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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

USA

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

Norway

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

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

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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

USA

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

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?

World

Putin: Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel prize

Sudan

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

World News

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

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

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

Italy

Italian police carry out anti-jihadi sweep in Pisa

Italian police are said to have carried out an anti-Islamist sweep in the central city of Pisa following the arrest of a Moroccan suspect. Jalal El

Italy

Italian police find fake euros worth millions

Police in the southern Italian city of Naples have uncovered a factory used for making fake euro notes. The forgers had already make some nine

USA

One of two escaped US prisoners shot dead by police

Richard Matt, one of two men who escaped from a maximum security jail in the US has been shot and killed by police. Matt had been serving life at the

United Kingdom

Watch: Knife-wielding killer on the rampage as children play nearby

Poland

British teenage boys accused of Auschwitz theft

Two teenage British boys are in detention in Poland after they were accused of stealing artefacts from the Auschwitz death camp. Pupils of the Perse

USA

Rapper P. Diddy arrested after 'gym weight attack'

Germany

Ahmed Mansour released by German authorities, says Al-Jazeera

German authorities have released journalist Ahmed Mansour. According to Al-Jazeera he will be released without charges. مراسل #الجزيرة : السلطات

Republic of Ecuador

Exclusive: Assange can spend rest of his life in our embassy, says Ecuador president