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Argentina

Argentina: man suspected of keeping wife and son locked in cage for 6 years

Argentinian police have arrested 66-year-old Edgardo Oviedo on suspicion of keeping his wife and son locked up for six years. They were allegedly

07/09/2015

India

Indian sisters threatened with punishment rape

Thousands sign Amnesty petition over the threat of 'punishment rape' handed out to two Indian sisters because their brother eloped with a married woman from a higher caste.

31/08/2015

Poland

Poland 'has located' buried Nazi treasure train

Could Ksiaz Castle and its surroundings in Poland soon reveal the mysterious secret of a long-lost train full of Nazi treasure? The Polish government

28/08/2015

Poland

Polish court to rule in Roman Polanski child sex extradition case

A court in Poland is due to rule on filmmaker Roman Polanski’s extradition to the US over a child sex crime conviction. In May, the court said it

27/08/2015

India

India's 'sister-daughter' murder case darkens as socialite held

Mother-daughter killing suspicion over brother-sister 'relationship'

27/08/2015

World News

Thousands of Peru coca growers hit by anti-cocaine drive

A family of coca growers in Peru try to salvage their damaged crops after their plot was destroyed by a government eradication campaign. Thousands

18/08/2015

Sweden

Sweden to drop sex assault investigations into Wikileaks founder

Swedish prosecutors will this week drop their investigations into three accusations of sexual assault against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who

12/08/2015

USA

US: alleged insider trading ring relied on hackers from Ukraine

Investigators in the US say they have breached a new front in the war on cybercrime. They have broken up an alleged international insider trading

12/08/2015

Chile

Chile: Pinochet's former intelligence chief Manuel Contreras dies

The former head of Chile’s secret police during the country’s military dictatorship has died, aged 86. Manuel Contreras was unrepentant for human

08/08/2015

USA

Boy, 11, charged with shooting three-year-old

06/08/2015

Norway

Norwegian police investigate 'bomb-like' package at Oslo university

05/08/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan hangs 'teen' convict despite protests from rights groups

Convicted killer Shafqat Hussain was hanged by Pakistan on Tuesday despite claims that he was under 18 when arrested and was tortured into confessing

04/08/2015

My Europe Series

Busting the boom: why Barcelona wants to curb mass tourism

Barcelona is booming. A little too booming for many of its inhabitants and city officials who have taken measures to clamp down on a surge of tourism

31/07/2015

USA

Zimbabwe minister calls for extradition of US dentist who killed Cecil the Lion

30/07/2015

My Europe Series

Is Europe doing enough for missing children?

Twenty years after the Marc Dutroux child abductions and murders, are police and civic groups working closely enough, across EU countries, to keep children safe?

30/07/2015

World

Putin: Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel prize

27/07/2015

Sudan

Five of the world's most-wanted for crimes against humanity

17/07/2015

World News

On-the-run suspect tripped up by his own vanity

10/07/2015

Italy

Massive seizure of property by anti-mafia police in Sicily

Some 1.6 billion euros worth of assets have been seized from a Sicilian family suspected of links to the local Cosa Nostra mafia. Among the property

08/07/2015

France

Explosives stolen from French army base

A cache of explosives, detonators and grenades have been stolen from an army base in the south of France. The burglary happened despite heightened

07/07/2015