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French police have launched an investigation into the death of a Disneyland Paris worker after his body was found in a haunted house. They confirmed they are investigating the death of a male technician in the Phantom Ma...

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One of the founders of the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal describes the data breach as a "crime".

The leak contained documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca

Air France said it would allow female cabin crew and pilots to opt out of flying routes to Tehran after some staff said they did not want to be forced to cover their hair when in Iran. Air France, part of the Franco-Dutc...

Police say two men sentenced for string of gambling machine thefts were 'lemons' for taking pictures of themselves with their spoils Two men police dubbed the "fruit machine bandits" have been sentenced after they took p...

Police on the Greek island of Lesbos have begun placing migrants and refugees on boats bound to Turkey, the first to be deported under a European Union plan to limit the amount of migration to Europe

Qaryatain was a key bastion in central Syria for the group

Dramatic images show the collapse of a bridge and desperate survivors attempting to use another as heavy rain batters the country.

Panama's president says his government will cooperate "vigorously" with any judicial investigation arising from the leak of a vast trove of information on the offshore financial dealings of the world's rich and famous. �...

A massive leak of documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, dubbed the Panama Papers, is blowing the lid off of widespread international corruption connected to offshore tax shelters. A dozen world leaders, i...

Russian investigators say the body of an American student has been found on the outskirts of a Siberian village, a week after he vanished from a guesthouse in the middle of the night. …

A New Orleans man faces 20 years to life in prison for swiping a handful of candy bars, officials said. Career shoplifter Jacobia Grimes, 34, was picked up in December for allegedly stuffing $31 in candy bars into his po...

Gaza fishermen have returned from a 15-hour sail after Israel expanded the fishing zone from six to nine nautical miles

Hundreds of people, including environmental activists and fishermen, have protested in Sri Lanka's capital to demand the government halt a $1.5 billion Chinese-funded port city project

Release of Home Office figures comes as government faces growing pressure to reduce use of immigration detention The number of suicide attempts in immigration removal centres is at an all-time high, averaging more than o...

As the unofficial leaders of the land-use rights movement are being prosecuted, ranchers remain steadfast in fighting what they say is federal overreach On 23 January, a group of Utah ranchers gathered in Cedar City and ...

Azerbaijan says three of its troops died overnight in Nagorno-Karabakh region as Russia and the west call for a ceasefire Deadly clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have continu...

Abu Firas was one of at least 20 militants killed

Lines of people from women holding babies to school age children, with a hand held up to show they're for hire, are a ubiquitous sight on the Indonesian capital's busiest roads during rush hour. …

Vietnam's coast guard in a rare move has seized a Chinese vessel for allegedly intruding in its waters. …

Borobi, who takes his name from an Indigenous word for koala, introduced as 'an endearing personality' who will become 'hugely popular' with people of all ages A bright blue surfing koala said to embody the values of the...