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USA

Uber taxi driver hauled from court over abuse

In the United States, an Uber taxi driver from Michigan will testify via video from jail to determine whether he’ll stand trial for killing six…

20/05/2016

Albania

Albanian arrests over orphanage abuse

A war of words has erupted in Albania over who’s to blame after five orphanage workers were arrested for abusing children at a shelter in…

20/05/2016

Russia

Police end hostage-taking in attempted Moscow bank robbery

Police in Moscow have freed six hostages taken in an attempted bank robbe ry by a lone gunman.

18/05/2016

Italy

Tough sentences demanded for suspected people smugglers

Prosecutors in Sicily have demanded an 18-year jail sentence for a man accused of captaining an overloaded migrant boat that sank in April. Up to 800

17/05/2016

Mexico

Mexico says El Chapo can be extradited to the US to stand trial

The extradition to the United States of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has moved a step closer after a second Mexican judge gave the go ahead

17/05/2016

USA

US: Bidding for Zimmerman gun tops 57 million euros

Bidding in an online auction for the gun used to kill unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in the US in 2012 has topped 57 million euros. But the amount

13/05/2016

Spain

Toxic tyre fire forces evacuation of 9,000 near Madrid

A toxic tyre fire forces 9,000 to evacuate as thick, black smoke engulfs a city near Madrid.

13/05/2016

Colombia

Peru's most wanted man is deported from Colombia

Colombia police have handed over an alleged Peruvian drug lord to the Peruvian authorities. Gerson Galvez, known as Caracol or The Snail, and who has

02/05/2016

Kenya

Kenya burns huge ivory stockpile calling for ban on trade

A stockpile of more than 100 tonnes of ivory from some 8,000 animals was set alight near Nairobi on Saturday, to highlight the threat to endangered

30/04/2016

Kenya

Kenya burns over a hundred tons of elephant tusks and calls for a worldwide ban on ivory sales

Kenyan authorities were preparing to burn a stockpile of over a hundred tons of elephant tusks on Saturday as a message to the world over the threat

30/04/2016

Malawi

Extinction threat for people with albinism in Malawi as ritual murders rise

People with albinism in Malawi are being attacked, abducted and killed to such an extent that they face extinction in the African country. The dire

29/04/2016

Germany

Neo-Nazis on trial in Munich for asylum seeker nail bomb plot

Four far-right extremists have gone on trial in Munich, charged with planning an attack on an asylum seekers centre.

27/04/2016

Mexico

Independent probe into Mexico's missing 43 slams government interference

Thousands of activists have taken to the streets of Mexico City to demand the government implement the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

27/04/2016

Luxembourg

Everything you need to know about the LuxLeaks scandal

A summary of the main points about the LuxLeaks scandal

26/04/2016

World News

Mexico's government accused of blocking probe into massacred students

A panel of international experts has accused Mexico’s government of obstructing an investigation into the fate of 43 trainee teachers believed

25/04/2016

Bangladesh

University professor hacked to death in Bangladesh

A university professor has been hacked to death in northwest Bangladesh – the latest to die in a series of attacks on liberal activists in the

23/04/2016

Mexico

Longest ever Mexico-California drug tunnel unearthed

United States Federal agents have seized about one ton of cocaine and six tons of marijuana. The stash had been smuggled through a newly discovered

22/04/2016

Germany

Berlin Artemis brothel raided by 900 police officers

About 900 police officers were involved in a raid on one of Germany’s biggest brothels: Artemis in Berlin. Six people were arrested in connection

15/04/2016

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Couple carry on kissing despite armed robbery

Nothing can stop true love, or at least a good kiss, it seems, for one couple in the US. The pair continued their smooching even after armed robbers

14/04/2016

USA

$25,000 reward for stolen Warhol paintings

The FBI is seeking help in finding several stolen art works by Andy Warhol. They went missing from a Missouri art museum last week. The investigation

13/04/2016