Reuters A man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four seriously, officials say.
They include a woman who reportedly had both her legs crushed.
After the car came to a halt against a shop window, the driver emerged holding a knife and injured a passer-by who gave chase, before the suspect was overpowered.
The suspect, 31, has been identified by officials as an Italian national
Reuters Taiwan has insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China.
Trump's remarks came after a two-day summit in Beijing, after which he said he had "made no commitment either way" about the self-governing island - which China claims as part of its territory and has not ruled out taking by force.
The US administration is bound by law to provide
EPA/Sea Shepherd A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.
The whale was first spotted stuck on a sandbank on 23 March, off the island of Poel on Germany's Baltic coast.
It swam free in early May after a water-filled barge carried it into the North Sea.
The operation was privately funded by two German entrepreneurs and spurred intense public debate, with critics suggesting it would only cause the animal distress.
A whale carcass was
The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado's Governor Jared Polis is facing criticism from fellow Democrats after commuting the prison sentence of former county clerk Tina Peters, a 2020 election denier convicted of tampering with election equipment.
Polis, who previously described Peters' as "harsh", announced on Friday that she would be released on parole in June.
Colorado's top election official and Secretary of State Jena Griswold called it "an affront to
AFP via Getty Images Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 children from three schools in the same town in north-eastern Nigeria, teachers and parents have told the BBC.
Most of those missing are aged between two and five years old.
Eyewitnesses who saw the attacks on Friday morning in Mussa, Borno state, say the suspects used the children as human shields while fleeing on motorbikes, preventing security forces
Maldives government A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives.
Staff Sgt Mohamed Mahdhee was taken to hospital in critical condition and later succumbed to his injuries, a government spokesman told the BBC on Saturday.
The five Italians died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of around 50m (164ft). So far, just one of their bodies is thought to have been recovered, in a cave at a depth of
A crash between a freight train and a public bus has killed at least eight people and injured dozens of others in Bangkok.
Police and rescue officials said the collision triggered a fire that engulfed the public bus on Saturday.
Several nearby vehicles were also hit during the incident, prompting firefighters and rescue crews to be dispatched. Teams worked to pull injured victims from the wreckage as fire crews contained the blaze.
The fire has been
Getty Images A 38-year-old man has been killed by a 13ft (4m) great white shark in Western Australia.
On Saturday, the man was bitten just before 10:00 (03:00 BST) at Horseshoe Reef - north-west of the popular Rottnest Island near the city of Perth, local police said.
Aerial footage showed the man being rushed to shore by boat where
AFP via Getty Images Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the killing of a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in a joint-operation with the US.
"Our determined Nigerian Armed Forces, working closely with the Armed Forces of the United States, conducted a daring joint operation that dealt a heavy blow to the ranks of the Islamic State," Tinubu said in a statement.
The operation was first announced by
AP via Getty Images The US justice department is reportedly preparing to indict aging Cuban leader Raúl Castro in the coming days over the shooting down of two aircraft three decades ago.
The reported charges, which would need to be approved by a US grand jury, emerged as the director of the CIA travelled to Cuba to meet officials in Havana.
Castro, 94, stepped down as Cuban Communist Party leader in 2021, ending his family's more than half a century in power. He led