An attacker killed two police officers with a knife in Liege, Belgium, on May 29, taking a gun from one and using it to kill a civilian and injure four other officers before taking a hostage. He was killed by police, with no further casualties.

The attacker was identified as a man who had just been let out of prison on temporary release while serving for a drug conviction. As of press time, the incident...

A park ranger was killed and three people — a driver and two British tourists — were kidnapped in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 11. The tourists and ranger were heading to the city of Goma after visiting a gorilla sanctuary in the park.

The ranger was the eighth one killed in the park in 2018. Since 1998, more than 170 rangers have been killed in the park either by ...

A massive dust storm killed at least 61 people across India on May 13. The worst hit was the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where at least 38 were killed, but deaths also occurred in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi.

As reported last month, a number of deadly storms hit northern India in April and May, with storms in April toppling two minarets at the Taj Mahal and another storm, on May 4, killing more than 140 people.

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