[WATCH] Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested after 30 years on the run
Italian police arrest fugitive Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro at a Palermo medical facility • He had been condemned to life imprisonment over several murders,...
Iran hangs former defence minister Alireza Akbari, convicted of spying for the UK
Uk Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the execution was a 'callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime'
Child kidnapper jailed for 10 years in South Africa

Woman snatched three-day-old from mother’s hospital bedside and raised...

Woman snatched three-day-old from mother’s hospital...

Five die practising extreme sports in France

Weekend sees five fatal accidents in extreme sports in French Alps

Weekend sees five fatal accidents in extreme sports in...

Shots fired at Milwaukee protests over police killing

Shots were fired during new protests in the US city of Milwaukee as...

Shots were fired during new protests in the US city of...

Anti-Islam group storms Anglican church in Australia

Right-winged anti-Islam protestors staged a demonstration outside Gosford...

Right-winged anti-Islam protestors staged a demonstration...

Chinese community in Paris mourns murdered mugging victim, racial violence grows

Late Zhang Choalin was the latest in a number of attacks targeted at ethnic Chinese people in France

Late Zhang Choalin was the latest in a number of attacks...

Hong Kong democracy protesters sentenced

Three student leaders in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement have been sentenced for leading mass rallies and sit-ins in 2014

Three student leaders in Hong Kong's pro-democracy...

Boko Haram releases video appearing to show missing Nigerian school girls

Video shows an armed Boko Haram fighter standing in front of 50 girls and demanding the release of fighters in return for freeing the girls  

Video shows an armed Boko Haram fighter standing in front...

Deadly Thai bomb attacks connected, arrests made

Thai police have arrested a man over multiple blasts that targeted a central...

Thai police have arrested a man over multiple blasts that...

Refugee children in Greece camps sexually assaulted

Charities and human rights groups claim youngsters and women stranded by the...

Charities and human rights groups claim youngsters and...

Imam and his assistant shot to death in Queens, New York

Muslim cleric and his associate were shot dead whilst strolling in the New York...

Muslim cleric and his associate were shot dead whilst...

Swiss man launches attack on St Gallen train, at least six people injured

At least Six people have been taken to hospital with burn and stab wounds after an attack on a train traveling between Buchs and Sennwald in the Swiss canton...

At least Six people have been taken to hospital with burn...

US-backed forces seize full control of Manbij from IS

US-backed coalition says that Islamic State militants had used around 2,000...

US-backed coalition says that Islamic State militants had...

Pope Francis pays surprise visit to former prostitutes

Pope Francis pays surprise visit to group of former abused prostitutes in Rome...

Pope Francis pays surprise visit to group of former abused...

Polls suggest Pirate Party on course for Iceland election victory

Pirate Party has called for a new national constitution, greater internet...

Pirate Party has called for a new national constitution,...

Staff regularly downgraded reports of abuse, Nauru files show

The Guardian's investigation into the largest cache of leaked documents...

The Guardian's investigation into the largest cache of...

Chemical weapons attacks in Syria may normalise war crimes, experts warn

In the wake of the latest alleged chlorine gas attack in Aleppo, experts warned that the frequent use of chemical weapons in Syria risks normalising war...

In the wake of the latest alleged chlorine gas attack in...

Iceland calls elections six months early in wake of Panama Papers scandal

The Icelandic Prime Minister announced on Thursday that parliamentary elections will tentatively take place on 29 October

The Icelandic Prime Minister announced on Thursday...

Update 2 | Four dead, 35 injured as bombings in Thailand continue

Four people died in a series of bombing attacks across Thailand taking place in...

Four people died in a series of bombing attacks across...