The “black cab rapist” John Worboys must stay in prison, the Parole Board has ruled. Worboys who is now known as John Radford, was jailed in 2009 for assaults on 12 women in London. Among […]
Peru’s former president has requested asylum at the Uruguayan embassy after being barred from leaving the country. Alan Garcia is accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in exchange for government contracts to […]
Florida’s Supreme Court has ruled on something that most social media users already know: Facebook friendships are not real. Specifically, the court said in a Nov. 15 opinion that a Facebook friendship between a judge and an […]
An MP and former militia leader in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been extradited to The Hague. He will stand trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the International Criminal Court (ICC). […]
For the first time, two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been found guilty of genocide. Nuon Chea, 92, was the deputy of regime leader Pol Pot, and Khieu Samphan, 87, […]
The US protagonists in a viral fundraising campaign for a homeless man have been charged with theft by deception and conspiracy. Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico raised more than $400,000 (£313,000) for homeless ex-marine Johnny […]
Hungary has confirmed that an ex-prime minister of Macedonia has claimed political asylum after fleeing a prison sentence for corruption. Nikola Gruevski arrived in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, this week after failing to surrender last […]
A series of protests over sexual consent are planned in Ireland, a week after a man was acquitted of raping a 17-year-old. In the trial, the defence lawyer told the jury: “You have to look […]
The taste of a food cannot be protected by copyright, the EU’s highest legal authority has ruled in a case involving a Dutch cheese. The European Court of Justice said the taste of food was […]
Prosecutors and defence lawyers are set to deliver opening statements in the New York trial of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, one of the world’s most notorious criminals accused of spending a quarter of a century smuggling […]
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