Poland’s governing party has moved to reinstate Supreme Court justices whom it had forced into early retirement. It follows last month’s ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which ordered that Poland suspend the application of […]
A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for spying. Matthew Hedges, 31, of Durham University, has said he is innocent, and that he had been […]
The leader of a 100-strong group of travellers who illegally occupied a brewery demanded “twenty grand or the place is ours”, a court was told. A convoy of 25 vehicles set up camp at Thwaites […]
Saudi Arabia tortured and sexually harassed human rights activists, including several women, human rights groups have alleged. Prisoners in the kingdom’s Dhahban Prison have allegedly been electrocuted and flogged. Saudi Arabia arrested several women’s rights […]
A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern US border illegally. US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining […]
At least four people have been critically injured, including a police officer and a hospital employee, in a shooting at a Chicago hospital. A police spokesman confirmed the gunman was dead. It is not clear […]
Australian police say they have arrested three men who were plotting to commit a terror attack in Melbourne. The group had been attempting to source a semi-automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible […]
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 […]
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