Two men, aged 39 and 35, were arrested at Sydney's Moore Park after reports of a person with a firearm. Police found one man allegedly carrying a replica gun and wearing a bulletproof vest, confirming the weapon was fake and there was no ongoing public threat.
A replica mosque placed on a "Eleventh Night" bonfire in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, was condemned as a hate crime. Police attempted removal, but organizers lit the pyre early. The display, featuring anti-Islam slogans, has sparked widespread outrage and calls for tolerance.
Eight teenagers and one man were arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly vandalizing properties with paint, recruited via social media by a crime syndicate to intimidate debtors. The syndicate offered HK$800-HK$2,000 per assignment.
An international police operation involving seven countries has identified 156 perpetrators and victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults, primarily targeting women. Europol coordinated efforts, leading to 57 arrests and the safeguarding of 158 victims, with 113 investigations launched.
Two wanted operatives of the banned Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), Gurwinder Singh and Manjeet Singh, were deported from Malaysia and apprehended by Punjab police in New Delhi. They are accused of channeling terror funds and targeting critical railway infrastructure in Punjab.
Ho Chi Minh police rescued a large number of cats from traffickers, prompting hundreds of cat owners to visit the police station to identify their lost pets, amidst Vietnam's legal but regulated cat and dog meat trade.
In Rio de Janeiro's Vila Cruzeiro favela, artists and children repainted Saint Luke's Square with national colours, transforming a site of trauma from a deadly police operation into a symbol of community resilience and national pride ahead of the World Cup.
Peruvian police used World Cup mascots, Clutch the Bald Eagle and Maple the Moose, to arrest a suspect in a drug raid in Lima. The officers, disguised as the mascots, approached the suspect without arousing suspicion due to his fervent World Cup fandom.
A £4.5m police operation involving over 4,000 officers kept rival pro-Palestinian and far-right protests apart in London on Saturday, resulting in 43 arrests. The Metropolitan Police managed to prevent serious clashes between the two groups, though 11 arrests were related to alleged hate crime offences.
Around 200 tourists were trapped at the top of Morro Dois Irmãos in Rio de Janeiro during a police operation targeting alleged Comando Vermelho gang members in the Vidigal favela. Officers from the Public Prosecutor's Office of Bahia and Rio's Polícia Civil blocked the main trail access while exchanging fire with suspects, leaving tourists stranded for about 30 minutes before they were able to descend safely.
