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Greek man accused of stealing Dali work in NYC
A Greek man proved inept at the art of thievery by swiping a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery as security cameras rolled and, in ...
Former Ivory Coast president faces charges
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was prepared to go to any lengths — including using lethal force — to cling to power after losing ...
Defense to seek new trial in Chandra Levy case
Lawyers for the man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy said in documents unsealed Tuesday that his prosecution was "predicated on a ...
Hamilton says he paid $40,000 a year for doping
Disgraced former U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton told a Spanish court Tuesday he paid tens of thousands of euros (dollars) a year to the doctor at the ...
Trial ordered in bankruptcy of former Alitalia
A judge in Rome has ordered trial for seven former officials in the bankruptcy of Alitalia several years ago when it was still a state-run airline.
Court says police don't have to prove dog training
Police don't have to extensively document the work of drug-sniffing dogs in the field to be able to use the results of their work in court, the ...
8 arrested in slaying of Russian councilman
Zooming around in a Rolls Royce and boasting of ties to Chechnya's strongman ruler, Mikhail Pakhomov didn't live the life of the average provincial ...
Court: US custody case not moot with child abroad
The United States court system does not lose jurisdiction in international custody disputes simply because the child involved is no longer in the ...
Judge approves Transocean's $1B spill settlement
A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved Swiss-based Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to pay $1 billion in civil penalties for its role ...
German court strengthens gay adoption rights
Germany's highest court strengthened gay couples' adoption rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country's justice minister greeted as "a historic step.
Turkish police detain suspected leftist militants
Turkey's state-run news agency says police is rounding up dozens of people suspected of membership in a left-wing militant group that has claimed ...
Afghans arrest senior Pakistani Taliban
Afghan intelligence officers have arrested a senior Pakistan Taliban commander who was hiding out in eastern Afghanistan, a security official said on ...
Russians investigating adoptee's death in Texas
Russian authorities have blamed "inhuman treatment" for the death of a 3-year-old boy adopted by an American family, but Texas officials say they are ...
Iran court upholds 4 death sentences over fraud
Iran's state prosecutor says the country's Supreme Court has upheld death sentences against four people linked to a $2.6 billion bank fraud described ...
Belarus guard get 2-year sentence for teddy bears
A Belarusian court has handed out a two-year prison sentence to a border guard who failed to protect the ex-Soviet nation from foreign teddy bears.
Cyprus: Charges dropped for air crash defendants
Cyprus' attorney general on Monday dropped manslaughter and other charges against four defendants on trial for a 2005 plane crash that killed 121 ...
Belgian authorities open probe into cycling doctor
Authorities have opened a judicial inquiry into cycling doctor Geert Leinders, who has worked for the Rabobank and Team Sky teams. The prosecutor's ...
Man accused of beheading woman: Spain trial opens
The trial opened Monday of a Bulgarian man who allegedly beheaded a British woman with a carving knife in a random attack inside a supermarket on the ...
Dead Russian whistleblower set for day in court
The trial of whistleblowing Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is to begin next month, even though he died in prison three years ago. A Russian court on ...
In lurid Ariz case, woman describes victim as liar
Jodi Arias has been on the witness stand for more than a week, recounting one intimate detail of her life after another. Salacious revelations of ...
Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
Israel's prime minister on Sunday defended the actions of his country's security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man ...