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Turkey

Thousands gather in Istanbul to protest mayor's political ban

Leaders and representatives of the six opposition parties in the country joined Thursday's rally in support of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

Culture news

11 men convicted of cyber harassing French singer Eddy de Pretto

The Paris Criminal Court ruled that it's unlawful to engage in "digital lynching" of a person whose public commitments and sexual orientation have had the misfortune of offending certain extremists.

Culture news

Man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker sentenced to 21 years in prison

The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker while stealing her French bulldogs last year has taken a plea deal and been sentenced to 21 years in prison

France

Record numbers behind bars in France

This year France has reached record numbers of people behind bars, with prison density at 120% compared to places available.

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Norway

Russian man jailed for 90 days in Norway for illegally flying drone

Norway implemented a ban on drones in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Ultra-Orthodox men protest Israeli military service

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men protested in Jerusalem on Thursday against the obligation to register for Israeli military service.

Travel News

Prison sentence handed to American passenger for physical assault

Two women were indicted for disorderly conduct for verbally and physically assaulting other passengers and flight crew members.

Belarus

Belarus jails five people for alleged attempted coup

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had claimed that he had foiled a coup in April last year.

USA

Retired NYPD officer gets 10 year jail sentence - longest for US Capitol Hill riots

A retired NYPD officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after attacking police officers with a metal flagpole at the Capitol Hill riots in 2021. Prosecutors say Webster led the charge against the police barricades at the Lower West Plaza.

Iran

Iran jails two Swedish citizens for alleged drug trafficking

Tensions between Tehran and Stockholm soared after a Swedish court convicted a former Iranian official of war crimes during the 1980s.

United Kingdom

Former Conservative MP jailed for sexually assaulting teenage boy

A London court sentenced Imran Ahmad Khan to 18 months in prison.

Culture news

Fyre Festival founder released from prison early

Billy McFarland was serving a six-year sentence for two counts of wire fraud.

Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrives back in UK after Iran release

It came after the UK settled a decades-old debt to Iran.

Norway

Norway appeals court increases sentence of ‘ambulance hijacker’

Two young children were injured when a man deliberately drove the vehicle into pedestrians in Oslo in 2019.

Iran

French tourist jailed in Iran for eight years for spying, says lawyer

France's foreign ministry said the prison sentence was "unacceptable".

Iran

French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah reimprisoned in Iran

The French government said the imprisonment of Fariba Adelkhah is purely political and called for her immediate release.

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi: Ousted leader 'sentenced to four more years in jail'

A legal official speaking anonymously said the court found Suu Kyi guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions.

World News

Expelled Egyptian-Palestinian activist arrives in Paris

Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath arrived in Paris on Saturday after he was released from prison in Egypt and deported.

Japan

Japan carries out first death row executions since 2019

Public support for capital punishment in Japan remains strong despite criticism from abroad, particularly from human rights organisations.

Germany

German man given life sentence for driving into carnival crowd

No one was killed in the incident, but around 90 people were injured, including 20 who needed hospital treatment.