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Israel

Olmert found guilty of illegally taking overseas donations

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty of illegally receiving money from an American supporter, and has been sentenced to

25/05/2015

Thailand

Shinawatra trial opens in Bangkok

Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra entered the supreme court on Tuesday as she began her trial on what her supporters say are

19/05/2015

France

France clears police in 2005 riots deaths

A French court has cleared two police officers over the death of two young men in a Paris suburb in 2005, a case which led to the country's worst riots in decades.

18/05/2015

Egypt

Egypt: international condemnation over Muslim Brotherhood death sentences

The international community expresses concerns over an Egyptian court's decision to seek the death penalty for ex-president Mohammed Mursi and 106 others.

17/05/2015

Burundi

18 Burundi officials charged over coup attempt

Eighteen security officials from Burundi have appeared before the country’s High Court .. in connection with an attempt to overthrow the president

17/05/2015

United Kingdom

UK: ginger man accused of plotting to kill Prince Charles "for the sake of the Aryan people"

Prosecutors in London have accused a man of planning terrorist attacks against “dark haired” people, including Prince Charles, as part of an

13/05/2015

Greece

Golden Dawn trial adjourned a second time

Organisational concerns were cited as the reason for the suspension of proceedings until the 12th of May, but the defendants also refused to appear before judges at the Athens prison once again.

07/05/2015

Germany

'Accountant of Auschwitz' Holocaust trial begins in Germany

A former Auschwitz concentration camp guard has admitted to being “morally guilty” but says he committed no crime. Oskar Groening, 93, is before a

21/04/2015

Egypt

Mohamed Mursi handed 20-year sentence for inciting killing of protesters

Egypt’s former president, Mohamed Mursi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for inciting the killing of protesters. In 2012, mass rallies were

21/04/2015

New Zealand

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.

21/04/2015

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

20/04/2015

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

17/04/2015

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.

07/04/2015

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

04/04/2015

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

23/03/2015

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

20/03/2015

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

18/03/2015

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

17/03/2015

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

16/03/2015

Germany

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

12/03/2015