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USA

Convict chic? US store bids to cash-in on El Chapo's shirt fashion

Could one of the world’s most notorious drug kingpins be seen on the catwalks of Paris, New York or Milan? Unlikely maybe, but it’s not as

13/01/2016

World News

Lawyers for 'El Chapo' Guzman to resist his extradition to US

The lawyer for Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman said he will resist extradition to the United States for his client. The kingpin known as El Chapo is

10/01/2016

Mexico

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' recaptured

He made headlines around the world when he tunneled out of a maximum security prison through a long tunnel, but now he’s been recaptured. The

09/01/2016

World News

How Making a Murderer has been making people mad

SPOILER ALERT: this article contains details that may reveal the outcome of Making a Murderer. Eating and drinking have not been my only excesses

08/01/2016

Germany

New Year's Eve attacks on women in Cologne stun Germany

The news of what happened in the city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve has electrified Germany and sent shockwaves through society after police said

05/01/2016

Mexico

Mexico mayor is mourned after her murder by four gunmen

Mourners have turned out in large numbers following the murder of Mexico City mayor Gisela Mota who was gunned down at home by four attackers just

04/01/2016

Russia

Chechens charged in Nemtsov murder

Russian prosecutors have formally charged four Chechens in connection with the February assassination of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. Another man

29/12/2015

World News

Mexico: parents of 43 missing students protest

The parents of 43 college students who disappeared 15 months ago protested in Mexico City on Saturday (December 26) demanding to know what happened

27/12/2015

Serbia

Serbian police arrest 80 in anti-corruption drive

Stepping up an anti-corruption drive, Serbian police have arrested 80 people, including a former minister. The ex head of the anti-corruption agency

26/12/2015

Hungary

Former Hungarian politician Bela Biszku escapes jail sentence

Former Hungarian minister Bela Biszku dodged jail for his involvement in a deadly crackdown after the anti-Soviet revolution in 1956. Biszku had

17/12/2015

Israel

Bar Refaeli questioned for 12 hours over tax evasion claims

Supermodel Bar Refaeli is under investigation in Israel over claims that she dodged local taxes on earnings from her high-flying career. Refaeli

17/12/2015

World News

The 'confiscated' luxury villa rented out on Airbnb.com that exposes EU weakness over criminals' assets

A luxury French villa rented by its owner eight years after being “confiscated” by the state illustrates Europe’s failure to manage efficiently

16/12/2015

World News

60-year-old pastor gets hard labour for life in North Korea

North Korea’s highest court has sentenced a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labour for life for subversion, China’s official news agency

16/12/2015

Sweden

Sweden jails two men for life for crimes in Syria

Two men have been jailed for life in Sweden for committing acts of murder in Syria. They are the first to be jailed for terrorist crimes committed in

14/12/2015

Venezuela

Probe opens into murder of Venezuelan opposition leader

An investigation has been launched in Venezuela into the murder of a local opposition leader, killed just days before a legislative election. Luis

27/11/2015

Russia

'Criminal investigations opened' following Crimea blackout

A number of criminal investigations have reportedly been opened in Ukraine after power lines carrying electricity into Crimea were sabotaged. The

22/11/2015

Italy

Jewish man stabbed outside restaurant in Milan

Security has been boosted at Jewish sites across Milan after an Israeli Jew was stabbed. Nathan Graff was wounded in the back and face on Thursday by

13/11/2015

Germany

Germany: remains of at least 8 babies found in house

Police in Germany say the bodies of at least eight babies have been found in a house in a town close to the Czech border. The alarm was raised in the

13/11/2015

Germany

German police find seven dead babies in apartment

The bodies of seven dead babies have been found in an apartment in the southern German state of Bavaria, police said, adding that they wanted to

13/11/2015

World News

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's relatives arrested

Two of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s relatives have been indicted in the US for cocaine smuggling. The action comes at the end of an

12/11/2015