New York City police say a taxi driver who hit six pedestrians when he jumped a curb in Manhattan on Christmas Day was having a medical episode at the time

Tributes have been left at the property where a man was shot dead after a Christmas Eve standoff with armed officers. West Mercia Police has referred itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) over the man's death, which happened several hours after paramedics expressed concerns for the safety of a man who had a knife.

A man is dead after a shooting in Burlington on Christmas night, according to a new release from the Burlington Police Department. The Burlington Police and Fire Departments were called to a residence in the 1800 block of Madison Avenue about a possible shooting victim on Wednesday,

Members of Syria’s new police force have been killed in clashes in Tartus province, marking the most violent night since the ousting of the Assad regime. The Syrian transitional government, which is dominated by the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday,

Forces loyal to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed 14 police members and wounded 10 others, according to the caretaker government, as the country experiences its worst violence since the autocrat’s toppling early this month.