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A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba, in a decision hailed as a major step towards confronting the country's colonial past.
Kenyan wildlife officers sort live queen garden ants being exhibited in court as Zhang Kequn, a Chinese national and Charles Mwangi, a Kenyan citizen, face charges for smuggling them through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA
Étienne Davignon is charged with participation in war crimes in relation to killing of then PM Patrice Lumumba
This image from video contained in a Justice Department court filing shows Brian J. Cole Jr., being interrogated by FBI investigators in Woodbridge, Va., Dec. 4, 2025. (Justice Department via AP)
Antoine Dupont of France holds the trophy aloft after clinching the title after winning the Six Nations rugby union match between France and England in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
ROME (AP) — The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes.
Russia has quietly stepped up its intelligence operations in Vienna, taking advantage of legal loopholes and Austria’s neutrality to expand what Western officials describe as one of its largest covert signals intelligence platforms in the West, the Financial Times reported.
Millions of Americans may be eligible for a tax refund thanks to a recent court decision that found taxpayers should not have been charged late penalties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Moroccan court has pushed back the appeal trial of 18 Senegalese football fans detained in Rabat during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final.
A Tunisian judge on Monday ordered the pre-trial detention of seven members of the new pro-Palestinian flotilla, Global Sumud, based on suspicions of money laundering under the country's anti-terrorism law.
Mark Gastineau isn’t used to getting stonewalled when he gets after something.
“Hell on wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla has been refused a new trial — because her lawyers filed a request just one day too late.
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan says call to end ‘dictatorship’ promotes democratic rights, does not mean ousting Chinese Communist Party
Yoo Yeon-seok and Esom star in this new Korean drama about a lawyer who unwillingly takes on the cases of ghost clients
Former tenants of an East Village building destroyed in a fatal 2015 gas explosion claim the new owner is stiffing them out of roughly $2 million in housing stipends, according to a new lawsuit.
Independent committee set up to investigate deadly fire publishes list of 37 ‘involved parties’ ahead of hearings to collect evidence
The head of a major Melbourne property development company has been granted bail after being charged with offences relating to an alleged $20 million extortion plot, with a court hearing he used an AI assistant to research the legality of his alleged actions.
Both Irma and Gregor Palasics were gagged, bound and beaten during the 1999 home invasion. (Supplied)
Arvind Ajay Singh is facing trial in the Maroochydore District Court. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Jessica Ross)
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Perth barrister Alice Rose McShera was found dead in a hotel room at Crown Towers on October 30, 2023. (Supplied)
Robert John Crawford (centre) will face a Supreme Court trial later this year. (ABC News: Tobi Loftus)
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Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too
Members of Elon Musk’s legal team, including attorney Stephen Broome, left, exit the Phillip Burton Federal Building after representing Elon Musk, in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Dan Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
As a prominent Perth lawyer, Alice McShera specialised in family law and restraining orders.
The policy reversal came after a federal court judge asked the government to explain why it had stopped negotiating with Cape York traditional owners
Officer caught on body-worn camera making comments, according to lawsuit filed in federal court
Members of the Cadia community class action group and supporters outside the NSW Supreme Court. (ABC News)
The family of accused Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram are at risk of being killed and should have their names kept from the public, a court has been told.The 24-year-old alleged gunman is seeking a court gag order preventing publication of the names of his mother, brother and sister, who say they have received death th…
Lawyer acting for alleged Bondi beach terror attack shooter says 24-year-old’s mother and siblings have received death threats since December antisemitic shootings
A man who was charged with attacking San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s bodyguard last week is back behind bars after he reportedly violated a court order.
Naveed Akram's family have detailed targeted attacks as his lawyer seeks suppression orders.
The Warriors arrived at their Washington, D.C., hotel in the wee hours Monday morning, slept off a gut-wrenching loss in the mecca of basketball and took the court again later that night against the woeful Wizards in front of a half-empty arena.
The leader of the ruling Democratic Party said Tuesday the party plans to put prosecution reform bills centered on separating investigative and indictment powers to a vote at the National Assembly plenary session this week.
Like a twist out of an old Hollywood noir movie, the president of Paramount filed a bombshell lawsuit the day after the Oscars — alleging that he’s being shaken down by “an inveterate gambler” who “overplayed his hand.”
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee, will appear in the same court Tuesday for separate trials, the second such instance as they face multiple criminal cases.
Arrest of asylum seeker Elvis Joel TE and his two-year-old, without a warrant, had sparked widespread outrage
Kordia was taken at a check-in at an ICE office in New Jersey and was held despite court ruling thrice for her release
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Aaron Judge (99) celebra con Brice Turang (izquierda) y Byron Buxton (centro) tras la victoria de Estados Unidos sobre Canadá en los cuartos de final del Clásico Mundial, el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026, en Houston. (AP Foto/David J. Phillip)
WASHINGTON — A US judge on Monday dealt a blow to the Trump administration by blocking the government from implementing major vaccine policy changes made by health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Utah mom Kouri Richins couldn’t stop flashing a sarcastic smile as prosecutors laid out why she allegedly poisoned her husband — and then wrote a children’s book about grief for their kids.
United States outfielders Roman Anthony, left to right, Byron Buxton and Aaron Judge celebrate after the team’s victory over Mexico in a World Baseball Classic game, Monday, March 9, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The BBC has asked an American court to throw out a lawsuit filed against it by US President Donald Trump. The British state broadcaster has argued its documentary featuring an edited speech Trump delivered during the Capitol Hill riots in 2021 did not harm his reputation enough to warrant a $10 billion defamation case.
The BBC has asked an American court to throw out a lawsuit filed against it by US President Donald Trump. The British state broadcaster argued that its documentary featuring an edited speech Trump delivered during the Capitol Hill riots in 2021 did not harm his reputation enough to warrant a $10 billion defamation c…
Two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, a growing number of Iranians who saw Reza Pahlavi as an alternative to the ruling establishment say they are losing faith in the exiled opposition figure.