Angry farmers cause Dutch police to close off parliament square
Police in the Dutch city of The Hague closed its central parliament square on Wednesday to keep out farmers protesting over what they see as...
Britain drops plan to check porn viewers’ age
Britain has dropped plans to demand age verification for people viewing pornography after concluding it would be better to help companies limit access to adult...
Hundreds arrested worldwide in sweeping child-porn investigation
Law-enforcement officials in several countries said on Wednesday they had arrested hundreds of people around the world for participating in a child-pornography network that used...
Man held after Dutch family found locked away in secret farmhouse room
A man who paid the rent on a Dutch farmhouse where six members of a family were found locked away in a secret room will...
Russia removed U.S. diplomats from train near secret test site accident: Ifax
Russia removed three U.S. diplomats from a train near the site of a mysterious military testing accident on Monday because they did not have special...
Bullied judge wins landmark whistleblowing case in UK Supreme Court
A district judge who says she was bullied, victimized and suffered a breakdown after raising concerns about the dangers of government cuts to legal services...
Brazil’s Petrobras collects 200 tonnes of oil residue from northeast coast: filing
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Wednesday it has collected 200 tonnes of oil residue from the country’s Northeastern coast since Sept....
Jeers force Hong Kong leader to abandon address with no olive branch on offer
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had to abandon her policy speech because of jeering lawmakers on Wednesday but later offered no direct olive branch to...
338 people across the globe charged in child porn investigation: U.S. authorities
U.S. law enforcement officials said on Wednesday that 338 people across the globe have been charged as part of a criminal investigation of a child...
New Budapest mayor says his win is blueprint to challenge Orban
The newly elected mayor of Budapest on Wednesday said his victory in municipal elections on Sunday is a blueprint for beating Hungarian premier Viktor Orban’s...