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Submarine:Swedish Navy say wreck is not 2014 mystery sub

The Swedish navy says it is “quite certain” that a wreck discovered offshore has no connection with an alert over a suspected submarine incursion

Mexico

Mexico: confronted by evidence of grisly drugs underworld

Mexico has been confronted with evidence of its grisly drugs underworld. Investigators searching for a group of missing students have so far

United Kingdom

Sex, drugs and 'shocking' behaviour: Lord Sewel steps down amid allegations of lewd conduct

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scandal following the resignation of Deputy Speaker Lord Sewel. A video has emerged allegedly showing him snorting

Brazil

Brazil: Charged Petrobras executives transferred to prison

Brazilian executives charged in the huge Petrobras corruption scandal have been transferred from police detention to a prison complex at the centre

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USA

Louisiana killer planned escape before police closed in

Police have identified the gunman who killed two women and left nine others injured before shooting himself in a cinema in Lafayette, Louisiana

Sport

US request extradition for disgraced former Fifa exec Leoz

Nicolas Leoz has become the latest disgraced former fifa official on the US department’s extradition hit list. Paraguay has officially received an

Poland

Ukrainians killed in coach crash in Poland

Polish police say a coach travelling from Ukraine to Warsaw has crashed, killing five and leaving 25 others injured. Poland - Travel Alert - 5 killed

Syria

Spain warns discretion needed as journalists go missing in Syria

Spanish authorities call for discretion in the case of three journalists missing in Syria since mid-July.

Russia

MH17: The view from Moscow

People lay flowers at the Dutch embassy in Moscow on Friday to mark the anniversary of the downing of Malaysian airlines flight MH17. As inquiries

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'Atomic detectives' scientists that keep us safe from radioactive criminality

Futuris reporter Denis Loctier looks at the work of the ‘atomic detectives,’ scientists that keep us safe from the risk of radioactive criminality

Malaysia

Malaysia wants UN-backed tribunal over MH17

Malaysia is to push for a United Nations-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. UN Security

Taiwan

Captain blamed for Taiwan TransAsia plane crash

Pilot error has been blamed for causing February’s deadly air crash in Taiwan. Authorities say the captain mistakenly turned off the plane’s only

Austria

Driver "mentally disturbed" in Graz car deaths

An investigation is under way after three people were killed when a driver sped into crowds in a busy shopping district of Graz in Austria. Among

USA

Possible sighting of escaped US murderers

Police in New York state say they’re investigating a possible sighting of two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum security prison. The two

United Kingdom

British police probe whether dead man on London office roof was jet stowaway

Police are investigating whether a man found dead on the roof of an office building in London had stowed away on a British Airways jet flying in from

Sport

Barcelona star Neymar named in transfer fraud lawsuit

Barcelona’s troubled transfer saga took another twist on Wednesday. Neymar has been named in a lawsuit concerning his transfer. Brazilian investment

Ukraine

Arrests made over Ukraine fuel depot fire

Ukrainian authorities have detained two people as part of an inquiry into this week’s fatal fire at a fuel depot near Kyiv. They are said to be Yuriy

Romania

Romania's leftist government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta survives a no-confidence vote

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta has secured political immunity in a criminal investigation after his leftist government survived a

France

Germanwings crash: France mulls manslaughter charges

The chief prosecutor investigating the Germanwings plane crash says he is considering whether manslaughter charges can be brought. Brice Robin claims

World News

Hundreds join search for missing Swedish teenager

More than 900 volunteers in Sweden are helping police in their search for a teenage girl who has been missing for four days. 17-year-old Lisa Holm