More than a quarter of a million reports of online images and videos of child sexual abuse were dealt with by the Internet Watch Foundation in 2019.more
The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years, BBC research suggests. Despite the drop, homicides in London rose for a third successive calendar year - to the highest level since 2008.more
A British teenager who was convicted of lying about being gang raped has been sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for three years. She was also fined £119 but is free to return home.more
Two brothers, aged 9 and 10, operated an illegal bar with a game room in Catania, Sicily. The discovery was made by the police who closed and confiscated the premisesmore
A motorist drove into a large tour group in the Italian city of Luttach, killing at least six people and injuring others. It was unclear what caused the incident, but authorities believe it was not intentional.more
One person was killed and two were injured in a knife attack near Paris, with the attacker shot dead by police.
A man, 22, stabbed passers-by in a park in Villejuif, about 8km (5 miles) south of the French capital, on Friday.more
Yesterday until midnight on the road there were 39 accidents in which six people were killed; 41 people were injured and 96 intoxicated drivers were detained - said Commissioner Dawid Marciniak from the National Police Headquarters.more
A cardinal ousted from the Roman Catholic Church paid dozens of clerics, some of whom were involved in evaluating claims of his sexual misconduct, more than $600,000 over nearly two decades, according to The Washington Post.more
Russia has confirmed that it will appeal its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data. The Russian anti-doping agency, known as RUSADA, sent a formal letter Friday disagreeing with the sanctions imposed earlier this month by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The case is now heading to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.more
A U.K. resident is arrested and facing charges after giving the Nazi salute and shouting the N-word at frightened passengers aboard a packed flight from Warsaw, Poland, to Liverpool, England, last week.more
A man with a white beard has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank and throwing stolen money in the air while shouting "Merry Christmas" to people on the street.more
In Germany, more than a thousand prisoners left prisons before Christmas. Although the specific arguments of individual Land Ministries when issuing the so-called pardoning ordinances vary, it is usually associated with Christmas.more
A 69-year-old American dressed up as pope tried to enter St. Peter's Square with a cross in his hand. When the cops tried to identify him, he attacked them. The man was detained - media reported yesterday.more
Deputies are looking for a man who shot an employee of a barbershop in the Houston suburb of Katy during an argument, the Harris County Sheriff's office said in a tweet on Saturday. Witnesses said the argument was over a haircut given to the man's son.more
Tesco has suspended production of charity Christmas cards at a factory in China after a six-year-old girl found a message from workers inside one.
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13 people were injured in a shootout that took place on Sunday morning local time at a Chicago party, local police said. The condition of four wounded is assessed as critical.more
Record numbers of reports of domestic violence against women were recorded in the third quarter of 2019 in Spain, the High Council of Justice (CGPJ) said. From July to September this year the police received over 45,000 such notifications.more
At least one person has been killed and five wounded in a shooting at the headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in central Moscow, Russian media say.more
