Smugglers crashed a drone carrying drugs, mobile phones and SIM cards into a prison in the north of England while trying to deliver the goods to inmates, British authorities have confirmed.

Homicides committed by military police have been removed from official statistics published by the governor of Sao Paulo state, Brazil, according to reports.

Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), is suspected of taking more than US$1 million in bribes from Russia in exchange for covering up evidence of positive drugs tests.

Romanian authorities have arrested the mayor of the Bucharest district in which a fire in a nightclub killed dozens on Oct. 30. 

Top management at Rustavi 2, the most popular television station in Georgia, has been ordered by a judge to step down to make way for new interim bosses, but the old bosses say they’re not going anywhere.

Nika Gvaramia, who until Thursday was the station’s general director, and Kakha Damenia, the chief financial officer, dug in their heels when they learned of the Tbilisi City Court order late Thursday night.

The former CEO of VimpelCom, one of three telecoms firms involved in a bribery probe by US, Swiss and Dutch authorities, was arrested at Oslo Airport on Wednesday and indicted on corruption charges.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's former top international official, Britain's Lord Paddy Ashdown, warned Friday that a referendum in the Serb half of the country is a prelude to a move to secede – and a way for corrupt politicians to get away with their crimes.

Bulgaria’s biggest cities and major thoroughfares have been blocked every day this week by rallies of police employees protesting proposed cuts to their social benefits.

Embattled Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski and opposition leader Zoran Zaev reached an agreement on an interim government in the early hours of this morning after weeks of stalling that threatened to disrupt stability in the country’s already fragile political environment.

The Hungarian Publishers’ Association has condemned a plan proposed by the Ministry of Interior that would allow secret agents to be planted in media bureaus across the country.