A massive manhunt has been launched in Japan after a police officer was stabbed several times and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol.
According to reports, a kitchen knife was found next to the officer's wounded body.
Police suspect the attack may have been pre-meditated as there was no theft and CCTV footage showed a man hanging around the police box about an hour before the incident unfolded.
Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases, death toll nears 600
Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation.
King Harald, Norway's reform-minded head of state, dies at 89
Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne, died on Friday at the age of 89, the royal palace said, at a time of multiple crises for the Norwegian royal family.
Police detain more than 300 in Indonesia's capital after unrest following protest
Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have detained over 300 people for questioning and named dozens of suspects following street protests that had turned into late-night rioting, officials said on Friday.
Israeli strike kills three in West Bank; Israel says it targeted Hamas operative
Israel's military said it carried out an airstrike in the West Bank on Friday that killed a Palestinian it described as a Hamas operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occupied territory.
Russia devastates Ukrainian food storage in stepped up attacks on logistics
Recent Russian air attacks have destroyed around 90 per cent of retailers' food logistics, Kyiv's agricultural minister said on Friday, revealing the scope of Moscow's mounting attacks on Ukrainian logistics.
