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Sport

Calciopoli charges dropped

Nearly nine years after Italy’s biggest football scandal, former Juventus executives Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo both saw charges against them

24/03/2015

Culture news

Al Capone Miami Beach mansion restored for video sets

The new owners of Al Capone's house in Miami Beach are restoring the property as they hope to rent it out for commercial, photo and movie productions and cash in on the U.S. gangster's mystique.

20/03/2015

Iran

ISIL suspected of genocide against Yazidis in Iraq, says UN report

The so-called Islamic State are suspected of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during attacks on ethnic and religious groups in Iraq.

19/03/2015

USA

Robert Durst charged with murder after 'TV bathroom confession'

16/03/2015

South Africa

South African journalist mugged minutes before he went live on-air

Normally used to breaking news, a South African TV journalist became the news when he was mugged as he was about to go live on-air. Despite the

11/03/2015

France

Jewels worth millions stolen in French motorway heist

It was a daring robbery – and for thieves the reward was considerable. Two high-security lorries transporting jewels worth millions of euros were

11/03/2015

France

Armed robbers steal 9m euros of jewellery on French highway

11/03/2015

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's former first lady handed 20-year jail term

Simone Gbagbo given 20-year sentence for her role in the 2010 post-election clashes in Ivory Coast.

10/03/2015

India

India police make arrests following last week's lynching of a rape suspect

Police in India have arrested 22 people in connection with last week’s lynching of a rape suspect. The individuals have been charged with

09/03/2015

USA

US court finds Pakistan man guilty of Manchester bomb plot

Twenty-eight-year old Abid Naseer from Pakistan has been found guilty by a US court of taking part in an al Qaeda plot to attack targets in Europe

05/03/2015

France

Rare works of art stolen from Fontainebleau Castle museum

Priceless works of art including a replica crown of the King of Siam have been stolen from a museum near Paris. Fifteen items were snatched in just

03/03/2015

Japan

Japan: Was brutal murder of boy, 13, inspired by ISIL?

Three teenage boys have been arrested in Japan after the brutal murder of a thirteen-year-old. Ryota Uemura’s naked body was found slashed and beaten

28/02/2015

Mexico

Mexico's most-wanted drug lord 'La Tuta' is arrested

Authorities in Mexico say they have captured the country’s most wanted drug lord. The arrest on Friday of Servando “La Tuta” Gomez, is much-needed

28/02/2015

World News

A quite unique Festival

27/02/2015

Canada

Mystery tunnel in Toronto contained poppy and crucifix, police say

25/02/2015

Russia

Russia: Prominent anti-Kremlin activist Alexei Navalny jailed

Navalny is jailed for 15 days for handing out flyers for an unauthorised, anti-Kremlin protest.

20/02/2015

Slovakia

Exclusive: Charlie Hebdo attacks may have used weapons legally purchased in the EU

18/02/2015

World News

France remains on high alert after Jewish cemetery desecrated

French police have arrested five teenagers after more than 200 tombs were damaged in a Jewish cemetery near the northeastern city of Strasbourg. In

16/02/2015

Argentina

Argentina president Cristina Fernandez faces cover-up probe

The president of Argentina Cristina Fernandez is to be questioned over accusations that she tried to cover up Iran’s alleged involvement in a 1994

13/02/2015

Bulgaria

Bulgaria 'failing to probe racist attacks' on asylum seekers

10/02/2015