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Australian police on Monday said they have opened a murder inquiry after the remains of a woman who disappeared almost 50 years ago were identified as those of a missing mother.

Lego City Undercover puts you in the shoes of Chase McCain, a legendary police officer on the hunt for the nefarious Rex Fury.

This week the small settlement on the farm Kleinfontein, just outside Pretoria, which aims to establish an Afrikaner-only enclave, was back in the news after it previously refused to allow black police officers on to the property.

The Times Editorial: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is on a mission to reduce the harm caused by alcohol abuse . He also wants to further tighten the noose on smokers.

The Times Editorial: President Jacob Zuma must intervene personally and, if need be, order national police commissioner Riah Phiyega to deal with misconduct and downright human rights abuse by our police.

The trio, aged 21, 24 and 28, were arrested in south-east London on Saturday, three days after the 25-year old soldier was hacked to death in Woolwich.

Hundreds of right-wing protesters clash with riot police in Paris at the end of a largely peaceful march by tens of thousands of people opposed to France's new gay marriage law.    

A senior member of Rob Ford’s office was interviewed by police last week about a tip linking a video allegedly showing the mayor smoking illicit drugs to a recent Toronto homicide, two separate sources have confirmed

Truong Duy Nhat, accused of ‘abusing democratic freedoms’, has often criticised the government and has called for the prime minister to resign

District police detained six human rights activists, who had been to Maoist-hit Chatra district to conduct inquiry into an encounter between the rebels of CPI Maoist and the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) on March 26.    

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Communist guerrillas set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a truck carrying police in the northern Philippines on Monday, killing seven and wounding seven officers....

Counter-terrorism officers on Sunday arrested another man in connection with the hacking death of a British soldier on the streets of London, Scotland Yard said.

The troubled actress was taken into custody by police last night, who visited her New York City apartment after responding to a call for a disorderly person, and she was booked for criminal possession of marijuana, as well as reckless endangerment and felony tampering with evidence

This week the small settlement on the farm Kleinfontein, just outside Pretoria, which aims to establish an Afrikaner-only enclave, was back in the news after it previously refused to allow black police officers on to the property.

The Times Editorial: The intention by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to give the public vetting powers over who is fit to be a police officer is baffling, to say the least.

The Times Editorial: Police commissioner Riah Phiyega must bring about order and stability in the police service before the wheels come off.

Michael Adebolajo (28) was arrested by Kenyan police in 2010    

PESHAWAR -  The Pakistani Taliban on Sunday issued a fresh threat to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is currently facing a barrage of legal cases in police custody. The retired general has been detained in his farmhouse on the edge of the capital Islamabad since April 19 on charges of conspiracy to murder former premier Benazir Bhutto, sacking...

PARIS -French anti-terror investigators on Sunday probed the stabbing of a soldier in Paris in an attack that echoed the grisly killing of another soldier in London, where British police were holding three new suspects. French soldier Cedric Cordier was in hospital in a stable condition after the Saturday stabbing in a busy underground shopping and transport hub where...

Suspect, a 23-year-old man from North Carolina, died in a shootout with police in Concho County, Texas, about 6.30am after he wounded the county sheriff.

The dramatic daytime arrests by police wearing balaclavas means there are now six terror suspects being held over the death of Drummer Lee Rigby.

Several hundred French police charged into groups of rioters at the end of a major anti-gay marriage protest in Paris.

Police say a bomb put inside a garbage bag exploded at a street market in Thailand's capital and injured seven people.    

Police contradict idea that keeper went into tiger's pen, and do not believe there was a risk of animals escaping to public areasA zookeeper mauled to death by a tiger was attacked while carrying out routine duties, police have said.It has emerged that Sarah McClay, 24, was in the staff section of the big cat enclosure building at South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton-in-Furness,...