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Brazil

Judge in Brazil graft probe dies in plane crash

Teori Zavascki's death raises questions over who will take over the country's biggest corruption case.

United Kingdom

Whistleblowing: Manning commutation prompts questions about Assange

The fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in question following the commutation of US whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s sentence.

South Korea

Samsung top boss faces arrest

The head of the Samsung group has been questioned behind closed doors about his alleged role in a corruption scandal that has led parliament to impeach President Park Guen-hye.

World News

Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence

President Barrack Obama has shortened the prison sentence of former US military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.

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Germany

German court rules neo-Nazi NPD is no threat to democracy

No ban for Neo-Nazi NPD

World News

Egyptian court blocks island handover to Saudi Arabia

Cairo court rules that the islands Tiran and Sanafir remain Egyptian

South Korea

South Korea: arrest warrant sought for Samsung's de facto chief

South Korea's special prosecutors' office seeks the arrest of Samsung's de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong on allegations of corruption.

South Korea

South Korea prosecutor to decide on Samsung leader's arrest warrant

Samsung's vice chairman Jay Y Lee may be the next head to roll in the influence-peddling scandal which led to the impeachment of South Korea's president.

USA

Damning US Justice Dept report finds Chicago PD 'routinely violated people's rights'

A damning US Justice Department report finds Chicago Police have routinely violated people's rights.

Hungary

Three years probation for Hungarian reporter who tripped migrants

The Hungarian camerawoman who gained notoriety after tripping an immigrant and his child near the Hungary-Serbia border has escaped prison for her actions and been handed a three-year suspended…

USA

FBI and Justice department to be investigated over the Hillary e-mail affair

The US Justice Department is to investigate its and the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton e-mail affair some blame for wrecking her run for the White House.

France

Haradinaj released by French court

A French court has ordered the release of Ramush Haradinaj. However, the former prime minister of Kosovo will have to stay in France pending a review of a Serbian request for extradition.

World News

Fiat Chrysler accused of emissions violations in the US

US Environmental Protection Agency accuses Fiat Chrysler of using undeclared software allowing excess diesel emissions on some Jeep and Dodge vehicles

United Kingdom

23 new suspects in Hillsborough case

23 files on people and organisations involved in the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster have been passed to the UK’s prosecution service.

USA

Volkswagen pleads guilty to US charges over emissions cheating

Volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty to US charges that it cheated on diesel emission tests for a decade.

Norway

Breivik: no Nazi salute on day two of rights appeal hearing

The 37-year-old mass killer was rebuked for the controversial gesture on the first day of the detention conditions appeal hearing in Norway.

Norway

Mass killer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court hearing

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gave a Nazi salute on Tuesday at the start of a fresh hearing over whether his human rights have been violated.

Norway

Breivik pulls Nazi salute in court

The Norwegian state is trying to overturn a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in isolation since he massacred 77 people in 2011.

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast defence minister freed by mutinous soldiers

Ivory Coast’s Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi and dozens of others have been allowed to leave a house where they had been trapped following a mutiny by disgruntled…

USA

Suspect charged in Florida airport shooting

The suspect in the deadly Florida airport shooting has now been charged and if convicted could face the death penalty.