Dutch police hunt suspect in Hague stabbings
Dutch police hunted on Saturday for an unidentified suspect who stabbed three youths on a street in the center of The Hague on Friday during one of the busiest shopping evenings of the year.
London attacker released last year after terrorism offenses, prompting recriminations
The 28-year-old British man who killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge before police shot him dead had been released from prison after a previous conviction for terrorism offenses, prompting political recriminations ahead of an election…
Germany’s SPD pick new leader with fate of Merkel coalition at stake
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will on Saturday announce the winner of a party leadership ballot, whose first task will be to decide whether to quit the ruling coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
Hong Kong seniors take to streets to back students as activists decry police
Secondary-school students and retirees joined forces to protest in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first of several weekend rallies planned across the city, as pro-democracy activists vowed to battle what they say are police brutality and unlawful arrests.
Protesters burn tires in southern Iraq in renewed anti-government rage
Protesters burned tires and surrounded a police station in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya on Saturday, a Reuters witness said, pressing their demands for sweeping reform despite the prime minister promising to quit.
China arrests Belizean, Taiwanese citizens over alleged meddling in Hong Kong affairs
China has arrested a citizen of Belize for allegedly colluding with people in the United States to meddle in the affairs of Hong Kong, the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper reported on Saturday, citing local authorities.
London Bridge attacker had been convicted of terrorism offenses but released last year
The 28-year-old British man who killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge before police shot him dead had previously been convicted of terrorism offenses and was released from prison last year.
UK minister says police not looking for more suspects after London attack: Sky News
Britain’s security minister said police are not looking for any other suspects after killing a man wearing a fake suicide vest who stabbed two people to death and wounded three others in central London on Friday, Sky News reported on Saturday.
UK will look at conditions placed on people like London attacker
British police will look at the conditions placed on people like the London attacker, a junior minister said, after authorities confirmed 28-year old Usman Khan had been convicted of terrorism offences and was released from prison last year.
Pensioners and students gather for Hong Kong protest
Secondary-school students and retirees joined forces at a protest in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first of several rallies planned across the China-ruled city a day after police withdrew from a university that had been rocked by a two-week siege.
