A Russian court on Tuesday extended the detention of imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich for another three months, reports say. The state-run TASS news agency said an investigator from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) had asked a court in Moscow to keep The Wall
The United Arab Emirates’ highest court Tuesday ordered a British hedge fund trader convicted of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud to pay that amount to Denmark’s tax authority. Financier Sanjay Shah was convicted in a lower court of masterminding a scheme
A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of prominent film producer Alexander Rodnyansky and theater director Ivan Vyrypaev for “spreading false information” about the Russian army. The initial court hearings against Rodnyansky and Vyrypaev were held on 27 April, but not reported
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, whose arrest had sparked chaotic protests between his supporters and the government-back military throughout this week. Mr Khan’s backers danced in the streets outside the court building, celebrating the
A heavily pregnant woman has lashed out over a neighbour who asked her to drive her son to and from school every day. The mum-to-be detailed how the neighbour usually sends her 12-year-old to school in a taxi, but has now asked
A judge on Saturday ordered the immigration director of Mexico’s northern border state of Chihuahua to stand trial Saturday on charges of homicide, injuries and failure to perform his duties, for last month’s deadly fire at a migrant detention center. The judge
A senior naval commander has reportedly been fired by Vladimir Putin after refusing to commit more of his men to the slaughter in Ukraine. Admiral Sergei Avakyants, 66, was the commander of Russia’s Pacific Fleet before being summarily dismissed from his post
Defiant European judges are preparing to fight back over the UK’s plans to ignore injunctions blocking the removal of migrants. The Government has agreed to amend its Illegal Migration Bill following pressure from Tory backbenchers to allow ministers to ignore Rule 39
A Tunisian investigative judge has ordered that influential Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi remain in custody, his party said Thursday on its official social media. The Ennahdha party denounced in a statement on Facebook the “unjust imprisonment” of its leader, after Ghannouchi was
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the federal police Friday to take testimony from former President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the investigation itno the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital. Justice Alexandre de Moraes gave the federal police