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USA

Watch: Truck thief suspect leads police on dramatic chase

Officers’ bid to stop man near Oklahoma City was like something out of a film.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi corruption prisoners held in luxury five-star hotel

They were arrested for corruption but didn't have to give up their luxury lifestyle.

Japan

Japan's "black widow" murder accused sentenced to death

A court in Kyoto has convicted a 70-year-old Japanese woman of a series of killings of elderly men by poisoning

USA

Texas church shooting: what we know

The facts so far about the attack on the Sutherland Springs Baptist church.

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USA

US National Archive files confirm Martin Luther King was target of FBI probe

Effort was made to gather evidence of Communist beliefs and sexual impropriety to discredit Civil Rights leader.

Egypt

British woman ‘faces death penalty’ in Egypt for carrying painkillers

The woman has been in prison for a month.

USA

Weinstein: NYPD gather evidence for possible arrest warrant

Officers have interviewed actress Paz de la Huerta about her rape claims against the Hollywood mogul

USA

Netflix fires Kevin Spacey from House of Cards

Netflix has cut ties with Spacey amid mounting allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Sweden

Watch: Gang robs shipping items at high-speed

A joint operation between Swedish Police and a shipping company caught a group of thieves red-handed.

Cinema

Star-studded Murder on the Orient Express returns to big screen

Agatha Christie, the author dubbed the 'Queen of Crime,' is returning to the big screen after a decades-long absence with an adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Kenneth Brannagh.

Korea

South Korean police make 'shock therapy' hidden camera porn video

The video was downloaded 26,000 times in two weeks

Germany

German police hunt gunman after supermarket shooting

Witnesses have described hearing an argument before shots were fired.

Colombia

Juan Pablo Escobar opens up about the "ugly truth" about his father in exclusive interview

TV series like Narcos "glorify" the figure of Pablo Escobar says the drug lord's son

United Arab Emirates

Dubai's ruler overturns conviction of Briton who 'touched man in bar'

Jamie Harron had been sentenced to three months in prison.

Russia

Russian journalist stabbed after man bursts into radio station

Man is detained after attacking female radio host with a knife.

Switzerland

Teenager arrested in Swiss axe attack

The attack, believed to have been carried out by a 17-year-old Latvian national, left several wounded in the small town of Flums, in north-eastern Switzerland

Malta

Car bomb that killed Malta journalist was 'triggered remotely'

Foreign experts will be asked to help identify the mobile phone used to detonate the bomb that killed investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Hungary

Police search Church of Scientology in Budapest

Malawi

Vampire scare prompts UN to pull staff out of southern Malawi

Lynch mobs accusing people of vampirism had been searching for individuals and blocking roads

USA

Girl dies after obese cousin sits on her as punishment

Veronica Green Posey is charged with homicide.