Hong Kong court jails pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years

Hong Kong court jails pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years

Who else was sentenced alongside Jimmy Lai?published at 04:41 GMT 04:41 GMT Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Apple Daily employees work in the printing room as the last edition of the newspaper is printed in Hong Kong In addition to the penalties handed down to Lai on Monday, the court also convicted a number of … Read more

Birmingham doctor in court accused of sex assaults on patients

Birmingham doctor in court accused of sex assaults on patients

A doctor has appeared in court accused of more than 40 counts of sexual assault against hospital patients including children. The charges faced by Nathaniel Spencer on Tuesday relate to 38 patients at Royal Stoke University Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, between 2017 and 2021. The 38-year-old of Great Hampden Street, Birmingham, appeared at … Read more

Court finds Malaysia’s former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power

Court finds Malaysia’s former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power

BREAKINGBREAKING, Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib guilty in trial related to the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal. Published On 26 Dec 202526 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty in his second major trial involving the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. … Read more

Pakistani court sentences former PM Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case

Pakistani court sentences former PM Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case

A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, sentencing them to 17 years in prison ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court convicted and sentenced imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday to 17 years in prison after finding them guilty of retaining and … Read more

Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional

Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional

TOKYO – A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, becoming the only high court to uphold the state’s position among six rulings on similar lawsuits filed nationwide. The Tokyo High Court concluded the current civil law provisions that do not allow same-sex marriage are still reasonable under … Read more

US Supreme Court extends order allowing Trump to withhold food aid

US Supreme Court extends order allowing Trump to withhold food aid

Decision follows Senate vote to reopen the government, but legal saga has brought uncertainty to millions who need food assistance. Published On 12 Nov 202512 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The highest court in the United States has extended a previous order allowing President Donald Trump to withhold food … Read more

Hong Kong court gives trio lengthy jail terms over bomb plots

Hong Kong court gives trio lengthy jail terms over bomb plots

Three defendants receive prison terms of up to 18 years over plots in 2019 and 2020. Published On 27 Oct 202527 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A Hong Kong court has sentenced three people to prison terms of up to 18 years over three bomb plots in 2019 and … Read more

US Supreme Court sides with Trump on freezing $4bn in foreign aid

US Supreme Court sides with Trump on freezing bn in foreign aid

A lower court had previously ordered Trump to disburse the congressionally approved aid before its expiration date. Published On 26 Sep 202526 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States Supreme Court has again sided with President Donald Trump in allowing him to freeze $4bn in foreign aid from … Read more

Judge fails to appear for court hearing in Eswatini over 4 men deported from the U.S. by Trump administration

Judge fails to appear for court hearing in Eswatini over 4 men deported from the U.S. by Trump administration

MBABANE, Eswatini (AP) — A judge failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in Eswatini on Thursday over the continued detention of four men deported by the United States to the southern African kingdom. The case was brought by several non-profit organizations that have challenged the legality of holding the men from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and … Read more

Kenya’s high court issues arrest warrant for British national

Kenya’s high court issues arrest warrant for British national

A Kenyan High Court has issued an arrest warrant for a British national suspected of murdering a 21-year-old woman more than a decade ago. Agnes Wanjiru was killed in March 2012 and her body later found in a septic tank of a hotel in the central garrison town of Nanyuki nearly three months after she … Read more

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