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Italy

Napoli fan 'stabbed by wife' at home after VAR decision sparks row

The 40-year-old man was stabbed by his wife after a misunderstanding while watching a Napoli game at their home, according to Italian media.

Denmark

Two Swedish citizens jailed in Denmark for attack near Israeli embassy

Court in Copenhagen jailed the pair for 14 and 12 years respectively for terrorism and attempted murder over the attack in October 2024.

France

French MP shares trauma in trial of ex-senator accused of drugging her

Former senator Joël Guerriau, 68, has admitted serving lawmaker Sandrine Josso a drink spiked with MDMA but says it was an accident.

USA

Ex-Olympic snowboarder denies drug trafficking and murders in US court

Canadian national Ryan Wedding is accused of moving cocaine to the United States and Canada and directing the killing of a federal witness in Colombia.

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France

Over 3,700 arrested in global trafficking crackdown, Interpol says

Operation Liberterra III took place across 119 countries, the agency headquartered in France that helps police in 196 member countries collaborate to fight international crime said.

Travel News

Ex-flight attendant accused of scamming airlines for free flights

Authorities say a former flight attendant exploited airline perks for years, raising questions about how security checks failed.

United Kingdom

London's murder rate falls to record low, Mayor Sadiq Khan says

The Metropolitan Police force says the rate by population is the lowest since comparable records began in 1997, at 1.1 murders for every 100,000 people.

Spain

Spanish police surround house after two Germans die in brutal beating

Spanish police maintain siege of house in Elche where two Polish men remain barricaded following brutal beating that killed two Germans and left a third critically injured.

France

French court jails doctor for life for poisoning patients, killing 12

According to the prosecution, Péchier contaminated infusion bags with potassium, local anaesthetics, adrenaline and heparin in order to induce cardiac arrest or haemorrhage in patients treated by colleagues.

United Kingdom

Man who drove into Liverpool football parade jailed for over 21 years

Paul Doyle, 54, used his vehicle "as a weapon" after losing his temper with crowds at a Liverpool FC victory parade on 26 May, prosecutors said.

The Cube

Fact check: Is Sweden as unsafe as Trump says?

The US president recently said that Sweden "has gone from being a country free of crime to a country that now has a lot of crime". The Cube took a look at its homicide statistics and compared them to those in other European countries and the US to see how true this is.

Earth News

Huge wildlife trafficking crackdown seizes nearly 30,000 live animals

More than 1,000 suspects have been identified in a global sting to crack down on illegal trafficking.

Italy

Man accused of dressing as dead mother in scam to collect her pension

The 56-year-old former nurse is reportedly under investigation in northern Italy in a case that has been dubbed the "Mrs Doubtfire scandal".

USA

Texas men charged over Haiti island plot to kill and rape residents

Two Texas men face federal charges for allegedly plotting to seize a Haitian island, kill men, and assault women and children.

Belgium

Eight people arrested over suspected plot to kill Brussels prosecutor

Suspects have criminal records for organised drug trafficking and may "be active within the Albanian criminal underworld", Belgian prosecutors said.

Turkey

More than 1,000 Turkish football players suspended in betting probe

Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Ibrahim Hacıosmanoğlu has described the scandal as a "moral crisis" and vowed to purge the sport of "all its filth."