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Former Peruvian President jailed

Ollanta Humala, President of Peru until 2016, has been jailed along with his wife amidst concerns that they might flee the country ahead of their trial on money laundering charges.

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Cardinal George Pell denies sex offences

High-ranking Vatican official Cardinal George Pell asserts his innocence as he is charged with multiple, historical sex crimes.

Hungary

Migrant smugglers go on trial in Hungary over lorry tragedy

Eleven men are charged with human trafficking and torture over the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated in the back of an abandoned lorry in 2015.

USA

Bill Cosby trial ends in no verdict

Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges in the United States has ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision.

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USA

Woman found guilty for encouraging her teen boyfriend's suicide

A 20-year old woman in the US state of Massachusetts has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her teenage boyfriend’s suicide.

USA

Bill Cosby trial begins

Russia

Moscow court hears Usmanov v Navalny defamation case

Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov is suing Alexei Navalny over the activist's investigation into Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wealth.

Turkey

Turkey's coup suspects go on trial

Among the 200 defendants are President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ex-aide-de-camp and the former head of Turkey's air force

Belgium

Emirati princesses tried in Belgium on human trafficking charges

Eight Emirati princesses are on trial in the Belgian capital in a slavery case dating back to 2008.

Turkey

Turkey: dozens detained and sought over alleged terror links

Turkish authorities detain dozens suspected of involvement in last July's failed coup attempt, following which thousands were taken into custody.

Italy

Costa Concordia verdict due

Italy's highest court is due to give a verdict in the case of the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank in 2012 with the loss of 32 lives.

Germany

Germany: Migrants on trial for fire attack on homeless man

Six young asylum seekers are on trial for attempted murder in Germany for a fire attack on a homeless man at a metro station in Berlin.

Indonesia

Christian governor of Jakarta imprisoned for blasphemy

Outgoing governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama - known as Ahok - was sentenced to two years on accusations of insulting Islam.

USA

Baby powder lawsuit: Johnson and Johnson ordered to pay 100 million

US multinational Johnson and Johnson has been ordered to pay around 100 million euros to a woman who says the firm’s talcum powder caused her to develop ovarian…

Brazil

Ex-tycoon Eike Batista leaves Rio jail ahead of bribery trial

Brazilian oil and mining magnate Eike Batista has left a Rio de Janeiro jail for house arrest ahead of a trial on corruption charges.

Italy

Italy's top court reviews case of Costa Concordia captain

Italy’s highest court has begun reviewing the case of the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner.

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence for deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

France

Carlos the Jackal on trial in Paris

Carlos the Jackal, formerly one of the world's most wanted terror suspects, is on trial on fresh charges in Paris.

Economy

Samsung boss Jay Y Lee denies corruption charges as trial starts

Jay Y Lee, the head of South Korea's Samsung Group, is denying all the bribery, embezzlement and other charges in a corruption scandal.

Ukraine

Ukraine jails its head of tax and customs

Ukraine's anti-corruption prosecutor says investigators suspect 38-year-old Roman Nasirov helped exiled lawmaker Oleksandr Onishchenko deprive the state of the money in tax revenue linked to a gas dea