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Germany

German prosecutors drop Erdogan insult case

A German comedian accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not face any further action after the criminal charges were dropped.

Spain

Spain's 'trial of the year' opens

Top officials inside Spain’s ruling Popular Party, have appeared in court in Madrid on charges of fraud.

USA

Trump foundation ordered to stop fundraising

Donald Trump braves it out singing his own praises after more bad news on the financial front

Russia

Five Chechens go on trial for murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov

Five Chechen men accused of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov have gone on trial in Moscow.

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Turkey

Turkey raids courthouses and jails in post-coup purge

Turkish police have raided courthouses and prisons as the post-coup crackdown continues.

USA

US band The Slants take lawsuit over name to Supreme Court

The Slants take fight over their name all the way to the US Supreme Court

Germany

Germany: Zschaepe breaks silence in neo-Nazi murder trial

The lone surviving suspect in a neo-Nazi murder trial in Germany broke her silence in court on Thursday.

Turkey

Turkey may need to build new courts as arrests reach 32,000 since failed coup

Turkey may have to build new courthouses to cope with the thousands of prosecutions over July’s failed coup, the country’s Justice minister has said.

Mali

Destroying culture is now a war crime

Former Islamist rebel Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi has been found guilty of war crimes for destroying historical sites in Timbuktu during Mali's conflict in 2012.

USA

Houston gunman wore military-style clothing during fatal attack - police

Police in the US state of Texas said a gunman who shot and injured at least nine people on Monday was wearing military-style clothing at the time of the attack.

Brazil

Brazil: former finance minister arrested in Petrobras probe

Authorities in Brazil have arrested Antonio Palocci, a former finance minister and senior figure in the last two governments.

Jordan

Jordanians condemn slaying of cartoonist Nahed Hattar

Jordanians have condemned the killing of a writer who was shot outside the court where he was standing trial.

Business Series

French court cuts damages owed by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel

A French appeals court has cut the amount of damages owed by trader Jerome Kerviel to his former employer Societe Generale to a million euros.

USA

Manslaughter charge for US police officer after fatal shooting of black man

A white police officer in the US state of Oklahoma has been charged with first degree manslaughter after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man whose car had broken down and blocked a…

USA

Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter over Terence Crutcher death

Betty Shelby, the Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man, has been charged with manslaughter.

USA

Yahoo - is this the world's biggest cyber security breach?

Yahoo! Inc says information was stolen from at least 500 million user accounts in 2014 by what is believes was a "state-sponsored actor".

Poland

Poland debates total abortion ban

The Polish parliament has begun debating proposals that would implement a total ban on abortion, despite already having some of Europe’s most restrictive laws.

USA

National Guard deployed to Charlotte amid further unrest over police shooting

The national guard has been deployed in the US city of Charlotte, after a second night of violent protests over the police shooting of a black man.

Poland

Police uncover world's largest illegal Viagra factory

It is alleged millions of euros worth of the counterfeit drugs were sold via the Internet from an address in Poland. Officials say popular brand names and own branding labels were used.

USA

New York bomb suspect is formally charged

US prosecutors have formally charged Ahmad Rahami, the suspect who was arrested after weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey in which 29 people were…