An Iraqi police officer previously sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent security analyst who had criticized powerful Iran-backed militias was released from prison following a retrial, officials said Monday. An intelligence official with the Ministry of Interior said Ahmed
The Thai court has acquitted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of mishandling funds for a government project in 2013. Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck’s brother, was recently released on parole for corruption-related offenses after over a decade in exile. Thaksin, accused of abuse of
Former Prime Minister Andrej Babis was acquitted for the second time in a $2 million fraud case related to European Union subsidies by a Prague court. Babis, who pleaded not guilty, claimed the charges were politically motivated. The prosecution can still appeal
The “trial of the century” came to a close on this day in history, Oct. 3, 1995, with the acquittal of Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson for two counts of murder. Simpson’s acquittal came nine months after the trial began — and about
In a northern Swiss court, a former Belarusian security operative has been acquitted of involvement in the enforced disappearances of three political opponents of President Aleksander Lukashenko during the late 1990s. Judges in Rorschach, Switzerland, cited a lack of conclusive evidence linking
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted of a final tax evasion charge Tuesday though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte used to muzzle her critical reporting. Ressa and her online news
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was acquitted by the high court of four corruption charges on Tuesday, just days after his opposition bloc expanded its influence in local elections. Muhyiddin, 76, said the high court ruled in favor of his application
A bishop acquitted of raping a nun resigned as leader of the Catholic diocese in an Indian city on Thursday. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 59-year-old Franco Mulakkal, who was bishop of the Jalandhar Diocese in the northern state of Punjab.
Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. The court sentenced Sonko to two years in prison. He did
A French court has acquitted Airbus and Air France of manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris, which killed 228 passengers. The conclusion of the trial, which has been fraught with tension since it began in