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In a special hostage rescue operation, Latvian police has freed a Kazakhstani family of four, who were kept hostage for their expensive property in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

• 12 апреля 2015, 18:03

A Ukrainian lawmaker said he was detained by Russian police ahead of a Moscow march to honour opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

• 02 марта 2015, 12:49

A group of police women are already hard at work practising their punches, on a mission to rid the city's streets of sexual predators.

• 17 февраля 2015, 14:02

Sao Paulo protesters clashed with police who used tear gas and sound bombs to disperse crowds.

• 17 января 2015, 13:37

Two policemen were wounded Tuesday when an attacker threw a hand grenade in the busy main tourist district of central Istanbul.

• 07 января 2015, 11:07

New York Mayor and police commissioner Bill Bratton criticized dozens of officers for turning their backs on the mayor at the funeral of a murdered policeman.

• 06 января 2015, 12:19

Thousands of police gathered in New York to bid farewell to a murdered officer where a small number used the funeral to protest against mayor Bill de Blasio once again.

• 05 января 2015, 10:45

Simmering tensions between the city of New York's police force and its top official boiled over again into public view.

• 30 декабря 2014, 12:40

Tens of thousands of officers paid tribute to one of their own at a New York funeral, as emotions ran high over recent protests against police violence.

• 28 декабря 2014, 10:35

Hong Kong police said they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable rally since the last protest camp was cleared last week.

• 25 декабря 2014, 10:53

A national coalition of activists rejected calls to suspend anti-police protests in New York after two officers were murdered.

• 24 декабря 2014, 16:13

French Prime Minister called for "vigilance" after the country was hit by three bizarre attacks in quick succession, sparking fears of possible copycat action.

• 23 декабря 2014, 15:45

Embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio urged New Yorkers to put aside politics and protests to mourn two murdered police officers.

• 23 декабря 2014, 13:14

New York reeled after the murder of two uniformed cops by a man whom investigators say told bystanders to "watch what I'm going to do" just before the killings.

• 22 декабря 2014, 11:42

US President Barack Obama on Sunday "unconditionally" condemned the killing of two uniformed New York police officers who were gunned down in their patrol car in Brooklyn by a lone gunman.

• 21 декабря 2014, 14:07

Police prepared to clear Hong Kong's last remaining pro-democracy protest site where just a handful of demonstrators remain.

• 15 декабря 2014, 15:31

Hong Kong police began dismantling the city's main pro-democracy site and hauling off a hard core of protesters who nevertheless vow that their struggle lives on.

• 11 декабря 2014, 15:54

A white police officer shot dead a black man in Arizona when he mistook some pills for a gun amid protests in New York triggered by a string of similar incidents.

• 05 декабря 2014, 14:39

President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more US police officers with body cameras.

• 02 декабря 2014, 12:32

The white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in the riot-hit US town of Ferguson said he has a "clean conscience" .

• 26 ноября 2014, 14:22