Turkey arrests more than 50 senior police officers: TVTurkish authorities arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office, the latest apparent crackdown on opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of presidential polls.
22 июля 2014
Couple arrested in Colombia baby trafficking caseA Spanish couple was arrested trying to leave Colombia with a five-week-old girl they allegedly bought from her parents, Colombian authorities said.
19 июля 2014
Morsi's fugitive son arrested at Egypt train stationA son of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to a year in prison for possession and use of hashish, was arrested early Friday at a train station south of Cairo, security officials said.
18 июля 2014
Canadian teacher arrested in Indonesian child sex scandalA Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that has rocked one of the country's most prestigious international schools.
15 июля 2014
Cuba cracks down, arrests 100 women dissidentsCuban authorities arrested an unusually large group of about 100 dissident marchers, breaking up a march by the Ladies in White opposition activists.
14 июля 2014
Indian police investigate revenge rape of 11-year-oldPolice in eastern India have made two arrests over the rape of an 11-year-old girl which was allegedly ordered by a village leader to punish her brother, an officer said.
11 июля 2014
Anger over reports German double-agent spied for USGerman authorities have arrested a suspected double-agent accused of spying for the US on a parliamentary panel investigating NSA surveillance, media reports said.
05 июля 2014
Son-in-law retracts confession in Monaco heiress killingThe son-in-law of a Monaco heiress gunned down in a Mafia-style contract killing has retracted his confession to ordering the shooting, saying he did not fully understand police.
03 июля 2014
NSA surveillance led to 100 arrestsThe US National Security Agency's electronic snooping led to "well over 100 arrests" and helped smash numerous terrorist plots, a privacy review panel said.
03 июля 2014
Police arrest 500 after huge Hong Kong protestHong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding the right to choose their next leader.
02 июля 2014
Mexico arrests high-profile vigilante leaderMexican forces arrested Jose Manuel Mireles, a senior leader of the powerful anti-crime vigilante group in the western state of Michoacan.
28 июня 2014
Kenya arrests governor after coastal attacks: policeKenyan police have arrested the governor of the coastal Lamu district in connection with three recent massacres in which over 60 people were killed, officers said.
26 июня 2014
Bomb blast in Nigeria capital kills 21, wounds 17Nigerian authorities have arrested one suspect, and killed another, after a bomb claimed 21 lives in a shopping centre in the capital Abuja, a city gripped by fear of attacks by Boko Haram Islamists.
World Cup brings global trail of carnageThe hangover goes around the globe like a Mexican wave -- a trail of destructive and sometimes deadly celebration is left after every win and the World Cup 'sickie' has become an epidemic.
24 июня 2014
Homeless man crashes Model 'A' Ford into riverA 34-year-old homeless man was arrested after allegedly crashing a stolen 1930 Model "A" Ford car into a river in the US state of Oregon, police said.
24 июня 2014
Greek police seize tonne of heroin, 14 arrestedAround a tonne of heroin has been discovered in a warehouse near Athens and 14 people, most of them members of tanker crew, have been arrested, Greek port police said.
No charges for Japanese in Anne Frank diary vandalism caseA 36-year-old Japanese man arrested for vandalising library copies of Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" will not be charged after he was found to be mentally incompetent, a report said.