FRANCE international footballers Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema were yesterday charged with having had sex with an underage prostitute, as magistrates cracked down on an alleged celebrity vice ring.

BELGIAN police have arrested an Iranian suspect after a man pulled a gun during a Brussels court hearing and shot dead a woman judge and court clerk before fleeing, the public prosecutor’s office said.

A MANHUNT was under way in Brussels last night after a lone gunman shot a judge and her assistant in a city centre courthouse.

Three more prisoners were on the run from Belgian jails today, bringing the total to 12 in the past two weeks.

Three Irishmen accused of training Colombian guerillas will appeal against any conviction, their legal representatives confirmed today.

The three Leicester players accused of serious sexual assault are to spend another two nights in prison ahead of finally appearing in court on Thursday.

Twenty-two white men appeared in a South African court amid tight security today in connection with a plot to kill Nelson Mandela and overthrow the government.

US President George W Bush has made the first visit by an American head of state to Peru three days after a car bombing near the US Embassy killed nine people.