The Brazilian judge presiding over criminal proceedings against charismatic entrepreneur Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest man, was seen driving a Porsche belonging to the fallen tycoon that had been seized by the court.

Three Ryanair flights were involved in emergency diversions on Monday, one of which was caused by a bomb alert that resulted in a drunk passenger being arrested.

Thirteen children, including a child as young as one, were among the Afghan immigrants rescued from a shipping container on Saturday.

Lucas Bazan Pontoni rifled through his pockets for the 45-cent lunch fee as he stood in line at a downtown soup kitchen. When he came up short, an acquaintance sprang for the government-subsidised meal.

The case of 25-year-old Samantha Azzopardi demands compassion rather than condemnation, writes Noel Baker

Two federal police officers suspected of working for drug traffickers opened fire on fellow officers in a crowded food court at Mexico City’s international airport, killing three policemen as panicked witnesses dived for cover.

Nearly 110,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Atlantic Ocean because of a leak at an offshore Chevron drilling site, Brazil’s environmental protection agency said.

A CULT-LIKE drug cartel that challenged a rival gang by rolling five severed heads onto a disco dance floor in western Mexico was so divided and cash-strapped of late that it sought to form an alliance with that gang, police officials have confirmed.

Ten Mexican federal police were killed in an attack near a high school in the west of the country today.

THE search for Madeleine McCann remained focused on Australia yesterday after police there said a woman came forward claiming to know someone being sought by private detectives.

The search for Madeleine McCann was focused on Australia today after police there said a woman came forward claiming to know someone being sought by private detectives.

Private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann were today following up more than 600 calls and emails, including many which investigators describe as “viable leads”.

One of four men charged accused of plotting a suicide attack on an Australian military base angrily denied he was a terrorist today and accused the country’s troops of killing innocent people overseas.

Swiss police said today they have uncovered a child pornography ring involving more than 2,000 people in 78 countries.

AUSTRALIAN detectives have charged 22 men including a policeman, a senior lawyer and a childcare worker in connection with a child pornography-sharing network spanning 70 countries, police said yesterday.

Argentina internationals Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano will be formally interviewed by Brazilian federal police as part of the case against former Corinthians president Alberto Dualib, according to Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin.

Hundreds of Mexican federal police and soldiers surrounded a state police headquarters and arrested top commanders in a raid apparently linked to an assassination attempt against a public safety secretary.

A major player in the Irish drugs trade has been arrested in Belgium, it emerged today.

Clashes between police and protesters erupted in gunfire and grenade explosions today, with police killing at least 33 people during a second day of renewed demonstrations against Ethiopia’s disputed elections, a rights group said.

The husband of a British woman who died in the devastating Austrian bus crash was grieving in intensive care tonight as the couple’s three teenage children recovered in a separate hospital.

A BRITISH-BORN South African man appeared in a Johannesburg court yesterday accused of being part of an international human organ trafficking syndicate.

Seven men have been arrested in connection with the murder of champion yachtsman Peter Blake and Brazilian police said they were looking for at least one more suspect.

Federal police agents will fly to Colombia with the Brazil squad to protect the players during the Copa America.