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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused prosecutors on Monday of misleading him and “setting a trap” during his cross-examination, as his attorney Amit Hadad began the final stage of questioning in Netanyahu’s long-running criminal trial.
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SEOUL — A South Korean court sentenced a former justice minister to 25 years in prison on Monday for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's brief and disastrous declaration of martial law in 2024.
Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday after a district court found him guilty of playing a key role in an insurrection through his involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid.
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A whistle-blower claims that millions of dollars are linked to several individuals and the government did not receive the money from the move
A whistle-blower claims that millions of dollars are linked to several individuals and the government did not receive the money from the move
A three-year-old boy who was seriously injured after ending up in a crocodile enclosure is no longer in a critical condition, police confirmed.
Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: Brisbane’s budget week, a “new” commission loses its shine, police behaviour in focus, the state librarian resigns and an electoral redraw looms.
BERLIN (AP) — A German journalist whose fate was unknown for months after she was detained in Syria has been released, her lawyer said Monday.
Three men and a woman handed over by mainland authorities, bringing number of suspects held over airport car park case to 13
Three men and a woman handed over by mainland authorities, bringing number of suspects held over airport car park case to 13
Mon 22 Jun 2026 at 7:44pm
At least three students have been killed and seven others were wounded after two students opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines, police said.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murdering a teenager who was stabbed to death in Battersea, south-west London.
IDF soldiers and haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters clashed outside of Military Prison 10 in Beit Lid on Monday morning, demonstrating in support of arrested draft dodgers being held in the prison and the IDF's haredi draft law.
Former South Korean Justice Minister Park Sung-jae arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 22, 2026. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP)
Two students opened fired at a high school in central Philippines, leaving three of their peers dead and seven more wounded, police say.
The man, who says he hardly knew the schoolmate, has filed a police report and set all his social media accounts to private
The man, who says he hardly knew the schoolmate, has filed a police report and set all his social media accounts to private
Gang member Chiu Hon-leung ordered subordinates to lock women in Yau Ma Tei flat in 2023 but was arrested after victims alerted Thai consulate
Gang member Chiu Hon-leung ordered subordinates to lock women in Yau Ma Tei flat in 2023 but was arrested after victims alerted Thai consulate
Steven May’s partner, Sachi Dade, has alleged she suffered emotional distress, psychiatric harm and public humiliation after Melbourne Football Club officials disclosed private information about her during a controversial meeting with players’ partners earlier this year.
The Asahikawa District Court in Hokkaido on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old woman to 27 years in prison over the 2024 death of a 17-year-old high school girl who was made to sit naked on the railing of a suspension bridge before she fell into the Ishikari River.
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A former University of Wollongong executive repeatedly helped friends and associates secure lucrative jobs by reviewing their resumés and supplying them with interview questions and answers, it has been alleged at a corruption hearing.
Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday in connection with former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed martial law attempt in 2024.
Defence barrister claims teenager was a ‘troubled kid’ but crown prosecutor says he was serious when he wrote of copying US domestic terrorists
Park met justice ministry officials and checked on prison capacity for holding critics in the early hours of martial law, prosecutors said
Park met justice ministry officials and checked on prison capacity for holding critics in the early hours of martial law, prosecutors said
Hong Kong police mount citywide operations from June 5 to 19 in response to 40 per cent surge in traffic-related deaths in first five months
Hong Kong police mount citywide operations from June 5 to 19 in response to 40 per cent surge in traffic-related deaths in first five months
A teenager accused of preparing a nail-bombing campaign was either a “troubled kid” who made edgy jokes or a determined terrorist in waiting, a court has been told.
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- A life sentence has been finalized for a 42-year-old man over fatal stabbings at a Seoul pizza store last year, legal sources said Monday.
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Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday on charges of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid.
Mon 22 Jun 2026 at 4:47pm
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday warned against involvement in so-called “private revenge-for-hire” crimes, stressing that such acts are serious offenses that can lead to arrest and detention.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 72-year-old woman was found with stab wounds at a property in Swadlincote.
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday on charges of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid.
As the ratio of repeat offenders under criminal law remains high in Japan, the role of volunteer probation officers who guide and support people on probation has become increasingly important.
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MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives' prosecution team named veteran trial lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr. as its legal spokesman for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
A victim of appalling sexual abuse at a Catholic girls school in Essendon has reached a $1 million settlement just a day before the case was due to proceed to trial, but says the protracted legal negotiations have exacerbated her trauma.
MANILA, Philippines — The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte could extend beyond September as both the prosecution and defense prepare to present a large volume of witnesses and documentary evidence, House prosecutors said Monday.
Two former police officers who fled the scene of a 2021 knife attack in Incheon have been ordered to pay compensation, along with the state, to the victim’s family over their botched response.
Three people were killed and five injured in a school shooting in the central Philippines, Philippine police said on Monday.
The head of a local authority has been detained by the National Fraud Investigation Unit in Lahav 433 on Monday on suspicion of involvement in public corruption.
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