MANAMA (Reuters) - Armoured vehicles patrolled Bahrain's capital on Tuesday in a security clampdown to deter protesters after overnight clashes outside Manama on the first anniversary of a forcibly suppressed pro-democracy uprising. Youths threw petrol bombs at police cars … More »Bahrain forces patrol capital on revolt anniversary
BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Iranian man … More »Iranian bomber maimed in blasts in …
Israel has blamed Iran for three explosions in Thailand after accusing the country of … More »Israel Blames Iran For Thai Bomb Att …
Israel has blamed Iran for three explosions in Thailand after accusing the country of bomb attacks on its diplomats in India and Georgia. More »Israel Blames Iran For Thai Bomb Attacks
A suspected Iranian bomber had his legs blown off as he hurled a grenade at Thai police Tuesday, officials said, with Israel accusing Tehran of being behind the third attack in world capitals this week. More »Iranian suspect held as blasts rattle Bangkok
Bahraini police dispersed protesters who made several attempts Tuesday to mark the anniversary of last year's uprising by marching to the site of the protest that was brutally crushed, witnesses said. More »Bahrain police disperse protests on uprising anniversary
More than four-fifths of hate crimes prosecuted last year were racially aggravated, figures have shown. More »Most hate crimes feature racism
More than 6,000 people targeted by criminals were supported by volunteers last year. More »More calls made to victim helpline
Iran has denied being behind a bomb attack on an Israeli diplomatic car in India, as police hunt a "very well-trained" assassin. More »Bomber Hunted As Tehran Denies Delhi Attack
Two bombs exploded in Nigeria's restive north on Tuesday, killing one policeman in the city of Kaduna, hit hard by a wave of attacks claimed by Boko Haram Islamists, police said. More »Nigerian blast kills policeman
(Reuters) - Here is a look back at Bahrain on the first anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf Arab kingdom. February 14, 2011 - Anti-government "Day of Rage" inspired by popular upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia. One protester is killed. … More »TIMELINE-One year on after crackdown in Bahrain
Almost £800,000 of criminals' ill-gotten gains will be used to fund community projects in Northern Ireland this year, the Justice Minister has announced. More »Community schemes handed crime cash
BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok on Tuesday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew one of his legs off, police and government officials said, but they declined to speculate on whether he was involved with any … More »Iranian bomber maimed in blasts in Thai capital
A law student has denied that he racially abused ex-footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter. More »Student denies Collymore race abuse
SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Dozens of leading Turkish soccer officials, including the chairman of champions Fenerbahce, faced judges on Tuesday at the start of a match-fixing trial which has plunged the country's multi-billion-dollar league into chao … More »Turkish court begins match-fixing trial
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. embassy employee was released after being held for questioning in Pakistan on Tuesday when airport security officials discovered bullets in his luggage, police said. The American was about to fly from the northwestern … More »Pakistan releases U.S. man after "bullets found in baggage"
A teenage monk set himself on fire to protest China's rule in the nation's southwest, exile groups said Tuesday, as police in Washington arrested Tibet activists during a visit by China's vice president. More »Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China: groups
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drugs? Booze? Suicide? Drowning? Speculation on the cause of Whitney Houston's sudden death have run the gamut since the singer was found on Saturday. But don't jump to conclusions. Medical experts say it will take weeks to firmly … More »Drugs or drowning? Science holds key to Houston death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A plane carrying the body of pop star Whitney Houston departed a Los Angeles airport on Monday, reportedly headed to her home state of New Jersey for funeral and burial services, police said. (Reporting by Mary Slosson; Editing … More »Plane carrying Whitney Houston's body departs Los Angeles
Syrian troops pounded the protest hub of Homs on Monday, as an Arab League peacekeeping plan for the country went ignored and the UN rights chief said crimes against humanity had probably been committed. More »Syria ignores Arab plan to stop bloodshed
Peruvian police said Monday they were preparing to question the Shining Path leader known as "Comrade Artemio" after soldiers captured him in a remote jungle cabin suffering from a serious gunshot wound. More »Peru police to question Shining Path leader
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused arch-enemies Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of being behind twin bomb attacks that targeted Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people. Tehran denied involvement in the attacks, … More »Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff
