Peru's attorney general has decided to investigate high officials' handling of recent protests that have seen dozens of people killed and hundreds more injured since early December last year.

The death of a young woman in police custody last week in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca is being investigated and has led to multiple arrests, state prosecutors said in a statement late Wednesday.

Germany has arrested a Briton who worked as a local staff member at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of spying for Russia.

US Guantanamo military prosecutor retires as controversial 9/11 trial remains bogged down with delays.

French prosecutors are probing complaints filed by seven employees against a Saudi prince that accuse him of keeping them in a state of modern-day slavery at his apartment outside Paris.

He has vowed to improve the efficiency of the tribunal.

US prosecutors in New York City reveal criminal charges against two Israeli traders for illegal trading in several biotechnology and healthcare companies in connection with a sprawling international insider trading scheme.