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Daily Mail apology for Melania Trump

Britain's Daily Mail has agreed to pay the US First Lady an undisclosed sum and issue an apology after publishing an article saying she offered "services beyond simply modelling" in her former job.

USA

Ed Sheeran settles $20m lawsuit over hit record Photograph

Ed Sheeran has agreed to settle a $20 million (18,9 million euros) lawsuit after he was accused of copying a song released by reality TV show winner Matt Cardle.

Sweden

Stockholm truck attacker pleads guilty to terrorist acts

Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov pleads guilty to acts of terrorism, prosecutor says the investigation is ongoing.

USA

Trump triumphs: US Supreme Court approves Neil Gorsuch

A triumph for Trump as the US Supreme Court confirms the president's pick, Judge Neil Gorsuch.

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Italy

Genoa G8: police admits brutality, compensation agreed

Some 16 years after anti-globalisation protests broke out in Genoa, Italy has admitted its responsibility for police brutality and has agreed to pay 45,000 euros each to six people for moral and mater

News

Rhino horn sale legal in South Africa after final court ruling against ban

South Africa's highest court has dismissed an appeal by government to uphold a ban on the sale of rhino horns in the country.

USA

Film maker Roman Polanski loses latest bid to end US rape case

A Los Angeles court has rejected granting film maker Roman Polanski immunity from prison in relation to a decades-old case involving sex with a minor.

Business Series

Turkey blocks Booking.com in competition law case

Turkish court bans Booking.com in competition law case

USA

Hawaii judge puts indefinite block on Trump travel ban 2.0

A Hawaii judge indefinitely suspends version two of the Trump travel ban while it is contested in court.

Romania

Romanian court rejects appeal against jailing of labour camp commander

Ion Ficior was sentenced to 20 years' prison over the deaths of more than 100 political prisoners

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence over deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

France

Carlos the Jackal, the bin Laden of his day

Always defiant despite his many years in prison, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, or "Carlos the Jackal" as the world knows him, is now 67.

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence for deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

Russia

UPDATE Russian opposition figure Navalny fined over 'illegal protest'

It comes a day after he was arrested at major opposition demonstration in Moscow.

Korea

South Korea prosecutors seek arrest warrant for ousted President Park

If a court decides there is enough evidence for the warrant, the 65-year-old could spend up to 20 days in a cell, while being investigated on criminal charges including bribery and corruption.

Egypt

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak freed after six-year detention

Overthrown Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been freed after six years in detention under heavy guard, his lawyer has said.

Israel

19-year-old Israeli-US citizen arrested over hoax bomb threats

A 19-year-old man has appeared in court in Israel accused of making dozens of hoax bomb threats against Jewish community centres in the US, Australia and New…

USA

Passengers restricted by Trump's travel order allowed to board flights to US

Passengers from the six Muslim-majority countries on President Trump’s revised travel order have been allowed to board flights to the United States.

Germany

German court jails far-right extremists for planned refugee attacks

A court in Munich jailed four far-right extremists on Wednesday for forming a terror group with racist and anti-Semitic aims and planning to attack refugees.

Brazil

Brazil widens political corruption probe

Brazil’s top prosecutor has dramatically expanded a corruption probe into the country’s political establishment.