BBC reports from Washington DC, where Cole Tomas Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump.
The court had on Monday convicted 20 of the 45 accused in the case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Engineer Rashid had sought interim bail, saying he needed to meet his critically ill father who had been hospitalised and was on a ventilator
Ben Roberts-Smith has given his first statement since he was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder last week.
A Hong Kong retiree has been jailed for a year under the domestic national security law over seditious remarks on social media, after suggesting that last year’s Wang Fuk Court fire could trigger unrest similar to the 2019 anti-government protests. Former salesman Raymond Chong Wai-man, 61, pleaded guilty on Tuesday at West Kowloon Court to knowingly publishing 53 seditious Facebook posts that denigrated the central and local authorities between March 26, 2024 and November 29 last year. Chong, a...
A mentally ill Hongkonger has been sentenced to an indefinite period at a psychiatric hospital for killing his 50-year-old mother and hiding her body under the bed while under the delusion that she was a “monster lizard”. The High Court on Monday accepted recommendations from two psychiatrists and imposed a hospital order on Wong Chun-kit on one count of preventing the lawful burial of a body and one count of manslaughter based on diminished responsibility. Mr Justice Wilson Chan Ka-shun said...
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who was hearing a lawyer's petition alleging that Ms. Ayyub's tweets insulted Hindu Deities and "revered historical figures", observed that even an FIR was also directed to be registered against her in relation to the tweets and called upon the Centre, Delhi Police and X to "work in tandem" and "do the needful in 24 hours".
Andhra Pradesh High Court grants bail to Raj Kesireddy, main accused in ₹3,200 crore A.P. liquor scam, months after Supreme Court rejected his bail plea.
Hong Kong authorities have proceeded to confiscate properties linked to crimes committed by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, with a hearing scheduled in three months to address the court order. According to a court document inspected by the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, the secretary for justice filed an application with the Court of First Instance to confiscate Lai’s properties after he was sentenced to serve 20 years in jail. A 60-minute hearing is scheduled for July 8 to handle...
The Luthra brothers, facing serious allegations of forgery linked to their nightclub’s operations and a tragic fire that claimed 25 lives, are now free on bail as they await further legal proceedings
The custodial torture was meted out to the father and son in June 2020, after they were detained at the Sattankulam police station on the mere charge of violating COVID-19 lockdown norms