Iraqi security forces arrest 47 officials in anticorruption crackdown
Large-scale operation carried out at dawn in Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says.

Large-scale operation carried out at dawn in Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says.








Syrian journalist Mousa al-Omar reportedly filed a complaint about Akkad’s social media comments prior to his arrest.
Mass raids on Roma communities show how Europe is recasting racial discrimination as crime prevention and public order.

New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life without parole for the murders of eight women.
Clashes have broken out between police and mourners during a funeral of a suspected Ebola victim in the DRC.
Unverified reports say attacks were part of a campaign of sabotage and misinformation run by the Russian state.
Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled that the government was right to proscribe Palestine Action – what happens next?

Violence erupts during anti-G7 protests in Geneva on eve of summit.
Dashcam shows US cop accidentally shooting colleague during ‘horseplay’.
A police officer stole the show at a World Cup fan festival in Boston, as he effortlessly juggled a football.
Local police say an investigation is under way over the possible theft of equipment which was arriving in Kansas City.