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Belgium

Striking prison wardens burst into Belgian justice ministry building

There have been dramatic scenes in Brussels, with striking prison wardens bursting into the Belgian Justice Ministry building. Baton-wielding riot

17/05/2016

Sport

Chelsea-bound Conte cleared over match-fixing scandal

Incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has been cleared by an Italian court of any wrongdoing in a match fixing scandal dating back to 2011. The

16/05/2016

Business Series

Norway's wealth fund to sue Volkswagen over Dieselgate

Norway's sovereign wealth fund plans to join the class-action lawsuits filed in German courts against Volkswagen over the carmaker's emissions scandal.

16/05/2016

South Africa

Up to 500,000 South Africa gold miners to launch lung disease class action suits

Up to half a million gold miners have been given the go-ahead to launch class action lawsuits after contracting fatal lung diseases underground. The

13/05/2016

France

Former Rwandan mayors go on trial in France for 1994 genocide

More than 100 victims, relatives and witnesses are expected to testify in the trial being conducted under a special UN law created to pursue genocide suspects in France.

10/05/2016

Mexico

"El Chapo" moved to prison near US border

Is the world's most-wanted drug trafficker about to be extradited to the United States to face charges?

10/05/2016

Israel

Israeli soldier goes on trial for killing wounded Palestinian attacker

The trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker has opened. Sergeant Elor Azaria denies using

09/05/2016

Switzerland

UEFA boss Platini to resign after appeal to lift football ban fails

UEFA President Michel Platini has said he will resign from European football’s governing body after he failed to get his six-year ban from soccer

09/05/2016

Egypt

Egypt court postpones Mursi spying verdict for second time

A court in Cairo has postponed passing judgement for a second time on Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Mursi in his latest trial. Six other

07/05/2016

Italy

Hunger is no game as Italian court quashes homeless man's food theft conviction

Italy's highest court has delivered a verdict that is firmly rooted in reality.

04/05/2016

India

UN court calls on India to release Italian marine

A UN court has ruled that India must allow Italian marine Salvatore Girone, who’s been detained in Delhi for more than four years, to go home, Girone

02/05/2016

France

Jail term upheld for faulty breast implants company boss

The founder of a company that made faulty breast implants has had a four-year jail sentence upheld by a French appeals court. Jean-Claude Mas, 76

02/05/2016

Germany

Former Auschwitz guard apologises to Holocaust victims

A former Auschwitz guard on trial in Germany has apologised in court to victims. He told them he regretted being part of a criminal organisation that

29/04/2016

North Korea

North Korea: US citizen given 10 years of hard labour for spying

North Korea sentenced a naturalised US citizen to 10 years of hard labour on Friday for spying and subversion. China’s Xinhua news agency reported

29/04/2016

Italy

Costa Concordia captain appeal begins

Francesco Schettino wants his conviction overturned

28/04/2016

World News

Savchenko extradition is underway - lawyers

The Ukrainian pilot is serving 22 years in connection with the deaths of two Russian journalists

27/04/2016

United Kingdom

UK police chief suspended over Hillsborough football tragedy

The head of the British police force accused of covering up failings that led to the death of 96 fans at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989

27/04/2016

Belgium

Salah Abdeslam 'as bright as an empty ashtray', says his lawyer

“He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray, he is abysmally vacuous.” That was the stinging character assassination of Salah Abdeslam, the man

27/04/2016

United Kingdom

Police chief suspended after UK football tragedy inquest findings

The chief constable of Britain’s South Yorkshire Police service has been suspended one day after a jury found that police failures were to blame for

27/04/2016

France

Extradited Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam appears before French judges

Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam has appeared before judges in the French capital after being extradited from Belgium earlier today.

27/04/2016