Updated | Dutch police rescue hostages after standoff with armed man
The suspect gave himself up to armed police officers after taking a number of people hostage at the Café Petticoat, in Ede, Holland
Concerns over Pope's health mount after last-minute Via Crucis no-show
In a statement issued moments before it was about to start, the Vatican announced that the Pope would not be taking part in the Via Crucis procession, but would...
Apple up for internet hero of the year, Donald Trump for villain

The US presumptive Republican presidential candidate earned his Internet...

The US presumptive Republican presidential candidate earned...

Man whose image defined apartheid brutality still unidentified

40 years to the day after Soweto students took to the streets in protest in...

40 years to the day after Soweto students took to the...

Cliff Richard will not face sex abuse charges

Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to proseucte; singer slams BBC...

Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to...

Financial institutions found to invest in internationally banned munition

United Kingdom, Canada, France and Germany, among others, have been noted in a PAX report to have financial institutions investing in cluster bombs, which are...

United Kingdom, Canada, France and Germany, among others,...

Mossack Fonseca IT worker arrested over data theft

Computer technician at Geneva branch of Mossack Fonseca arrested on suspicion...

Computer technician at Geneva branch of Mossack Fonseca...

EgyptAir crash wreckage found in Mediterranean

Egyptian investigators find wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 that crashed...

Egyptian investigators find wreckage of...

Melbourne cycling track tacker close to being identified

The police in Melbourne have reportedly narrowed down on a man who has been...

The police in Melbourne have reportedly narrowed down on a...

Phillipine president-elect to negotiate with Maoist rebels

Rodrigo Duterte will resume formal peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels,...

Rodrigo Duterte will resume formal peace negotiations with...

Bill Gates' chicken faux pas

Bill Gates offers to donate 100,000 hens to Bolivia, which produces just under 200 million chickens annually

Bill Gates offers to donate 100,000 hens to Bolivia, which...

Pistorius to be sentenced for murder on 6 July

Prosecution asks for 15 years minimum; defence insists prison would serve no...

Prosecution asks for 15 years minimum; defence insists...

Germany to clamp down on polygamy, marriages involving minors

Justice minister insists no-one who goes to Germany has the right to put...

Justice minister insists no-one who goes to Germany has the...

Disney donates just under €891,000 to Orlando shooting victims

Disney has donated $1 million (€890,987.66) to help victims of the...

Disney has donated $1 million (€890,987.66) to help...

Orlando gunman's wife investigated for accessory to murder

The second wife of the Orlando gunman has reportedly told federal...

The second wife of the Orlando gunman has...

Ex-MP accused of child abuse had befriended McCanns after Madeleine disappearance

‘Child abuser’ Clement Freud had invited the McCanns to his holiday home in Praia da Luz after Madeleine vanished; he even teased Kate about being...

‘Child abuser’ Clement Freud had invited the...

40 injured in French labour reform protests

Protests in Paris turn violent, leaving at least 40 people injured, including...

Protests in Paris turn violent, leaving at least 40 people...

Demand for avocados leading to surge in theft in New Zealand

New Zealand police say some 40 large scale thefts from avocado orchards have...

New Zealand police say some 40 large scale thefts from...

Orlando gunman’s wife could be charged as an accessory

Noor Salman could be considered an accomplice in 49 counts of murder and 53...

Noor Salman could be considered an accomplice in 49 counts...

Two-year-old boy dragged into water by alligator near Disney resort

Police in Florida search for two-year-old who was snatched by an alligator at a...

Police in Florida search for two-year-old who was snatched...