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AC/DC drummer admits 'threatening to kill', but may not be convicted

Phil Rudd is remanded on bail after pleading guilty to threatening to kill and drugs possession.

Greece

Greece: Golden Dawn trial adjourned amid high tension

Anti-fascist activists were out in force as the mass trial began on Monday of leaders and members of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party – branded a

China

Chinese journalist jailed for "leaking state secrets"

A veteran Chinese journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison charged with leaking state secrets. Seventy-one-year-old Gao Yu gave an

USA

Jury to deliberate in Boston Marathon bombing trial

Jurors will begin deliberations on Tuesday morning after the prosecution and defence finished their arguments in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

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Egypt

Egypt: Mubarak retrial begins in corruption case

The retrial began in Egypt on Saturday of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for allegedly diverting public funds earmarked for the

Senegal

Karim Wade son of former president of Senegal jailed

Karim Wade, a former senior minister in the Senegal government has been sentenced to six years in prison for corruption. He is the son of the former

France

Picasso's electrician found guilty of stealing artworks

A court in Grasse, in the south of France, has found a couple guilty of stealing 271 artworks by Picasso. Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec were each

France

French comedian Dieudonné guilty of condoning terrorism

French comedian Dieudonné has been given a two-month suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of condoning terrorism by a Paris court. Days

Myanmar

Myanmar jails New Zealand bar manager and associates for insulting religion

New Zealander Phil Blackwood and two colleagues from Myanmar have been jailed for two and a half years with hard labour for insulting religion in the

France

2 French police officers on trial over electrocution of 2 youths

Two police officers have gone on trial in France over the deaths of two youths that detonated an explosion of violence nearly a decade ago. Officers

Germany

German court fines father who 'tried to marry gay son off to Lebanese girl'

World News

Drawing the line: Four famous copyright feuds

Thicke and Williams are the latest in a line of musicians to be accused of plagiarism. But who preceded them? And were they any more successful in their legal battles?

Italy

Silvio Berlusconi has his acquittal in the Rubygate affair upheld

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has had his acquittal in the so-called “Rubygate affair”, upheld by the country’s highest court. The

Singapore

Singapore sentences Germans to caning and jail time

Two Germans have been sentenced to nine months in a Singapore prison and three strokes of the cane. Elton Hinz, 21, and Andreas Von Knorre, 22

USA

Boston bombings: Relatives of victims attend start of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial

He faces 30 charges, including murder: suspected 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins his trial.

USA

2013's Boston Marathon - A race the city remembers with fear

The 15 April Patriots’ Day in Boston in 2013 looked like it would be like every other since 1897; a chance for the city to have a party in aid of

USA

'It was him': Tsarnaev's defence team admits his guilt in Boston bombings

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defence lawyer pleads his guilt, but blames his brother Tamerlan for leading him astray.

Brazil

Italian ex-militant Battisti "not entitled to asylum" in Brazil

A judge in Brazil orders the deportation of the former Italian left-wing militant Cesare Battisti.

USA

Boston bombings trial: What to expect

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is suspected of planning and carrying out twin bomb attacks in Boston in 2013, in which three people were killed and over 260

Germany

Child porn trial halted after German ex-MP pays 5,000 euros

He has paid 5,000 euros and acknowledged he made a mistake. And that is what it took for a court in northern Germany to end the child pornography