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Germany

Man wrongly arrested for Berlin attack says he's fearful for his life

World News

Man held over 'threat' to New Year's Eve in Sydney

A man has been arrested in Sydney, Australia, for allegedly making an online threat to the city’s New Year Festivities.

Brazil

Brazil: Body found in hunt for missing Greek ambassador

Brazilian police looking for the missing Greek ambassador to the country have found a body inside a burnt-out car.

Finland

Former head of Helsinki drug squad sentenced in drug smuggling scandal

In a rare corruption case in Finland - ranked the second least corrupt country in the world - the former anti-drug chief was handed a 10 year sentence.

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United Kingdom

Nail salons targeted by immigration officers in the UK

Immigration officers arrested just under 100 people, mostly from Vietnam, and more than a dozen were considered to be at risk from slavery

Italy

Shot dead in Milan, but there are more questions than answers over Anis Amri

Four days after killing 12 people in Berlin, Anis Amri was shot dead by police in Milan on Friday morning.

Germany

Germany releases details about suspected Berlin Christmas market attacker

Tunisian national Anis Amri is the subject of a Europe-wide manhunt as the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack.

World News

Market security stepped up Europe-wide in wake of Berlin truck attack

Security has been stepped up at Christmas markets Europe-wide in the wake of the Berlin truck attack.

Austria

Freight trains searched in Austria after migrants crushed to death

Austrian police have started searching freight trains travelling from Italy at night in an attempt to tackle illegal migration and prevent further deaths.

Germany

Watch: horrific attack on the Berlin metro

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a thug kicked a woman in the back as she walked down the stairs in a metro station in Berlin.

United Kingdom

Watch: Met. Police stage 'festive' Mannequin Challenge with a serious message

World News

Jingle Cells - Europol launches an advent calender

Every day from the 1st to the 24th of December, Europe's top crime agency is publishing the photo of a Christmas criminal on the organisation's Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Italy

'Cultivated' mafia boss is arrested in southern Italy

A fugitive mafia boss with an apparent liking for high-brow literature was captured in southern Italy on Thursday after six years on the run.

USA

Watch: A thief was caught on camera stealing a bucket of gold flakes

New York police are searching for a green-clad man who swiped an 86-pound (39 kg) pail of gold flakes off an armored truck two months ago and disappeared with the estimated…

Italy

Blast at police barracks in Bologna hours before Italian Prime Minister Renzi's visit

Authorities are investigating after a device exploded outside of a carabinieri barracks on the outskirts of Bologna, hours before Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was due to visit the…

France

Paris prosecutor claims terror attack on capital prevented

The Paris Prosecutor claimed on Friday that a terror attack planned for next Thursday has been prevented.

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

Bulgaria

Migrants riot at Bulgarian refugee camp

They are angry about a decision by the local authority to put the camp in the southern town of Harmanli under quarantine after reports of a possible outbreak of skin disease.

Israel

Arrests made as Israel fires rage for third consecutive day

Israeli police make arrests in connection with raging forest fires in Haifa and the West Bank.

Israel

Israel police to probe Netanyahu lawyer's role in German submarine deal

The attorney-general has ordered an inquiry into a contract for three submarines over a possible conflict of interest.