A South Korean court on Monday sentenced former president Yoon Suk-yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign. The sentence, if upheld through appeals, could force Yoon’s People Power Party to return 39.7 billion won (US$27.1 million) in election expenses reimbursed by the National Election Commission following his presidential election victory. The Seoul...
One Nation leader loses bid to overturn ruling that she racially discriminated against Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
The 'Farmgate' scandal nearly cost President Cyril Ramaphosa the leadership of his African National Congress in 2022.
Top court bars former President Jair Bolsonaro's son from visiting his father under house arrest over social media post.
The judge said the suit was brought for 'improper purposes' and referred a Trump attorney for possible disciplinary action.
Trump’s name was removed from the centre's facade and signage last month, after a judge ordered its removal.
A French court ruling has reopened Marine Le Pen’s path to the 2027 presidential election.
Within hours of a court of appeal confirming a guilty verdict, Marine Le Pen had already launched her presidential campaign.
A French appeal court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office, in theory preserving a path for the far-right leader to run in the 2027 presidential election. However, the court also sentenced Le Pen to a three-year jail term: two suspended and one with an electronic ankle tag. This would make a presidential campaign politically and logistically difficult, and casts doubt on whether she will in fact continue to seek...
Paris appeals court rules Le Pen guilty of misusing public funds but reduces the ban on her holding public office.