Pakistan's Special Investigation Unit arrested a crystal methamphetamine dealer near the Lyari riverbed following a joint operation with intelligence services, claiming he has trafficked drugs since 2019 across multiple Karachi neighborhoods. In a separate action, authorities arrested an extortionist affiliated with a gang led by Sameer (son of deceased crime boss Mama Bashir) that operates in District East, extorting money from shops, restaurants, and factories—part of a broader surge in which Karachi recorded 96 extortion cases in 2025, concentrated in District Central.
Muslim students at the University of Calgary received a threatening email targeting the Muslim Students' Association, leaving recipients shaken and raising concerns about their safety and sense of belonging on campus.
Boko Haram militants killed 18 loggers in Nigeria's Borno State, local sources told AFP, in the latest attack to target civilians struggling to survive amid an intensifying jihadist insurgency in the northeast.
Israeli settlers in the West Bank excavated the body of a Palestinian from his grave, citing proximity to their settlement, and compelled the family to relocate him. The act is part of a broader surge in settler violence against Palestinians in the region.
German police concluded a hostage crisis at a bank in Sinzig without casualties. The SWAT team secured the release of two hostages, but the suspects had already left the scene by the time officers arrived.
Police in Split are asking the public to help identify a man shown in photographs who may have information about threats directed at a journalist in the city on May 7. The appeal indicates an active investigation into potential intimidation of media personnel.
Emergency services were called to a property in the Kopaki rural area of Waikato, New Zealand at 1:40 pm, according to police. No further details about the nature of the incident were disclosed.
Police are searching remote bushland near Perth after a Victorian hiker, Samuel Whitsed, 27, vanished from the Bibbulmun Track three months ago. Authorities have become increasingly concerned for his welfare as ground searches continue across the dense scrubland.
Two men, aged 20 and 21, have been charged with religiously aggravated harassment after allegedly traveling to north London to film antisemitic TikTok videos targeting members of the Jewish community. Metropolitan Police responded to reports of a hate crime at Clapton Common on Thursday evening, where a group of men were accused of harassing Jewish residents. Five men were arrested at the scene in Hackney.
A councilman from São José do Campos has accused Father Júlio Lancellotti of using money from his parish in the Mooca neighborhood of São Paulo to cover expenses related to a lawsuit. The allegation raises questions about financial management within the religious institution.
Following a recent scandal, a coach defended his players and recounted a personal anecdote from his playing days, mentioning that a former teammate once struck another player with a golf club.
A 15-year-old boy from Apeldoorn, Netherlands, who had been missing for nearly three weeks was found in Białystok, Poland, after local police responded to a report of a person sleeping rough in the area. The discovery marks the safe recovery of the missing juvenile.
Danish police are investigating a traffic accident in Odense as a potential road rage incident. The case remains under preliminary investigation with no details yet released about injuries or circumstances.
An Irish woman and her newly born baby have died at a house in County Tipperary, with Gardaí (Irish police) now investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
The International Testing Agency charged 19-year-old Romanian gymnast Ana Maria Bărbosu with anti-doping violations after she failed to be located for unannounced testing three times within a 12-month period—once in Romania and twice in the United States. Bărbosu, now a student at Stanford University, clarified on Instagram that the case involves no prohibited substances and attributed the failures to the challenges of relocating to the US.