• Demonstrators in Ecuador clash with police amid strike over fuel prices

    Demonstrators in Ecuador clash with police amid strike over fuel prices

    Oct 12, 2025 10:27 PM EST

    QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Crowds protesting a spike in fuel prices spilled into the streets of Ecuador's capital of Quito Sunday, burning tires, blocking roads and facing off against police officers who responded with volleys of tear gas. It was the latest confrontation in a series of nationwide demonstrations testing ...

  • National Guard troops seen patrolling in Memphis alongside local police

    National Guard troops seen patrolling in Memphis alongside local police

    Oct 10, 2025 03:15 PM EST

    At least nine National Guard troops began their patrol at the Bass Pro Shops located at the Pyramid, an iconic landmark in Memphis. They were being escorted by a Memphis police officer and posed for photos with visitors who were standing outside.

  • Violence erupts in eastern Pakistan between police and Islamists amid pro-Palestinian rally

    Violence erupts in eastern Pakistan between police and Islamists amid pro-Palestinian rally

    Oct 10, 2025 01:23 PM EST

    ... asked Mohammad Ashfaq, 35, as he turned back from a road block in Islamabad. He said he tried using longer routes to reach the city, but police had also blocked those roads with shipping containers. “Now I’ll have to figure out again how to reach my office,” he said.

  • Gen Z protesters in Madagascar clash with police as they call for president to step down

    Gen Z protesters in Madagascar clash with police as they call for president to step down

    Oct 09, 2025 11:28 PM EST

    ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — About 1,000 protesters marched in Madagascar's capital on Thursday, clashing with police who used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them in the third week of what has been the most significant unrest in years in the Indian Ocean island nation. Police could be ...

  • ICE spends millions on ads to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

    ICE spends millions on ads to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

    Oct 06, 2025 06:59 PM EST

    ... s immigration policy. In July, Keller signed an executive order barring city employees from assisting federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement “unless legally required.” Local police can't compete with ICE promises The AP reached out to police departments in areas where the ads were running. Most departments either did ...

  • One of 2 victims in Manchester synagogue attack was accidenally shot by police

    One of 2 victims in Manchester synagogue attack was accidenally shot by police

    Oct 03, 2025 01:13 PM EST

    ... flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. She said it was “dishonorable” that the protests had not been canceled after the Manchester attack. Police in London urged organizers to call off a protest planned for Saturday to oppose the banning of the group Palestine Action, which has been ...

  • Attacker who killed 2 people and injured several at UK synagogue has been killed, police say

    Attacker who killed 2 people and injured several at UK synagogue has been killed, police say

    Oct 02, 2025 01:45 PM EST

    ... attack in recent years, the 2017 suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people. Authorities declare an emergency Immediately after the attack, police declared "Plato,” the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack." Starmer, who flew back to ...

  • A wandering wallaby is on the loose in Berlin, police say

    A wandering wallaby is on the loose in Berlin, police say

    Sep 29, 2025 04:56 PM EST

    BERLIN (AP) — A kangaroo — well, a wallaby to be precise — is on the loose in Berlin. City police say any passersby who spot it should keep their distance, but an eye on it too. Chief Inspector Martin Halweg told The Associated Press in an email on Monday that Berlin police ...

  • Shooting at Michigan church kills at least 2 people and injures 8, police say

    Shooting at Michigan church kills at least 2 people and injures 8, police say

    Sep 28, 2025 05:43 PM EST

    A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least two people and injuring eight others before police shot him, authorities said.

  • Assata Shakur, fugitive Black activist who escaped life sentence for killing police officer, dies in Cuba

    Assata Shakur, fugitive Black activist who escaped life sentence for killing police officer, dies in Cuba

    Sep 26, 2025 07:12 PM EST

    ... House poetry event during the Obama administration drew outrage from conservatives and law enforcement groups who felt it was disrespectful to Foerster's family and police officers broadly. A companion who was also convicted in Foerster's killing, Sundiata Acoli, was granted parole in 2022. His attorneys had argued the ...