Nicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome following an agreement reached with the Vatican, the Nicaraguan government said in a statement late Wednesday. The government of President Daniel Ortega said that
A journalist in Algeria targeted as part of a broader crackdown against pro-democracy protests will remain imprisoned after the country’s Supreme Court rejected his appeals on Thursday. Defense attorneys for Ihsane El Kadi, the owner of a media company that oversaw Algeria’s
Evan Gershkovich was imprisoned in Russia in March 2023 on charges of espionage. Lynne Tracey, the United States ambassador to Russia, visited Gershkovich on Aug. 14, 2023, for the third time. Tracey said that Gershkovich is in ‘good health and remains strong,’
Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was allowed a brief visit by his wife on Thursday at a high-security prison where the top opposition leader and national cricket hero is being held, his lawyer said. The visit comes as Pakistan is
Pakistan’s Imran Khan and his lawyer met Monday at a high-security prison where the former prime minister is being held following his sentencing, to plan how to challenge the graft case that landed him behind bars more than a year after he
Former President Donald Trump could be facing several years behind bars if found guilty of the charges brought against him surrounding the 6 January 2021 riots at the US Capitol. The Republican politician denies wrongdoing and has described the case as “ridiculous”.
Russian prosecutors have asked a court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 20 years in prison on extremism charges, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said Thursday. According to Zhdanov, the trial against Navalny, which has been held behind closed doors in
Breaking reports of a plainclothes American soldier detained after willfully crossing the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea has recalled past incidents which involved Americans finding themselves on the wrong side of that border. The soldier was identified by a senior U.S.
In an alleged tit-for-tat response Thursday, Russia said it denied a U.S. request to visit imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich after Washington’s reported refusal to grant visas to Russian journalists earlier in the week. “It is especially emphasized that such sabotage, aimed
Prosecutors acknowledged to a government inquiry Wednesday that new scientific and genetic evidence left reasonable doubt that an Australian mother deliberately killed her four children 20 years after she was convicted of doing so. A retired judge is hearing final submissions over