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Caterpillar raided in tax probe

US federal law enforcement officials raided heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar facilities, apparently part of a tax investigation.

03/03/2017

USA

Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps aside from Russia probe

Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuses himself from probe into alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election

02/03/2017

World News

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria freed pending appeal

The Israeli soldier sentenced to 18 months in prison for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker will not go to jail while he waits the outcome of his appeal.

02/03/2017

World News

Marine Le Pen stripped of EU parliamentary immunity

The vote by the full chamber comes a decision taken by a parliamentary committee earlier this week.

02/03/2017

USA

Pulse nightclub shooting: Gunman's wife to be freed pending trial

A federal judge’s decision to free the wife of a man who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has been condemned by survivors of the massacre.

02/03/2017

United Kingdom

Tunisia beach attack: British families prepare to sue TUI

British families are preparing to sue the TUI tour operator, following the June, 2015, terror attack in Tunisia.

28/02/2017

Germany

Life sentences given to two street racers who killed in Berlin

A pair of drivers who killed a man in Berlin while street racing have been given life sentences for murder in a German court.

27/02/2017

Russia

Russian anti-Kremlin activist freed after conviction overturned

Russia has released anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin from a Siberian prison after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction on Wednesday.

26/02/2017

Netherlands

Bosnia moves to challenge ruling clearing Serbia of genocide

Bosnia has formally lodged its request at The Hague for a review of a UN court ruling that cleared Serbia of genocide in the 1990s.

23/02/2017

World News

Former IMF head sentenced for credit card fraud

Rodrigo Rato has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for misusing company credit cards at a Spanish bank he chaired for two years before its state bailout in 2012.

23/02/2017

Spain

Spain's Urdangarin escapes jail pending appeal

A Spanish court has decided not to send the King of Spain's brother-in-law to prison while he awaits the outcome of an appeal against a six-year-sentence for charges including tax fraud and money laun

23/02/2017

France

Le Pen's chief of staff under formal investigation

Judicial sources say Catherine Griset had been questioned in connection with a fraud inquiry along with Le Pen's bodyguard, Thierry Legier, who was later released.

22/02/2017

China

Former Hong Kong leader sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for misconduct

Donald Tsang, the most senior official in the territory even to stand trial for corruption, was found guilty of having failed to declare a conflict of interest.

22/02/2017

Austria

Ukraine tycoon Firtash faces US justice over bribery claims

An Austrian court has cleared the way for Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to be extradited to the United States to face bribery allegations.

21/02/2017

Israel

Israeli soldier sentence triggers Palestinian anger

Palestinians have reacted with outrage to the 18-month prison sentence handed down to an Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant.

21/02/2017

World News

How weak links in justice system hit Europe's most vulnerable children

Sexually-abused children are among European youngsters whose suffering is being exacerbated by failings in the justice system, a ground-breaking new report…

21/02/2017

Egypt

Egypt upholds death sentences over football stadium violence

Egypt’s top court has upheld death sentences for ten men convicted for their roles in the country’s worst football related violence.

20/02/2017

South Korea

Samsung chief Lee is questioned in S. Korea corruption probe

Handcuffed and tied with rope, he arrived for questioning on Saturday after a night in a tiny cell, his bed a mattress on the floor.

18/02/2017

Spain

Love and duty: Princess Cristina de Bourbon's choice

Cristina de Bourbon is a stubborn woman.

17/02/2017

Spain

Spain's Princess Cristina acquitted, her husband jailed for fraud

Spain's Princess Cristina absolved her husband jailed for fraud

17/02/2017