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Israel

Israeli soldier jailed for killing wounded Palestinian freed early

Soldier Elor Azaria escaped the maximum sentence of 20 years for manslaughter when he was sentenced to 18 months in prison last year. He has served less than nine.

World News

Latin America experiences highest murder rate in the world

Compared to other parts of the world, the Americas have twice the homicide rate of Africa and ten times the rate of Europe.

Mexico

Kidnapped Mexican students were killed, dissolved in acid police say

The three film students are believed to have been mistaken for gang members

World News

Europe this morning: 25 April 2018

Join us for live updates on the Denmark murder verdict, Alfie Evans' appeal hearing and the Toronto van attack victims.

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Canada

Canada shocked by worst act of violence in years after van driven into Toronto crowds kills 10

Suspect reportedly pleaded to be killed on arrest after inexplicable act.

Hungary

Hungarian swimming executive accused of murdering business rival

On Tuesday, Hungarian authorities arrested swimming executive Tamas Gyarfas for ordering the murder of business rival Janos Fenyo but on Wednesday his lawyer said he was innocent.

Slovakia

Slovakia police chief steps down as protests persist

Slovakia’s national police chief has resigned amid public pressure following the assassination of a journalist in February who was investigating alleged government corruption.

Malta

Europe's journalists continue work of murdered Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia

Today is six months since Malta investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb just metres from her home. A group of investigative journalists from across Europe have used the anniversary to announce they intend to continue her work.

Canada

Canadian suspected of burying victims in flowerbeds charged with seventh murder

Toronto-based gardener Bruce McArthur is suspected of having killed seven men and burying their remains in gardens where he worked as a landscaper.

USA

Veteran reporter Lindsay Hilsom says Marie Colvin court case in US has revealed Syrian regime "targets journalists"

Allegation of violation of rules of war may open door to future ICC prosecutions of key regime figures, including Bashar al-Assad.

Germany

Police continue investigation while tributes pour in for Muenster victims

Reports indicate suspect was a local German citizen

World News

How bad is London's murder rate compared to other EU capitals?

London's murder rate overlapped that of New York's in February and March 2018. But how does the British capital compare to other big cities in the EU in terms of homicides?

United Kingdom

London murders overtake New York for the first time

It comes after a man was stabbed to death in the English capital on Sunday – the 12th homicide in a span of 19 days.

France

Paris police say murder of a Jewish woman in Paris was a hate crime

Mireille Knoll's burned and stabbed body was found three days ago in her apartment in the eleventh arrondissement. Jewish communities have reacted strongly to her murder.

Brazil

Brazil: Protests over murder of Rio politician

Feelings are running high after the execution-style killing of human rights activist Marielle Franco and her driver

Germany

Life sentence for student murder in Germany

The asylum seeker claims to be from Afghanistan and the murder of the 19 year old in 2016 at Freiburg fueled a backlash against a mass migration

United Kingdom

French nanny murder: Boyzone singer says he 'never' knew victim

Boyzone singer Mark Walton says he never met murdered French nanny Sophie Lionnet and first heard her name from police.

Slovakia

Slovakia: PM Fico quits amid journalist murder crisis

The unsolved killing of 27-year-old investigative reporter Jan Kuciak has sparked widespread anger in the country

Slovakia

Slovak PM offers to resign to quell country's protests

Slovak PM Robert Fico has offered to resign, but only if his party gets to choose his successor. The country has experienced mass protests since the murder of a journalist investigating corruption.

Slovakia

Slovakia's PM Robert Fico offers to resign amid political crisis

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said he was ready to resign after a political crisis sparked by the murder of an investigative journalist in February.