Mexico

Mass grave discovery raises hopes for families of Mexico's 43 missing students

Mexican authorities have found the remains of dozens of people in a series of clandestine graves in the restive southwestern state of Guerrero, the impoverished southwestern state where 43 trainee tea

25 November 2016

Sport

Eto'o could face 10-year prison sentence

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o for alleged tax crimes committed when he played for…

24 November 2016

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New York store heist caught on camera

Police in New York have released surveillance video of an armed robbery which took place at a luxury watch store in the city.

23 November 2016

Hungary

Arrests in far-right crackdown in Hungary

The national police say the raids, which were ordered by the counter-terrorism force TEK, also netted automatic weapons, handguns and explosives.

16 November 2016

World News

Brexit, Trump and hate crime: what does the data tell us?

In the week since Donald Trump was elected President, there has been growing concern among many Americans of a rise in hate crimes.

16 November 2016

France

Interpol gets first Chinese president

He’s the first Chinese official to be elected to the position.

11 November 2016

World News

UK banker Rurik Jutting given life in Hong Kong for double murder

A British banker who killed and tortured two Indonesian women in Hong Kong has been given life imprisonment.

8 November 2016

USA

US man confesses to seven killings after woman found chained 'like a dog' - officials

US authorities say a registered sex offender has confessed to seven killings, after a woman was found chained alive in a storage container.

6 November 2016

Chile

Watch: 84-year-old man trips armed jewellery thief

84-year-old Chilean Raul Munoz shocked onlookers and his wife on Saturday, October 29, when he leapt into action to stop an armed robber.

3 November 2016

World News

Does paying ransoms cost more lives than it saves?

Can giving in to kidnappers simply fuel their crimes, or is this a case where pragmatism and humanity need to rule over principals?

31 October 2016

USA

2016 record-breaking year for cocaine seizures, US Coast Guard says

2016 has been a record-breaking year for cocaine seizures, the US Coast Guard has said.

28 October 2016

Germany

German couple go on trial accused of torturing women

A couple have gone on trial accused of luring women to their house in western Germany and torturing them so badly, that at least two of them died.

26 October 2016

USA

What we know about the Dyn cyber attack

Connected devices such as cameras were employed as part of the attack on US sites.

22 October 2016

Philippines

Does killing drug dealers work?

President Duterte of the Philippines interprets the term “war on drugs” literally.

21 October 2016

Mexico

Mexican judge shot dead as El Chapo's extradition to US confirmed

A Mexican court orders notorious drugs lord El Chapo can be extradited to the USA

20 October 2016

Hungary

Hungary: Man arrested over Budapest bomb blast

Authorities in Hungary have announced the arrest of a man suspected of being behind a home-made shrapnel bomb attack in central Budapest last month in which two police officers were…

20 October 2016

Argentina

Argentina: thousands protest against crime and corruption

Argentina has long been plagued by corruption, which many at the rally said has hampered their search for justice.

12 October 2016

United Kingdom

Stephen King steps in to calm the creepy clown craze

Horror writer steps in to calm concerns after a spate of creepy clown sightings across the US and Europe.

11 October 2016

Mexico

At least five soldiers killed in Mexico ambush

The local prosecutor's office says the attack took place in the early morning on the edge of the city of Culiacan in the home state of the Sinaloa cartel.

30 September 2016

Brazil

Hundreds still at large following Brazil jail-break

The inmates fled from the Jardinopolis prison, around 160 kilometres northwest of Sao Paulo, Brazil's second city. Officials say they had set fire to several cells in one wing of the prison during a r

30 September 2016