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Wikileaks' Julian Assange accepts Swedish prosecutors request

Julian Assange's lawyer says the Wikileaks founder has accepted a request from Swedish prosecutors to be questioned in London over sexual assault charges.

United Kingdom

Swedish prosecutors ask to quiz Assange in London

Swedish prosecutors have asked for approval from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to quiz him in London. He has been stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy

Germany

Germany reverses headscarf ban for Muslim teachers

Today Germany’s highest court will lift the ban on headscarves for teachers, correcting a 2003 verdict. It follows an appeal made by two female

Germany

German court fines father who 'tried to marry gay son off to Lebanese girl'

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Germany

German court fines father who 'tried to marry gay son off to Lebanese girl'

USA

Blurred Lines, but a clear-cut verdict: Marvin Gaye's estate awarded 7.4 million dollars

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams lose plagiarism case as LA judge rules parts of 'Blurred Lines' were lifted from Marvin Gaye hit 'Got To Give It Up.'

Indonesia

Richard Branson appeals to Indonesia to revoke death sentence for Bali 9 pair

The families of two Australian drug smugglers have made what could be one of their final visits to the men. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were

Italy

Silvio Berlusconi has his acquittal in the Rubygate affair upheld

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has had his acquittal in the so-called “Rubygate affair”, upheld by the country’s highest court. The

France

French ex-minister under formal investigation in funding probe

Former French Minister Claude Gueant has been placed under formal investigation over allegations the ex-Libyan leader Gaddafi helped finance

Singapore

Singapore sentences Germans to caning and jail time

Two Germans have been sentenced to nine months in a Singapore prison and three strokes of the cane. Elton Hinz, 21, and Andreas Von Knorre, 22

France

France court upholds extradition of Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov

The top French appeals court has rejected an appeal against extradition by Kazakh oligarch and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov. The 51-year-old is wanted

USA

Boston bombings: Relatives of victims attend start of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial

He faces 30 charges, including murder: suspected 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins his trial.

USA

2013's Boston Marathon - A race the city remembers with fear

The 15 April Patriots’ Day in Boston in 2013 looked like it would be like every other since 1897; a chance for the city to have a party in aid of

Russia

Moscow court rejects Ukraine ex-pilot Nadiya Savchenko's appeal

A district court in Moscow has turned down an appeal for the release of Ukraine's former military pilot, who has been on hunger strike following her capture last year.

France

France: Three suspects sought over 1982 Jewish restaurant attack

More than three decades after a deadly attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris, international arrest warrants have been issued for three suspects. Six

Brazil

Italian ex-militant Battisti "not entitled to asylum" in Brazil

A judge in Brazil orders the deportation of the former Italian left-wing militant Cesare Battisti.

Germany

Child porn trial halted after German ex-MP pays 5,000 euros

He has paid 5,000 euros and acknowledged he made a mistake. And that is what it took for a court in northern Germany to end the child pornography

Russia

Russian court upholds Navalny prison sentence

A court in Moscow has rejected an appeal against a 15-day jail term for prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The activist was handed the

Iraq

ISIL destruction of Iraqi antiquities a 'major security issue,' says UNESCO

UNESCO condemns ISIL's destruction of priceless artefacts in Iraq and calls an emergency meeting of the Security Council.

China

Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for abusing Indonesian maid

A Hong Kong mother of two who abused her maids has been jailed for six years in a case which highlighted the widespread abuse of migrant workers