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France and the debate over statelessness

In a speech on November 16 French President Francois Hollande said: “The removal of a person’s nationality does not have to result in them being made

Germany

Ex-Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial over 170,000 killings at Auschwitz

He is 94 today, at the centre of what is likely to be one of the last ever Nazi war crimes trials. But Reinhold Hanning was 20 years old in 1942 when

USA

'Happy birthday' and the other top ten most lucrative songs in history

'Happy Birthday to You' tops the list of highest-grossing songs in history. From March it could be freely available to everyone.

South Africa

Zuma's legal battle latest stumble in error-filled second term

South African President Jacob Zuma’s legal headache is just the latest problem he has been backed into. His critics say that in the past this has

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Spain

Spain: Princess Cristina and her husband in court, as defendants testify in fraud case

Spain’s Princess Cristina, the first member of the country’s royal family ever to face trial returned to court in Mallorca on Tuesday. Cristina one

World News

Australia's High Court rules offshore detention camps legal

Australia’s High Court high court has ruled the country’s policy of sending migrants to offshore detention camps is legal. A Bangladeshi woman had

World News

Bill Cosby's lawyers to request court dismiss sex assault charges

Bill Cosby arrived at court in the US city of Philadelphia on Tuesday (February 2) as he faces charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. The

France

François Hollande pardons Sauvage and reignites domestic violence debate

French President François Hollande once said granting pardons was not his conception of a modern presidency, and he has done so only once before, for

France

Son of France FM Fabius indicted on forgery charges - media reports

Thomas Fabius, the son of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, has been indicted on charges related to forgery, according to French judicial

Ivory Coast

Gbagbo: ICC hears details of war crimes charges

Former Ivory Coast president goes on trial in the Hague

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: ex-president denies war crimes

Dozens of Laurent Gbagbo's supporters gather outside the court building in The Hague

France

French justice minister resigns over anti-terror plan

Christiane Taubira stepped down on Wednesday, just as parliament prepared to examine a constitutional reform plan she openly criticized.

Malaysia

Malaysia PM cleared over $681 million Saudi gift

France

Teacher charged with manslaughter after French Alps avalanche deaths

A teacher who was among a group hit by an avalanche in the French Alps on Wednesday (January 13) has been charged with manslaughter. He and some of

Business Series

US regulators reject VW's plans for emissions fix

US regulators have rejected Volkswagen’s plans to fix 2.0 litre cars equipped with equipment which “cheated” emissions tests allowing them to emit 40

World News

Dramatic footage of El Chapo arrest raid

The Mexican government has released dramatic video coverage of the raid by soldiers on a house that led the arrest of the world’s most wanted drug

Mexico

Mexico begins 'EL Chapo' drugs lord extradition process

Mexico has started formal extradition proceedings against the captured drug lord Joaquin Guzmán, known as El Chapo – in the strongest sign it intends

Spain

Spain's Princess Cristina appears in court on tax fraud charges

Spain’s Princess Cristina has appeared in court with her husband in Majorca on charges of tax fraud. The 50-year-old sister of King Felipe VI is the

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Spanish princess to appear in court on tax fraud charges

Spain’s Princess Cristina is due in court in Mallorca on Monday in connection with tax fraud charges in a case that has embarrassed the country’s

Mexico

Mexico 'wishes to talk to Penn and del Castillo' over El Chapo meeting

Mexican authorities wish to speak to actors Sean Penn and Kate del Castillo about a meeting they had with notorious drug lord El Chapo while he was