A former Volkswagen executive has reportedly been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of conspiracy to defraud, linked to its cheating of exhaust emissions tests.

Gustavo Vargas, the chief executive of Bolivian charter airline LaMia, has been detained for questioning.

Bulgarian authorities say one of the organisers of this week’s riots at a refugee shelter belongs to a ‘radical cell’.

Authorities in France have arrested seven men and say they have foiled a terror plot which was ‘‘envisaged for some time.’‘

Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been detained over the equivalent of an alleged 1.8 million euro bribe ($2m).

Turkish police have reportedly arrested Akin Atalay, chairman of the opposition daily Cumhuriyet.

Police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds of demonstrators in Istanbul.

A man suspected of planning a major terrorist attack in Germany has appeared in court in Dresden.

Five suspected members of an ISIL terror cell have been arrested after coordinated police raids in Spain, Belgium and Germany.

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina say they have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a protester.