EXPLAINER Nationwide riots on this ‘dark day’ last year triggered a months-long political crisis that saw ex-PM Imran Khan jailed, and a crackdown on his party. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has scheduled rallies all across the country on Thursday to mark a year since the arrest of its leader…
Judge says Bainimarama abused his power to shut down an investigation into alleged corruption at the University of the South Pacific Frank Bainimarama, who was Fiji’s prime minister for some 15 years until losing power in 2022, has been jailed for a year after he was found guilty of using…
Judge says setting a new date would be ‘imprudent’, raising further doubt about whether the trial will start before the November 5 US election. A United States judge in Florida has postponed indefinitely former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he illegally kept classified documents after leaving office. US…
US soldier detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct, adding to strained relations. A United States soldier has been detained in Vladivostok on charges of theft in Russia’s latest high-profile detention of an American. Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday that the soldier, identified by the court…
A New York jury has heard more testimony in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, who is accused of falsifying business records linked to hush-money payments ahead of the 2016 elections. But even before the jury was seated on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan levied another $1,000…
With tears and an open admission of nerves, Hope Hicks, a former advisor to Donald Trump, has taken to the witness stand in New York City, where she has been called to testify in the former United States president’s criminal hush money trial. Friday marked day 11 in the trial,…
Statement released after Israeli and US officials rebuke the court for possible arrest warrants over Gaza war. The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has appealed for an end to what it calls intimidation of its staff, saying such threats could constitute an offence against the “administration of…
The trial was a historic attempt at justice, marking the first time victims of the abuse that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq testified in front of civilian jurors in the United States. But on Thursday, the judge overseeing the civil case in Virginia declared a mistrial,…
The announcement follows a decision last week to toss Weinstein’s New York conviction on charges of rape and sexual assault. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has revealed plans to retry United States film producer Harvey Weinstein on charges related to sexual assault, less than a week after a New York…
Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US money-laundering laws at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle, who rejected prosecutors’ request that the 47-year-old Zhao serve a…
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