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October 14, 2017

Vatican court convicts ex-hospital chief in housing scandal

A Vatican court on Saturday convicted the former president of the pope's children's hospital of diverting some $500,000 in ...

October 14, 2017

The Latest: Vatican court convicts ex-hospital president

The Latest on the Vatican's trial over diverted hospital donations (all times local): 2:35 p.m. A Vatican court has convicted ...

October 14, 2017

Belgian scientists claim Delaware wrongly seized, sold stock

Delaware officials asked a judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Belgian scientists who claim the state ...

October 13, 2017

Professor fired over Nazi satire video can proceed with suit

A professor can proceed with his federal lawsuit against a Pennsylvania university that fired him after he posted a satirical ...

October 13, 2017

Nigerian court convicts 45 in Boko Haram mass trials

A Nigerian court has convicted 45 Boko Haram members in the largest mass trial in the Islamic extremist group's history.

October 13, 2017

Brother on trial for complicity in France killings testifies

The older brother of a French jihadi who killed Jewish schoolchildren and soldiers in 2012 says he had no idea what his ...

October 13, 2017

Man stopped at Vienna airport gets 2 years for IS membership

An Austrian court has sentenced a man to two years in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to go to Syria to fight ...

October 12, 2017

World Cup bribery case opened against PSG president, Valcke

The Qatari president of one of Europe's most glamorous soccer clubs, Paris Saint-Germain, is under investigation by Swiss ...

October 12, 2017

Mother accused of taking kids from Kansas to Russia indicted

A woman accused of fleeing Kansas and taking her children to Russia amid a divorce has been charged with international ...

October 12, 2017

South Africa court says anti-apartheid activist was murdered

An anti-apartheid activist who died in 1971 was tortured and killed by South African police, a court said Thursday, a ...

October 12, 2017

Witness at Malaysia trial says 4 more suspects in Kim murder

A Malaysian police officer testified Thursday that the two women on trial in the murder of the estranged half brother of ...

October 12, 2017

Montana judge orders release of House member's mugshot

A Montana judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a mugshot of U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte taken after he pleaded guilty to ...

October 11, 2017

Former FIFA official Valcke testifies in soccer ban appeal

Fired by FIFA and banned from soccer for financial wrongdoing and excessive use of private jets, Jerome Valcke defended his ...

October 11, 2017

German journalist stands trial in Turkey on terror charges

A German journalist who was arrested in Turkey denied terror-related accusations as a trial against her opened in a Turkish ...

October 11, 2017

Video of fatal attack on Kim Jong Nam shown at women's trial

A security camera video showing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader being attacked at a Malaysian airport and ...

October 11, 2017

Protesters who set Paris police car ablaze get jail sentence

Seven people accused of launching a vicious attack on a police car in Paris last year have been handed prison sentences up ...

October 11, 2017

The Latest: Video shown in court of dying Kim seeking help

Latest on the trial in Malaysia of two women accused of killing North Korean ruler's half brother (all times local): 2 p.m.

October 10, 2017

Judge rules UK government wrongly imprisoned torture victims

Britain's government unlawfully imprisoned victims of torture in immigration detention centers, the High Court said Tuesday.

October 09, 2017

Vatican prosecutors seek 3 years jail for ex-hospital boss

Vatican prosecutors on Monday demanded a three-year jail sentence for the former president of the Vatican's children's ...