Mexico City prosecutors on Thursday sought to downplay a suspected serial killer's case; he allegedly targeted women for more than a decade and kept women's bones in his room.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that the country's gangs and cartels generally "respect the citizenry" in favor of killing each other.
Ahmed Alid, 45, was convicted Thursday of fatally stabbing 70-year-old Terence Carney in Hartlepool, England. Alid reportedly told police he killed Carney "for the people of Gaza."
Australia reportedly has arrested seven teens who allegedly believe in a religiously motivated extremist ideology and have ties to a church stabbing suspect.
Canadian police said Tuesday that two former UN employees in Montreal have been charged in a conspiracy to sell military equipment in Libya between 2018 and 2021.
15 British soldiers accused of lying to an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, during which 13 civilians were killed in the Northern Ireland conflict, will not face perjury charges.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Karachi. The workers escaped, but three bystanders were wounded.
A Dominican soldier identified as Paulino de la Cruz has been arrested under suspicion he raped a 14-year-old Haitian girl while tasked with searching for illegal immigrants.
Peter Murrell, the 59-year-old husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, has been charged with embezzlement; this comes as part of a probe into the finances of Scotland's governing party.
An Australian church bishop and priest who was stabbed in a "terrorist incident" on April 16 said he is recovering quickly and has forgiven his attacker.
Pakistani security forces reportedly killed seven militants in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when they tried to enter from Afghanistan.
A human smuggling ring in Germany that involved bribery of immigration officials was busted in a large-scale raid early on April 17, 2024. The scam illegally supplied visas to hundreds.
The man who kidnapped, raped and killed Kamarie Holland, a 5-year-old Georgia girl, in 2021, has been given four death sentences; he was found guilty on Friday of 4 counts of capital murder.
At least 29 suspected Maoist rebels were killed by police in India in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday; this comes three days before the beginning of a national election.
Robert Woodland Romanov, a U.S. citizen, appeared in court Monday after being arrested in Moscow on charges alleging he trafficked large amounts of illegal drugs.
17 police officers serving at the Idrizovo prison in Skopje, North Macedonia, were detained Monday under suspicion they helped assist escapees in two separate incidents last year.
A suspect was arrested after stabbing and injuring multiple individuals, including a priest, during a church service in a suburb of Sydney on Monday night.
Joel Cauchi, 40, was identified as the suspect who killed six people during a stabbing spree at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction in Sydney.
The first victim of the serial stabbing in Sydney, Australia, to be identified in news reports is Ash Good, a mother who died trying to save her nine-month-old baby, who was stabbed.
A pedestrian found a foul-smelling suitcase and discovered that it contained bones, but the police have determined that the 58-year-old victim died from an illness, not from any foul play.
An Australian police officer is being called a hero after she fearlessly confronted a suspect who stabbed multiple people at Westfield Bondi Junction and put an end to his rampage.
Belarusian authorities have convicted a famous dissident rock band and sentenced the members to 2 years of correctional labor; the move was the latest in a crackdown on dissent.
The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that victims of stray bullets during law enforcement or military operations must be compensated by the state, including in cases with inconclusive forensics reports.
Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, more commonly known as Bobrisky, has been sentenced to six months in prison under a rarely-enforced law against "spraying" money.
An investigation has been launched in the Dominican Republic after an immigration officer was accused of 'raping a 14-year-old girl' near the resort town of Punta Cana.
Eduardo Chávez, the head of municipal traffic police, was shot to death on Thursday in Mexico's resort town of Acapulco; the crime is still under investigation.
South Africa's Oscar Pistorius is struggling to find employment after prison as members of his church see him as a "shadow" of the man he once was, report says.
A prison beatdown in Peru's notorious mountaintop Challapalca prison reportedly left Natalee Holloway's killer Joran van der Sloot with cuts and bruises.
Ales Bialiatski, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been imprisoned in Belarus for 1,000 days as of Tuesday, amid fears about his worsening health.
Armed militants attacked a police convoy in southeastern Iran on Tuesday, killing six officers. The Jaish al-Adl group has claimed responsibility for the ambush.
Oldham, England, resident Kulsuma Akter, 27, was stabbed to death after walking with her baby on Saturday afternoon. The child was in a pram at the time and was not wounded.
Cliver Alcalá of Venezuela was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan on Monday to more than 21 years in prison after admitting he provided weapons to drug-funded rebels.
The 'Panama Papers' trial of 27 people charged in connection with money laundering began Monday; 11 million financial documents show how some of the wealthiest people in the world hide their money.
Haiti's National Police agency has reported the reclamation of a hijacked cargo ship carrying large amounts of rice following a five-hour gunfight with gang members.
The trial concerned the murder of Francisco Alves, which occurred on October 5, 2012. Franscico Cleidivaldo Mariano de Moura confessed to the murder, which he insists occurred in self-defense.
Mexican authorities said Friday they found 7 bodies in a car left in traffic on a main expressway; five were decapitated and one was completely dismembered.
The Colombian military was attacked by a rebel group born from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), marking the breakdown of a key ceasefire agreement.
A Montenegrin court ruled Friday against a plan to extradite South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon to his home country to be tried in an elaborate fraud case.
3 activists with Viasna, a human rights group in Belarus, were arrested and charged with 'participating in an extremist organization;' authorities have long tried to stifle opposition.
Brazil's federal police have arrested 2 fugitives, Rogério Mendonça and Deibson Nascimento, who escaped a maximum-security prison in February, bringing an end to a 50-day manhunt.
Islamic State-linked rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces killed at least a dozen civilians in a raid near the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern border.
DNA evidence and other scientific investigations helped identify the body found in Missouri from 1978 as a missing 15-year-old girl from Iowa, 46-years later.
Scotland has gone from William Wallace fighting for 'freedom' to J.K. Rowling. The 'Harry Potter' author is defending the ability to speak her mind despite new hate speech laws.
Belarusian authorities have arrested well-known activist Dzmitry Kuchuk for 'organizing activities that grossly violate public order;' he faces up to four years in prison.
A Finish suspect, 12, was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a shooting at a primary school that left multiple children wounded, according to police.
Medellín, Colombia has implemented a six-month prostitution ban in the tourism hubs of Provenza and El Poblado in a child sexual exploitation crackdown.
Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of men in an international drug smuggling operation orchestrated by Mexico’s brutal Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
After a former Austrian intelligence officer was arrested for allegedly spying for Russia, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Austria needs to boost its security to prevent Russian infiltration.
A new Scottish law making it a criminal offense to spread hate speech against protected groups online or elsewhere went into force just in time for April Fools' Day.
Police in Honduras announced the arrest of American citizen Gilbert Reyes Bermúdez for allegedly killing three women on the tourist island of the country.
The wreckage of the Cuban economy really can’t be exaggerated. The perpetual blackouts are an apt symbol of a country that is headed for the dark ages.
President Biden said Friday that the U.S. government is "not giving up" on securing the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is detained in Russia.
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want to publicly release statements he made to the FBI regarding the millions of dollars he stole from his law firm and clients.
Don Saunders, a prominent Bahamian politician and top-ranking Free National Movement Party official, was fatally shot Wednesday during an attempted robbery.
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