes four rape counts, domestic abuse, violence, vandalism and violations of restraining orders.
Haaretz reported a national day of strikes and protests on August 17, 2025, with roughly 2.5 million participants across Israel calling for a hostage deal and an end to the war.
Voters rejected the long-dominant MAS party amid an economic crisis, giving centrist senator Rodrigo Paz a surprise first-place finish ahead of former president Jorge Quiroga.
A shooting in Forio, on the Italian island of Ischia, killed three people including the suspect, and left one woman critically injured, Leggo reported.
Military authorities say the arrests followed an investigation into an alleged plot that began on August 1, but provided few details about the suspected conspiracy.
President Dina Boluarte signed a law shielding military, police and self-defense personnel accused of human rights crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict from 1980 to 2000, triggering outrage from victims’ families and rights groups.
Police say heavily armed suspects arrived by motorcycle and car before opening fire in rural Guayas, in another deadly night for Ecuador's coastal provinces.