LONDON (Reuters) - A radical cleric once described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was freed from a British prison to live under virtual house arrest on Monday after a court ruled that his detention without trial was unlawful. The Jordanian … More »Britain frees radical cleric Abu Qatada
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Whitney Houston was found "underwater and apparently unconscious" when she was discovered in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub, police said on Monday. Beverly Hills Police said in a written statement that they could not … More »Whitney Houston found underwater, unconscious in bath - police
The police watchdog is to investigate whether officers ordered the destruction of documents which caused the collapse of a multimillion-pound police corruption trial. More »IPCC updates trial documents probe
Pupils who arrive late for school in South Africa's Soweto township will be taken to a police station and their parents will be called to fetch them, the local education department said Monday. More »South African school to take tardy pupils to police
An Australian journalist, a US student and their Egyptian translator were freed on Monday after two days in detention on suspicion of paying Egyptians to stage protests against the authorities, a security official said. More »Egypt frees Australian reporter, US student
Bahraini police clashed with protesters on Monday, witnesses said, as the public security chief warned citizens not to heed calls by activists to mark the first anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising. More »Protests rise as Bahrain marks uprising anniversary
London police on Monday defended a string of arrests at Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun, which has accused the force of carrying out a "witch hunt" against its journalists. More »Police defend raids on Murdoch's 'Sun'
London police on Monday defended a string of arrests at Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun, which has accused the force of carrying out a "witch hunt" against its journalists. More »Police defend raids on Murdoch's 'Sun'
Whitney Houston was found underwater and apparently unconscious when shewas discovered in the bath at her Beverly Hills hotel room, police have revealed. More »Whitney Found Underwater In Bath, Say Police
(Reuters) - Here is a look at the major events on News Corporation in the past six months: July 4, 2011 - A lawyer for the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler says police have told him that her voicemail messages had been hacked, possibly by a … More »Timeline - News Corp and the phone-hacking scandal
A top officer in London's Metropolitan Police who survived a slew of corruption inquiries was sent back to jail on Monday after being found guilty in a retrial. More »Top policeman jailed for corruption at retrial
Vandals have damaged a memorial to a police officer who was murdered in the line of duty, police have said. More »Vandals damage murdered Pc memorial
Scotland Yard has defended its handling of the inquiries into hacking and corrupt payments by journalists amid heavy criticism, insisting the operations were not "in any way disproportionate". More »Yard defends Sun hacking raids
The career of Britain's most controversial police chief has been ended after he was jailed for corruption for a second time - but he could be freed in three months. More »Corrupt officer Dizaei jailed again
By Oliver HothamA senior commander for Scotland Yard was found guilty of framing an innocent man today, as he became one of the most senior British police officers to face jail for corruption.Ali Dizaei was found guilty of misconduct and perverting the … More »Senior police commander convicted for second time
Scotland Yard commander Ali Dizaei has been found guilty of corruption and perverting the course of justice for the second time, and has been jailed for three years. More »Corrupt Top Cop Dizaei Sent Back To Jail
Police investigating a report of a body being dumped in a river in France's Loire region made an unusual discovery on Monday -- a 2.2 metre (7.2 foot) catfish wrapped in a sheet. More »French police searching for body find 2.2m catfish
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A man who locked himself in a toilet at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and phoned police to say he had a bomb was arrested on Monday after forcing the evacuation of hundreds of passengers and delaying dozens of flights, officials said. … More »Amsterdam airport disrupted by bomb scare
An arrangement of copies of The Sun newspaper pictured on Monday, February 13. Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun on Monday condemned police raids against its journalists as a "witch-hunt" ... More »Murdoch's Sun attacks police 'witch-hunt'
By Oliver HothamJohn Prescott caused controversy this morning by insisting he would interfere with police operations if elected as police commissioner.The comment raises the prospect of political battles between Lord Prescott and senior police officers. … More »Prescott: I'll intervene in police operations if I'm made commissioner
A tear gas is seen by riot police during clashes with protesters in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on February 12. Greece will hold general elections in April, the government said, hours after ... More »Greece calls snap elections for April