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Earlier, US President Trump said protesters would have been “greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen.” US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that states and cities must get “much tougher” on anti-police protests or the federal government will step in, including by …

An unarmed Palestinian man has been shot and killed by police at one of the entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday. Israeli police said officers believed the man had a gun and opened fire on him when he refused to stop for them. Relatives named the deceased as 32-year-old …

Masked looters have been caught on tape stealing as much jewelry as they can carry from a Los Angeles store, as protests sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd grip the Californian city. Eyewitness footage captured people breaking into the shop after its security shutters were bludgeoned …

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 196 km SE of Sarangani, the Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. According to the organization, the epicenter laid at a depth of 41.9 kilometers. USGS reports a M5.5 #earthquake 196 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on 5/30/20 @ 13:06:25 …

Hundreds of demonstrators poured into the streets near Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park on Friday night, smashing windows and clashing with police officers in a protest that grew so tense that the city’s mayor forcefully told people to go home. Not far from the park, the city’s iconic tourist destination, some …

Donald Trump has threatened people protesting the death of George Floyd with “vicious dogs” and “ominous weapons” if they had breached the fence outside the White House, where members of the US Secret Service are “waiting for action”. In a Twitter thread posted after another night of protests and uprisings …

Iran has roundly condemned the United States’ latest decision to end the sanctions waivers in a landmark nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and world powers in 2015, vowing to take “necessary practical and legal” steps to counter the negative impacts of the move. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas …

The European Union (EU) reiterated its support to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week and urged the United States to reconsider the decision to suspend its ties with that entity. US President Donald Trump has announced the end of his country’s relations with WHO and reported his government will …

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin, who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, …

The arrest and charges of third-degree murder filed against Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin apparently have not tamped down the anger over George Floyd’s violent arrest and death caught on a video that went viral. Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests …

US President Trump on Thursday, May 28, signed an executive order targetting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law that provides tech companies from being held liable for third-party content shared on their sites. You can read the executive order here and below: By the authority vested …

Five Palestinians, including a photojournalist working with Anadolu Agency, were injured after Israeli forces dispersed two rallies rejecting settlements building in the occupied West Bank. “Israeli forces dispersed a weekly anti-settlement rally,” Murad Shtewi, coordinator of the “Popular Resistance” committee in the town of Kafr Qaddum, north of the West …

MSNBC host and Emmy nominee Ali Velshi faced an avalanche of online criticism after he described the ongoing Minneapolis unrest as “not, generally speaking, unruly” while reporting live from a burning neighborhood. Ali Velshi was in Minneapolis, Minnesota to cover the violent uproar over the death of George Floyd, a …

The European Union’s Brexit trade demands will not change under UK pressure, Michel Barnier’s senior advisor has said – with just one month to go to agree on an extension. Stefaan de Rynck told an online conference that member states had again backed the “maximalist” negotiating mandate this week in …

China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals has said. Reuters

CNN accused the Minneapolis police of misrepresenting the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a black CNN correspondent and two TV crew members as they covered the protests against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Friday morning. Omar Jimenez was arrested live on air early Friday morning as he …

Police officers have arrested over 650 people, safeguarding 140 children and seizing cash and drugs with a total value of over £3 million, as part of a crackdown on “county lines drug gangs”, the U.K.’s Home Office has said. Officers from British Transport Police, the Metropolitan Police, Merseyside Police, and …

Turkey on Friday resumed some mass prayers at a limited number of mosques after a break of more than two months, as Ankara continued to ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Turkey had suspended prayers, limited travel, and closed shops and restaurants. However, the government has started to …

Donald Trump has lashed out at Twitter after it limited access to one of his tweets. The social media firm said the post, in which Trump suggested he would have people rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s death shot, had violated its rules on glorifying violence. Floyd died after …

At least 14 members of Afghanistan’s security forces have been killed in an attack blamed on the Taliban, officials say, the first deadly assaults since a three-day ceasefire between the government and the militants ended. The incident occurred at a checkpoint in the east-central province of Parwan on Tuesday, said …