Erdogan's regime hit with new recording of alleged corruption
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime, mired in a corruption scandal, suffered a new blow on Sunday with the online release of another allegedly incriminating phone call involving an ex-minister and a businessman.
Sri Lanka family finds mass grave in garden
A Sri Lankan family has stumbled upon the remains of at least nine bodies buried in the garden of their home, police said Saturday, the latest mass grave to be discovered in the country's former war zone.
Corruption of minors case: More victims in Atyrau
Seven more families from Atyrau have filed complaints against Peter Baruch, accused of corrupting minors in Atyrau and Uralsk.
Police reject Breivik prison 'torture' complaint
Police in Norway said Monday they closed a preliminary investigation into a complaint by mass murderer Anders Breivik that his prison conditions amounted to "serious torture".
17 bodies dumped in Mexico mass grave
Mexican authorities discovered at least 17 bodies dumped in an unmarked grave outside the western city of Guadalajara after arresting a suspected drug trafficker, a state prosecutor said Friday.
Pink diamond 'thief' held in Australia
Australian police said Friday they had arrested and X-rayed a man over the theft of a pink diamond worth more than US$180,000, with fears he had swallowed the rare jewel.
New Zealand court finds raid on Kim Dotcom was legal
A New Zealand appeals court ruled Wednesday that police acted legally when armed officers raided Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's Auckland mansion as part of a US-led online piracy probe.
Runaway patient found dead on hospital grounds four weeks later
A patient who disappeared from one of the municipal hospitals in Astana was found dead in a snow bank under the hospital's window.
Driver rams police car in Almaty; breaking path 91m long
The 19 y.o. driver swears that he was not trying to repeat an episode from Need for Speed, but he is hard to believe, because his breaking path made 91 meters.
Gunmen kill 9 anti-Taliban volunteers in NW Pakistan: police
Militants stormed a house of anti-Taliban activists and shot dead nine men in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early Wednesday.
Woman shot dead, burnt in Thai deep south 'revenge attack'
A policeman's wife was shot dead and then set on fire in front of terrified shoppers at a busy market in Thailand's violence-ridden deep south, officials said Monday, in an apparent revenge attack.
British diplomatic police trio arrested over 'phone porn'
Three police officers from Britain's Diplomatic Protection Group have been arrested on suspicion of exchanging hardcore pornography on their mobile phones.
No punishment for British corruptor of minors in Uralsk?
Peter Baruch accused of corrupting minors while living in Kazakhstan might escape punishment.
Man charged over murder of N.Ireland prison officer
Police in Northern Ireland on Tuesday charged a 33-year-old man over the murder of a prison officer who was shot dead near Belfast as he drove along a motorway to work in 2012.
Baby sales in South Kazakhstan: Starting from $200
A South Kazakhstani woman who sold her 4 children is pregnant again.
Tens of thousands march in Paris to back traditional family
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and Lyon on Sunday against new laws easing abortion restrictions and legalising gay marriage, accusing French President Francois Hollande's government of "family phobia".
Justin Bieber turns himself in to Toronto police
Troubled Canadian pop star Justin Bieber appeared at a Toronto police station Wednesday, reportedly to be charged for the December assault of a limousine driver.
Woman charged with attempted murder following London terror raids
London police on Wednesday charged a woman with attempted murder following terror raids on three properties that also led to the arrest of the teenage son of a senior British diplomat.
Human remains found after Australian croc attack: reports
Police reportedly found human remains Tuesday in the search for a 12-year-old boy snatched by a crocodile in northern Australia, and scaled back operations to a body recovery mission.
Goodbye Stonyhurst College: Father of ran away teen brings his daughter back to Kazakhstan
The headmaster of Stonyhurst Andrew Johnson arranged a transfer of runaway Kazakhstan teen Indira Gainieva to another school.