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Mexico

Notorious drug lord 'El Chapo' extradited to US, Mexico's Foreign Ministry

The infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel is wanted on charges of conspiring to import cocaine to the US.

Brazil

Brazil's brutal prison violence prompts government action

Brazil's prison violence prompts government action

Turkey

Turkish prosecutors demand 142 year jail term for Kurdish leader

Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas faces 142 years in jail

USA

Watch: Prisoners 'stabbed' as violence erupts at US jail

This is the brawl at a US jail that left five prisoners injured, some with stab wounds.

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Brazil

At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack'

At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack.

Business Series

South Korean Volkswagen executive jailed over emissions-test cheating scandal

A South Korean court has jailed a local Volkswagen executive for 18 months for falsifying documents to get import certificates for vehicles.

Brazil

Mass escape after prison riot in Brazil claims 56 lives

Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison.

Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition activists freed, but '100 remain imprisoned'

After being held for more than a year on corruption charges, Venezuelan former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales has been released from house arrest.

Iran

#SaveArash: Hunger strike by Iran activist tops Twitter trending

A jailed Iranian activist on hunger strike in protest at the detention of his writer wife has taken social media by storm.

Israel

Disgraced ex-Israeli president to be freed from jail

The disgraced former Israeli president, Moshe Katsav is to be freed on parole after serving five years of a seven year jail term for rape.

United Kingdom

Riot officers regain control of British jail

Police have regained control of one of Britain’s biggest jails hours after a huge riot broke out.

France

French ex-budget minister Cahuzac is jailed for tax fraud

Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who led a government crackdown on tax dodgers, was sentenced to three years in jail in Paris on Thursday – for hiding an offshore bank account of his…

Austria

Austria's asylum seeker crackdown plan 'part of bid to deter migrants'

Austria's government has agreed on a draft law that will fine or jail asylum seekers who lie about their identities to authorities

Sport

Eto'o could face 10-year prison sentence

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o for alleged tax crimes committed when he played for…

Sport

Spanish court calls for Neymar to serve two years in prison

Spain’s public prosecutor has called for Barcelona soccer player Neymar to be sent to prison for two years for his part in a corruption case over his transfer from Brazilian club Santos to the Liga ch

Egypt

Egyptian Journalists Union head sentenced to two years in jail

An Egyptian court has sentenced the head of a journalists’ union to two years in prison, a ruling condemned by rights groups.

Israel

Israel jails a 14-year-old Palestinian for 12 years for double stabbing attack

Israel has jailed a 14-year-old Palestinian for 12 years for the 2015 stabbing of two people in a settlement north of Jerusalem.

Haiti

More than 170 inmates escape Haiti jail

More than 170 inmates have escaped a jail in Haiti following a mass break out.

World News

Mass breakout from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison

Prisoners still on the loose following escape from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison

Brazil

Inmates killed in Brazil prison clashes

Violent clashes at two Brazilian prisons have killed at least 18 inmates.