United Kingdom

BBC under fire over handling of Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal

The BBC has come in for strong criticism over its handling of allegations against one of its late stars, Jimmy Savile, accused after his death of

25 February 2016

Cinema

Kate Winslet stars in gritty cop drama 'Triple 9'

Directed by Australian John Hillcoat, who gave us the haunting post-apocalyptic ‘The Road’ in 2009, ‘Triple 9’ is a crime thriller set in the

25 February 2016

Iran

Iran's families minister concerned after all men in village are executed

The entire male population of a village in Iran has been executed for its alleged role in drug trafficking, according to an Iranian cabinet minister

24 February 2016

Europe News

Brexit would make fight against terror harder, says Europol chief

Police in Britain would struggle to prevent terror attacks and fight organised crime if the country votes to leave the EU. That’s according to the

22 February 2016

United Kingdom

Watch: Robbers strangle man unconscious during Rolex raid

18 February 2016

World News

The dangerous and illegal trade in counterfeit medicines

Look in your medicine cabinet, reflect on the those pills you may have taken for a recent flu. How do you know they are not fake? Counterfeit

11 February 2016

Egypt

Italy-Egypt to jointly investigate death of 'tortured' student Giulio Regeni

Italy’s Foreign Minister has confirmed Rome will collaborate with Cairo in an investigation into the death of twenty-eight-year-old student Giulio

4 February 2016

Egypt

Missing Italian Giulio Regeni found dead in Cairo with 'signs of torture'

Missing Italian student Giulio Regeni has been found dead in Cairo “with signs of torture,” according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor. The Cambridge

4 February 2016

Italy

Caught in a cave: two of Italy's most-wanted men arrested

'Ndrangheta bosses nabbed living in a bunker under a field in Reggio Calabria

29 January 2016

World News

Europol launches new website, highlights "57 Most Wanted" list

Europol has unveiled its new website, Europe’s top cops giving a list of Europe’s 57 most wanted a high profile. Top of the list is Frenchman Salah

29 January 2016

Spain

Court stuns Spain by demanding Princess Cristina face trial

Spain’s Princess Cristina is to be the first ever member of the Spanish royals to go on trial after a court sensationally ruled she would have to

29 January 2016

USA

Shaquille O'Neal joins street basketball game

27 January 2016

Romania

Writing your way out of a Romanian prison

Prosecutors in Romania are trying to establish if some prisoners jailed for corruption and fraud are claiming authorship of books to get their

25 January 2016

Italy

Police car chase: Swiss Audi leaves Italian officers in the dust

CCTV shows Italian police chasing yellow Audi wrong way along motorway

25 January 2016

Canada

Canada school shooting: four people dead, male suspect in custody

Several people are dead and a male suspect has been taken into custody following a shooting at a school in La Roche, Canada.

23 January 2016

Italy

Rome cops seize over $2.5 million in fake notes

Italy’s finance police stopped a suspicious vehicle in Rome – and found more than $2.5 million in counterfeit US currency! Two Italians inside the

22 January 2016

Sweden

Trial of doctor accused of drugging, raping and locking victim in bunker

The trial has begun of a Swedish doctor accused of drugging, raping and holding a woman in a self-built bunker for almost a week. The defendant

18 January 2016

Germany

"Refugees, welcome" spirit wanes after Cologne attacks

Public support for Angela Merkel and her open arms policy has dropped in the wake of the Cologne sex attacks that were blamed on migrants.

15 January 2016

USA

Convict chic? US store bids to cash-in on El Chapo's shirt fashion

Could one of the world’s most notorious drug kingpins be seen on the catwalks of Paris, New York or Milan? Unlikely maybe, but it’s not as

13 January 2016

World News

Lawyers for 'El Chapo' Guzman to resist his extradition to US

The lawyer for Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman said he will resist extradition to the United States for his client. The kingpin known as El Chapo is

10 January 2016