At least five police officers have been killed and another three sustained injuries in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya as they attempted to detain a suspected suicide bomber. The young man detonated improvised explosive when police attempted to search him. “According to the latest data, the blast killed five policemen, twelve others received wounds,” a police spokesman said. Four police... 

Thousands of Brazilian soldiers have fanned out in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious slums to provide security less than three months before the FIFA World Cup. The security push on Saturday is considered the latest attempt to drive drug gangs out of the infamous Mare slum, which is located near Rio de Janeiro’s international airport and is considered a haven for organized crime. Some... 

Protesters clash with riot policemen during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain. Spain is considering a law that aims to ban photographing, filming or reproducing images of the country’s members of police and state security forces while they are on duty, officials say. Spain’s Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said that the government is considering the ban on capturing, playing back and processing... 

Saudi protesters hold an anti-regime demonstration in Eastern Province. Saudi security forces have demolished a Shia mosque in Eastern Province as anti-regime demonstrations continue in the country. The Ein Imam Hussein Mosque was razed by the regime forces as part of the crackdown on protesters in the town of Awamiyah. Prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr used to lead daily prayers in the mosque... 

Syrian security forces carrying the coffins of their fallen comrades outside the Tishrin military hospital in Damascus on March 19, 2012. Armed terrorists in Syria have killed Brigadier General Khleif al-Abdullah in the country’s northern province of Aleppo, Syria’s state news agency reports. The assailants in a car opened fire on Abdullah, who was on his way to work, near al-Bassil Mosque in al-Hamadaniyah...