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February 04, 2019

6 French women on trial for alleging lawmaker harassed them

Six French women stood trial Monday in a defamation lawsuit brought by a former lawmaker they accused of sexual misconduct ...

February 04, 2019

AP Interview: Puigdemont says Catalan trial 'vengeance'

The leader of Catalonia's failed secession bid in 2017 says that Spain will seek "vengeance" rather than justice when 12 of ...

February 03, 2019

French women put on defense in post-#MeToo defamation trial

A former French lawmaker's defamation lawsuit against six women who accused him of sexual misconduct and four journalists who ...

February 03, 2019

French women put on defense in post-#MeToo defamation trial

A former French lawmaker's defamation lawsuit against six women who accused him of sexual misconduct and four journalists who ...

February 02, 2019

Turkey: US Consulate employee who did DEA work has trial set

A Turkish employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul is set to go on trial in March on charges of espionage and attempting ...

February 01, 2019

Ex-Ivory Coast leader released by international court

Ivory Coast's ex-president and a former youth minister were released from International Criminal Court custody Friday, more ...

February 01, 2019

The Latest: Catalan secession activists demand EU's support

The Latest on the trial of Catalan separatists in Spain (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Hundreds of Catalan independence ...

February 01, 2019

Woman guilty of abusing child in UK's first FGM conviction

A London mother became the first person to be successfully prosecuted for female genital mutilation in Britain when she was ...

February 01, 2019

The Latest: Lawyer says Ivory Coast ex-minister free soon

The Latest on Ivory Coast's former leader at the ICC (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A lawyer for former Ivory Coast youth ...

February 01, 2019

Men convicted for filming sex on London subway train

A porn performer has been convicted of "outraging public decency" after he and two other men filmed themselves having sex on ...

February 01, 2019

Catalan separatists transferred to Madrid as key trial nears

Spanish authorities on Friday transferred nine politicians and activists from prisons in Catalonia to the country's capital, ...

February 01, 2019

Norway-based cleric refuses to travel to Italy for trial

A Norway-based Iraqi-born cleric suspected of recruiting fighters in Iraq has refused to travel to Italy where he faces ...

February 01, 2019

Former South Korean governor convicted of sexual abuse

A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former provincial governor to 3½ years in prison on Friday on charges of sexually ...

February 01, 2019

Jailed Reuters reporters appeal to Myanmar's Supreme Court

A lawyer for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of violating Myanmar's Official Secrets ...

February 01, 2019

Bangladesh sues Manila-based bank in NY over heist

Bangladesh's central bank has filed a lawsuit in a New York court against a Philippine bank, seeking damages and the return ...

February 01, 2019

Pakistan arrests British man who fled 19-year sentence

Pakistani authorities and the British Embassy say police have arrested a British man who fled to Pakistan in 2016 during his ...

January 31, 2019

Judge awards $300M to family of journalist killed in Syria

A Washington judge has hit the Syrian government with a $302 million judgment over the 2012 death of journalist Marie Colvin, ...

January 31, 2019

2 French police officers convicted in tourist's gang rape

Two French policemen have been convicted of gang rape and sentenced to seven years in prison after a Canadian tourist ...

January 31, 2019

Daughters of slain Israeli couple face accused in Belgium

The young daughters of an Israeli couple gunned down at a Jewish museum in Belgium came face to face on Thursday with the man ...