Sweden

Sweden to drop sex assault investigations into Wikileaks founder

Swedish prosecutors will this week drop their investigations into three accusations of sexual assault against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who

12 August 2015

USA

US: alleged insider trading ring relied on hackers from Ukraine

Investigators in the US say they have breached a new front in the war on cybercrime. They have broken up an alleged international insider trading

12 August 2015

Chile

Chile: Pinochet's former intelligence chief Manuel Contreras dies

The former head of Chile’s secret police during the country’s military dictatorship has died, aged 86. Manuel Contreras was unrepentant for human

8 August 2015

USA

Boy, 11, charged with shooting three-year-old

6 August 2015

Norway

Norwegian police investigate 'bomb-like' package at Oslo university

5 August 2015

Pakistan

Pakistan hangs 'teen' convict despite protests from rights groups

Convicted killer Shafqat Hussain was hanged by Pakistan on Tuesday despite claims that he was under 18 when arrested and was tortured into confessing

4 August 2015

Europe

Busting the boom: why Barcelona wants to curb mass tourism

Barcelona is booming. A little too booming for many of its inhabitants and city officials who have taken measures to clamp down on a surge of tourism

31 July 2015

USA

Zimbabwe minister calls for extradition of US dentist who killed Cecil the Lion

30 July 2015

Europe

Is Europe doing enough for missing children?

Twenty years after the Marc Dutroux child abductions and murders, are police and civic groups working closely enough, across EU countries, to keep children safe?

30 July 2015

World

Putin: Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel prize

27 July 2015

Sudan

Five of the world's most-wanted for crimes against humanity

17 July 2015

World News

On-the-run suspect tripped up by his own vanity

10 July 2015

Italy

Massive seizure of property by anti-mafia police in Sicily

Some 1.6 billion euros worth of assets have been seized from a Sicilian family suspected of links to the local Cosa Nostra mafia. Among the property

8 July 2015

France

Explosives stolen from French army base

A cache of explosives, detonators and grenades have been stolen from an army base in the south of France. The burglary happened despite heightened

7 July 2015

Italy

Italian police carry out anti-jihadi sweep in Pisa

Italian police are said to have carried out an anti-Islamist sweep in the central city of Pisa following the arrest of a Moroccan suspect. Jalal El

7 July 2015

Italy

Italian police find fake euros worth millions

Police in the southern Italian city of Naples have uncovered a factory used for making fake euro notes. The forgers had already make some nine

3 July 2015

USA

One of two escaped US prisoners shot dead by police

Richard Matt, one of two men who escaped from a maximum security jail in the US has been shot and killed by police. Matt had been serving life at the

26 June 2015

United Kingdom

Watch: Knife-wielding killer on the rampage as children play nearby

23 June 2015

Poland

British teenage boys accused of Auschwitz theft

Two teenage British boys are in detention in Poland after they were accused of stealing artefacts from the Auschwitz death camp. Pupils of the Perse

23 June 2015

USA

Rapper P. Diddy arrested after 'gym weight attack'

23 June 2015