Europe
International Criminal Court prosecutor opposes EU plan for special Ukraine tribunal
Karim Khan pushed back against the plan European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced...
Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
German reports say the group of far-right and ex-military figures planned to storm the parliament bu...
UK: Lawyer jailed for 12 years after private prosecution for fraud
Stephen Jones, 63, senior partner at London firm Jirehouse Partners, pleaded guilty at Southwark Cro...
EU proposes special court to probe Russian actions in Ukraine
The aim would be to address crimes that wouldn’t fit under the mandate of the International Criminal...
Cristiano Ronaldo: FA suspends and fines former Manchester United star after he 'slapped' mobile phone out of boy's hand
The player could have simply ignored or walked around the child spectator, who "posed no actual or p...
UK: 'Exhausted' solicitor, 79, agrees strike-off for overcharging by £474,108
According to a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal endorsement of an agreed outcome, George Nosworthy a...
German Catholic Church amends law to allow LGBTQ employees
The Church, which employees around 800,000 people in Germany, has changed its labor laws so that peo...
UK: Teenager gives birth after judge approves C-section against her wishes
The lawyer representing the teenager told the hearing she had a "strong wish" to give birth naturall...
Woman makes history as UK’s first black blind barrister
Jessikah Inaba, who is also Congolese, qualified last month after five years of legal study at the U...
UK: Woman claiming to be Christ warned to stop using court time
The court heard that Michelle Andrea Derrig, known as Michelle Andrea Hargreaves after marriage, cha...
Glencore ordered to pay millions over Africa oil bribes
The company paid $26m (£23m) through agents and employees to officials of crude oil firms in Nigeria...
Czech Republic on the way to legalizing cannabis
In the Czech Republic, hemp products like marijuana, hashish and cannabis oil have been available in...
Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears
Third-party agents used Glencore’s money to bribe officials in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equat...
Brexit: Northern Ireland Protocol bill continues amid election uncertainty
The protocol was agreed upon between the UK and the EU to avoid goods checks across Ireland's land b...
Kidnapped Frenchman freed in Chad
Jérôme Hugonnot had been taken hostage by unknown individuals in the eastern Wadi-Fira province, nea...
Schools in Great Britain warned not to ban minority pupils’ hair styles
Equality watchdog says appearance policies should include exceptions on racial and religious grounds...
Germany to legalize purchase of up to 30 grams of cannabis
The cabinet approved a proposal by the health ministry on Wednesday that will allow state-licensed a...
China accused of operating 'secret police stations' in the Netherlands
The "police stations" allegedly claim to offer diplomatic assistance to Chinese nationals but have n...
Hacker who stole unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert jailed for 18 months
Adrian Kwiatkowski stole two songs from Sheeran and 12 songs from American rapper Vert and tried to ...
UK: Woman jailed for injecting child with faeces has sentence increased
Elizabeth Faragher had her sentence extended from five years and 10 months to eight years after judg...
German cybersecurity chief sacked over possible ties to Russian intelligence
The decision to replace him was also in the interest of the agency's employees and their ability to ...
Foreign detainees being held in jail despite completing their sentences, UK prison watchdog says
The report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons revealed that many migrants remain behind bars while "littl...
UK: Criminal barristers vote to end strike after accepting government pay offer
The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) confirmed the end of the industrial action, which had caused many...
UK: Woman suing Crown Prosecution Service after it dropped her rape case over claims she had sexsomnia
Sexsomnia is a rare sleep condition that causes people to engage in sexual activity while unconsciou...
Fake heiress Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin reportedly being released from jail - but is banned from social media
Her infamous "summer of scam" that saw her defraud banks and New York City elites to the tune of aro...
