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 April 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 April 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 April 2016
World News 'Hillsborough' relatives call for police resignations Hillsborough verdict – “victims unlawfully killed” Police failings were to blame Relatives call for senior officers to quit Criminal prosecutions 27 April 2016
Norway Norway to appeal Breivik human rights ruling The Norwegian state says it does not agree that prison conditions for mass killer Anders Breivik violate his human rights. The country’s justice 26 April 2016
United Kingdom Hillsborough inquest jury says 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed An inquest into Britain’s worst sporting disaster has ruled that police failures were to blame for the “unlawful killing” of 96 Liverpool football 26 April 2016
France Dutch "horror dentist" jailed for mutilating many mouths in France A Dutchman known as the “horror dentist” for mutilating the mouths of more than 100 patients has been sentenced to eight years in France. Jacobus 26 April 2016
Luxembourg Tax leaks trial begins in Luxembourg The trial has begun of a French journalist and two former staff of accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers who are accused of leaking details of 26 April 2016
Papua New Guinea Australian offshore detention of asylum seekers 'illegal' rules court Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Australia’s practice of detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal and must stop. Under 26 April 2016
United Kingdom Hillsborough 96 were unlawfully killed, jury decides A inquest jury has concluded that 96 football fans who died at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final were unlawfully killed due to gross negligence 26 April 2016
Egypt Egypt: Court delays latest Mursi verdict An Egyptian court has delayed its verdict in the latest trial against former President Mohamed Mursi. It is three years since Mursi of the Muslim 23 April 2016
Turkey Turkey: Protests over 'freedom of speech' trials Demonstrators in Turkey have denounced two ‘freedom of speech’ cases being heard at the same court in Istanbul on Friday. They gathered outside the 22 April 2016
USA Volkswagen reaches deal over emissions scandal for drivers in United States Volkswagen has reached a deal to compensate drivers in the United States over its emissions scandal. The final details will be announced in June. 22 April 2016
Germany Volkswagen agrees to compensate US owners of rigged diesel vehicles The settlement would give US consumers the choice: having Volkswagen buy back the rigged cars or repair them. 21 April 2016
World Syria is an example of UN Security Council's failure, says OHCHR chief Defending human rights “He is the UN High Commisssioner for Human rights. A tremendous responsibility in such troubled times. In the midst of the 21 April 2016
Germany VW nears deal with US authorities over diesel emissions cheating - reports Volkswagen has reportedly reached a deal with US authorities to buy back up to half a million cars that cheated diesel emissions tests. 21 April 2016
Norway Killer Anders Breivik's human rights have been breached, court rules Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has partly won a court case over his prison treatment. He is serving 21 years for murdering 77 people. The 20 April 2016
Business Series Moscow wins Yukos ruling A Dutch court has annulled an international tribunal's award of $50 billion (44 billion euros) in compensation to shareholders of defunct Russian oil giant Yukos. 20 April 2016
Norway Mass killer Breivik wins court case over 'inhuman' prison conditions Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has partly won a court case against the Norwegian state, in which he claimed his human rights were 20 April 2016
Europe News Google hit with EU anti-trust charge over Android 'dominance' The European Commission accused Google on Wednesday of unfairly trying to crush rivals to its Android smartphone operating system. Marghete Vestager 20 April 2016