The Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal on Wednesday suspended the trial of former Chadian leader Hissène Habré on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes.The suspension of the trial is reportedly due...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the April 2014 decision of the US District Court for the District of North Dakota striking down an extremely...
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to five years in prison on during a retrial graft charges. Nazif served during the presidency of Hosni Mubarak until the start of the...
Israel's attorney general on Monday ordered a criminal probe into excessive residential spending by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . The announcement came after the state comptroller reported that large...
US regulators on Tuesday ordered Citigroup to refund $700 million to nine million credit card customers, along with a $70 million fine for illegal and deceptive practices.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered...
Eleven Cambodia opposition members on Tuesday were sentenced to long-term prison terms for participating in July 2014 clashes related to the closing of a protest site. Three of the eleven individuals, all part of the Cambodian National Rescue Party...
A Mexican federal official on Friday announced that seven of those who were being questioned regarding the prison escape of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have been formally arrested. Originally sentenced for conspiracy to...
The Maldives Parliament on Tuesday voted 78-2 in favor of impeaching Vice President Mohamed Jameel accusing him of neglecting his duties. Jameel had been deputy to President Yameen Abdul Gayoom since their election victory in...
Oskar Groening, a former Nazi SS officer known as the "accountant of Auschwitz," on Monday appealed the four-year jail sentence imposed on him last week. Groening's attorney has submitted an appeal in the German Federal Court of...
The US on Monday completed the re-opening of diplomatic ties with Cuba by converting the standing US Interests Section into the US Embassy Havana . The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba...