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Mexico

At least five soldiers killed in Mexico ambush

The local prosecutor's office says the attack took place in the early morning on the edge of the city of Culiacan in the home state of the Sinaloa cartel.

Brazil

Hundreds still at large following Brazil jail-break

The inmates fled from the Jardinopolis prison, around 160 kilometres northwest of Sao Paulo, Brazil's second city. Officials say they had set fire to several cells in one wing of the prison during a r

USA

Houston gunman wore military-style clothing during fatal attack - police

Police in the US state of Texas said a gunman who shot and injured at least nine people on Monday was wearing military-style clothing at the time of the attack.

World News

Jordan: Christian writer on trial for cartoon mocking ISIL is shot dead

Jordanian Christian writer Nahed Hattar was shot dead on Sunday outside the courthouse where he was standing trial on charges of contempt of religion.

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Poland

Police uncover world's largest illegal Viagra factory

It is alleged millions of euros worth of the counterfeit drugs were sold via the Internet from an address in Poland. Officials say popular brand names and own branding labels were used.

Spain

Brazilian family found murdered near Madrid

The dismembered bodies of a Brazilian family – two adults and two young children – have been found by Spanish police in the village of Pioz, near Madrid.

Georgia

"Stop clowning around" says Georgia state police department

Police in the US receive calls from children and adults after suspicious “clown sightings”

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Murder suspect gives police the slip by breaking handcuffs

A murder suspect in Las Vegas was caught on camera escaping from police custody by twisting his handcuffs until they broke.

USA

Rock formation 'toppled by vandals'

Police are investigating whether an iconic rock formation on the coast of Oregon in the US was deliberately toppled.

Italy

Police smash network 'smuggling Syrians to Western Europe'

Italian police said on Tuesday that they had smashed a criminal network that smuggled hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees across the Balkans to Western Europe.

World News

Italy plans rebuild of quake-hit towns

Drone footage of Amatrice shows how easily the buildings crumbled when an earthquake rocked central Italy on August 24th killing 294 people.

Portugal

Portugal braces itself for diplomatic row with Iraq over brutal attack

Portugal’s government is considering asking Iraq to remove its diplomatic immunity from the sons of its ambassador after they allegedly attacked a 15-year-old…

Brazil

Rio police say US swimmers made up robbery claim

Four US swimmers who said they were robbed at gunpoint made up the story police say to cover up a vandalism incident.

World News

FGM provokes fierce debate in Dagestan

A report about female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked a fierce debate in the North Caucasus. Some clerics in Dagestan have defended the practice.

United Kingdom

How could extremist Anjem Choudhary speak to the media so freely?

Extremist Islamic cleric StateAnjem Choudary has been convicted of exhorting people to support so-called Islamic State, but why was he given a platform by parts of Britain's media for years?

Germany

Refugees did not bring terrorism to Germany - Merkel

The German Chancellor says Islam is and will be part of German culture as long as it is practised in a way that respects the country's constitution.

USA

Cannibal attack stuns Florida

"Legal high" drug Flakka is under the spotlight after police find a 19-year-old student chewing the face of a stabbing victim.

Mexico

Gunmen abduct suspected drug cartel members from top Mexico tourist resort

In Mexico, around a dozen suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel have been kidnapped in the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta.

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius taken to hospital for 'wrist injuries'

Prison officials say the former track star denied he tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists.

Markets

Rogue UBS trader Kweku Adoboli warns his crimes 'could happen again'

Former rogue UBS trader Kweku Adoboli warns banks are still pressuring employees to make profits "no matter what" and his crimes could be repeated.