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'Terrorist' attack on French military foiled: minister
France has foiled a plan to attack the country's military, the interior minister said, as a source close to the investigation said the suspects had been planning a beheading.
16 July 2015
Mexico holds 22 prison officials over Guzman escape
Mexican prosecutors investigating the escape of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman formally placed 22 prison officials in custody over suspicions that the infamous fugitive had inside help.
15 July 2015
FBI probing drug baron's threat against Trump: aide
The FBI is investigating an alleged threat against US presidential contender Donald Trump from a Mexican drug kingpin on the run from jail.
14 July 2015
Swiss widen FIFA money-laundering investigation
The number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81.
13 July 2015
FIFA official agrees to extradition from Switzerland to US: Bern
One of seven FIFA officials detained in Switzerland in May as a massive corruption scandal erupted has agreed to be extradited to the United States.
11 July 2015
Lawyer formerly involved in Ablyazov's case appointed to Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs
Amnestied Ukrainian lawyer Yelena Tishchenko has been appointed to lead the newly established department for return of criminally obtained assets in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
10 July 2015
Meet the 'Sherlock Holmes' of the art world
One man has become a behind-the-scenes force in the international art world after securing the return of art looted by the Nazis to the descendents of its original Jewish owners.
10 July 2015
AC/DC drummer avoids jail over drugs, kill threat
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd avoided prison after threatening to kill an employee, but a New Zealand judge warned him jail beckoned if his "rock star lifestyle" continued.
09 July 2015
Head of Kazakhstan's National Movement Against Corruption on Georgian approach to fighting corruption
Head of the National Movement Against Corruption in Kazakhstan Zhanaru Murat Abenov told Tengrinews about the methods Georgia uses to fight corruption and whether they could be adapted to Kazakhstan
07 July 2015
Anger still crackles 30 years after France bombed Greenpeace ship
Thirty years after France's deadly bomb attack on the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand, anger still crackles in Pete Willcox's voice when he discusses the sinking of the Greenpeace flagship.
07 July 2015
Cosby admits drugging woman for sex
Embattled US comedian Bill Cosby admitted having drugged at least one woman with Quaaludes to have sex with her.
07 July 2015
Malaysian PM dismisses funds report as 'political sabotage'
Malaysia's premier Najib Razak on Friday dismissed as "political sabotage" a report that a probe into a state-owned investment fund had found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred to his personal bank accounts.
03 July 2015
Experts want to quiz troops over Mexico missing students
Experts from a regional human rights body investigating the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico complained that government delays in allowing them to interview soldiers could limit their work.
30 June 2015
Most of the dead in Tunisia attack were British: Tunisian PM
Most of those killed in a massacre at a Tunisian beach resort claimed by the Islamic State group were British, the Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said.
27 June 2015
IS suicide bomber kills 25 at Kuwait Shiite mosque
A suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital during prayers, killing at least 25 people.
27 June 2015
UN chief condemns 'appalling' attacks in France, Tunisia, Kuwait
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the "appalling" attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and said those responsible should face justice.
27 June 2015
Tunisia cannot face jihadists alone, president says
Tunisia cannot stand up to the jihadist threat alone, President Beji Caid Essebsi said after a gunman killed 28 people at a tourist resort, calling for a unified global strategy.
27 June 2015
High emotions as Charleston mourns massacre victims
Emotions ran high as defiant mourners held the first funeral services for nine African Americans shot dead by a white alleged supremacist in a Charleston church.
26 June 2015
Nazarbayev endorses ratification of extradition treaty between Kazakhstan and Bulgaria
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has endorsed the law On ratification of treaty between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Bulgaria on extradition
25 June 2015