US organizations have criticized New York City's mayor for ordering heavy-handed police tactics against people seeking shelter during the cold winter.

Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor, looks set to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an election next year after taking a lead in an opposition primary vote.

Iraqi security forces arrest the gunman in the assassination of the mayor of the central city of Karbala.

Moscow's mayor says the city would give away free cars in a prize draw for residents who get the COVID-19 shot in an effort to speed up the sluggish rate of vaccinations amid surging coronavirus cases.

More than 20 people were shot during another bloody weekend in New York.

An unidentified gunman shoots dead a man and injures a woman in Paris before fleeing on a motorcycle, in what is appeared to be a private quarrel.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed an 'inadequate' financial support package on the Greater Manchester region against the wishes of local leaders.