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USA

Watch: Handcuffed woman steals police car

The woman jumped into the front seat and accelerated while officers were outside checking her bags.

06/09/2017

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan slams report it ran slush fund to promote image abroad

Azerbaijan has blasted claims that its ruling elite ran a secret 2.5 billion-euro slush fund to pay off politicians and promote a positive image of its leadership, amid accusations of human rights abuse and rigged elections.

05/09/2017

United Kingdom

Pensioners go on drink-fuelled naked rampage through luxury hotel

Robert Fergus, 72, ran bare-bottomed into the reception of MacDonald Loch Rannoch in Scotland, wielding a pair of scissors.

01/09/2017

France

Abduction fears after girl disappears at French wedding

Maelys de Araujo was at the event with her parents in a community hall near the French Alps

30/08/2017

India

India: cult leader Ram Rahim Singh sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape

An Indian judge on Monday handed a 20-year jail sentence to self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, following his conviction for rape last Friday.

28/08/2017

United Kingdom

Man with weapon arrested outside Buckingham Palace in London

A man with a "large knife" who assaulted two police officers outside Buckingham Palace on Friday night has been arrested.

26/08/2017

Denmark

Murder charges expected in submarine death

Prosecutors in Kim Wall's death are now expected to charge inventor Peter Madsen with murder when he appears in court in September.

24/08/2017

United Kingdom

UK cyclist guilty over pedestrian's death

A cyclist who knocked over and killed a mother of two in east London last year has been cleared of her manslaughter.

23/08/2017

Business

Vanilla prices soar in Madagascar

The soaring prices of the commodity has fostered a highly lucrative enviroment leading to the rise of cartels and unscrupulous traders.

23/08/2017

Saudi Arabia

Boy detained in Saudi Arabia for dancing the Macarena

A boy who went viral on social media after dancing the Macarena in front of traffic detained in Saudi Arabia.

23/08/2017

Denmark

Headless torso found in Copenhagen 'is missing journalist Kim Wall'

23/08/2017

Denmark

Missing Swedish journalist: possible link with torso found in water

Police have found a torso in a Copenhagen suburb but have not confirmed whether or not it belongs to missing Swedish journalist, Kim Wall.

22/08/2017

United Kingdom

UK crackdown on social media hate crime

The Crown Prosecution Service says online hate crime must be dealt with just as seriously as face to face abuse.

21/08/2017

China

Stranger than fiction? Crime novelist ‘confesses to quadruple murder’

Could the key clue have been among the shelves of the country’s bookshops all along?

20/08/2017

Philippines

Teen slain in Philippines' drug war

Police in The Philippines are under pressure to explain the killing of a teenager after the 17-year-old became one of the latest victims in the country's crackdown on drugs and crime.

18/08/2017

United Kingdom

Police make arrest over jogger pushing woman into path of bus

14/08/2017

United Kingdom

18 jailed for child sex crimes in UK

More than a dozen people have been convicted of hundreds of child sex offences in the UK

10/08/2017

Singapore

Police get bit between their teeth in hunt for bus mischief suspect

09/08/2017

Italy

Italian firefighters arrested on suspicion of arson

Fifteen volunteer firefighters were today (August 7) arrested in Sicily for allegedly starting fires to earn commission from putting them out.

07/08/2017

World News

‘Wish you were here’: Police send postcards to Europe’s most-wanted criminals

04/08/2017