USA

Houston gunman wore military-style clothing during fatal attack - police

Police in the US state of Texas said a gunman who shot and injured at least nine people on Monday was wearing military-style clothing at the time of the attack.

27 September 2016

World News

Jordan: Christian writer on trial for cartoon mocking ISIL is shot dead

Jordanian Christian writer Nahed Hattar was shot dead on Sunday outside the courthouse where he was standing trial on charges of contempt of religion.

25 September 2016

Poland

Police uncover world's largest illegal Viagra factory

It is alleged millions of euros worth of the counterfeit drugs were sold via the Internet from an address in Poland. Officials say popular brand names and own branding labels were used.

21 September 2016

Spain

Brazilian family found murdered near Madrid

The dismembered bodies of a Brazilian family – two adults and two young children – have been found by Spanish police in the village of Pioz, near Madrid.

20 September 2016

Georgia

"Stop clowning around" says Georgia state police department

Police in the US receive calls from children and adults after suspicious “clown sightings”

14 September 2016

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Murder suspect gives police the slip by breaking handcuffs

A murder suspect in Las Vegas was caught on camera escaping from police custody by twisting his handcuffs until they broke.

8 September 2016

USA

Rock formation 'toppled by vandals'

Police are investigating whether an iconic rock formation on the coast of Oregon in the US was deliberately toppled.

7 September 2016

Italy

Police smash network 'smuggling Syrians to Western Europe'

Italian police said on Tuesday that they had smashed a criminal network that smuggled hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees across the Balkans to Western Europe.

6 September 2016

World News

Italy plans rebuild of quake-hit towns

Drone footage of Amatrice shows how easily the buildings crumbled when an earthquake rocked central Italy on August 24th killing 294 people.

1 September 2016

Portugal

Portugal braces itself for diplomatic row with Iraq over brutal attack

Portugal’s government is considering asking Iraq to remove its diplomatic immunity from the sons of its ambassador after they allegedly attacked a 15-year-old…

22 August 2016

Brazil

Rio police say US swimmers made up robbery claim

Four US swimmers who said they were robbed at gunpoint made up the story police say to cover up a vandalism incident.

18 August 2016

World News

FGM provokes fierce debate in Dagestan

A report about female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked a fierce debate in the North Caucasus. Some clerics in Dagestan have defended the practice.

18 August 2016

United Kingdom

How could extremist Anjem Choudhary speak to the media so freely?

Extremist Islamic cleric StateAnjem Choudary has been convicted of exhorting people to support so-called Islamic State, but why was he given a platform by parts of Britain's media for years?

18 August 2016

Germany

Refugees did not bring terrorism to Germany - Merkel

The German Chancellor says Islam is and will be part of German culture as long as it is practised in a way that respects the country's constitution.

18 August 2016

USA

Cannibal attack stuns Florida

"Legal high" drug Flakka is under the spotlight after police find a 19-year-old student chewing the face of a stabbing victim.

17 August 2016

Mexico

Gunmen abduct suspected drug cartel members from top Mexico tourist resort

In Mexico, around a dozen suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel have been kidnapped in the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta.

16 August 2016

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius taken to hospital for 'wrist injuries'

Prison officials say the former track star denied he tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists.

7 August 2016

Markets

Rogue UBS trader Kweku Adoboli warns his crimes 'could happen again'

Former rogue UBS trader Kweku Adoboli warns banks are still pressuring employees to make profits "no matter what" and his crimes could be repeated.

1 August 2016

Brazil

Australians' Rio mishaps: and now, robbery

The Australians sure will remember their stay at the Olympic Village in Rio.

1 August 2016

World News

Australian PM resists calls to broaden inquiry into youth detention centre abuses

Australia is reeling after footage was aired on TV showing guards tear-gassing teenage inmates of a detention centre and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair.

27 July 2016