An Indian court on Thursday heard an appeal from opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case for mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname which resulted in his expulsion from Parliament. Judge Robin Mogera said
Malaysia’s top court refused Friday to review its 2022 decision to uphold former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction for graft and 12-year jail sentence, saying he was “the author of his own misfortune.” A five-member Federal Court bench unanimously rejected his final
A man was caught crouching behind a horse after previously admitting penetrating an animal. The man, who said he had “an unusual habit” was arrested after sneaking into a stable with the intent to commit a sexual offence. Lancashire police responded to
Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell will lodge an appeal to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, arguing that a juror who was sexually abused as a child biased the panel against her. The daughter of the late media tycoon Robert Maxwell was given
A former New York stockbroker-turned-Islamic State group militant was convicted on Tuesday of becoming a sniper and trainer for the extremist group during its brutal reign in Syria and Iraq. The trial of Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 46, a Kazakh-born US citizen, was
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios pleaded guilty Friday and apologized for shoving former girlfriend Chiara Passari to the ground after a heated argument. But the Wimbledon finalist’s conviction was dismissed because the offense was at the low end of seriousness for a
The schoolboy was beaten to death and then callously tossed in a river while Williamson, 30, played the part of a distraught mum looking for her missing child. Williamson, her partner John Cole, and Cole’s teenage stepson Craig Mulligan were all convicted of
The majority of migrants who come to the UK do not have criminal records but a large number who have crossed the Channel and entered Britain are “dangerous criminals”, according to an investigation by The Sun. Now the Home Office has come
A 97-year-old woman convicted this month as an accessory in the murder of more than 10,500 people at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II appealed her case Wednesday. Irmgard Furchner served as a secretary to the SS commander of