The International Criminal Court (ICC) has for the first time ordered a war criminal to pay reparations to victims of his atrocities. Germain Katanga, an ex-militia leader in the Democratic Republic...
A rubbish collector who allegedly could not control his sexual appetite and raped a 23-year-old paralysed woman has been arraigned before an Accra court. Julius Abbey was charged with rape before...
The top Democrat in the US Senate vowed Thursday that his party will block a confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's nominee to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. The Republican-controlled upper...
The leading Democrat in the US Senate says he will lead an attempt to block President Donald Trump's nomination for the Supreme Court. Chuck Schumer said Judge Neil Gorsuch favoured the "powerful...
Newly appointed lawyer for Gregory Afoko has made a fresh application for bail for his client after the wife of the late Adams Mahama, Zenabu Mahama, who is the first prosecution witness in the...
The High Court hearing Gregory Afoko’s murder trial has for the second time rejected his application for bail. Mr. Afoko who is being tried for allegedly killing the Upper East regional chairman of...
Hong Kong will select a new leader on Sunday in a vote skewed towards Beijing that has once more opened up the city's political divisions. Pro-democracy campaigners describe the election process as a...
A Cambodian court on Thursday jailed a former soldier for life for the brazen daytime shooting of a strident government critic, a killing that stunned the kingdom's hemmed in rights community. Oeuth...
The namesake grandson of New York mobster John Gotti was arrested Wednesday and charged with violent crimes, including a bank holdup, acting US Attorney Bridget Rohde said. John Gotti, 23, allegedly...
Entertainment mogul Haim Saban, creator of the "Power Rangers" empire, was honored Wednesday for services to television -- and used the occasion to berate President Donald Trump for his immigration...
Cheerleader outfits can be protected by copyright, the US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a verdict criticized by some as curbing creative freedom in the world of fashion and costumes. The vote...
A Luxembourg court on Wednesday denied a demand by Tehran to repatriate $1.6 billion of Iranian assets claimed by the US as compensation for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The judge...
Jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is healthy and even learning English, US prosecutors argued, dismissing allegations from defense lawyers that the terms of his confinement are too...
Former Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has called for the amendment of the law on asset declaration to deal with corruption....
A US federal judge on Tuesday strictly limited the release of information relating to the trial of Mexican former drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, citing security reasons. Judge Brian Cogan also...
Founder of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Akua Donkor, on Tuesday told an Accra Circuit Court that though she was on her way to United States of America when she was robbed at gunpoint, she doesn’t know...
An Accra High Court has convicted former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, Akrasi Sarpong of contempt. He was found guilty over his comments after a High Court granted bail to one...
An Accra High Court has convicted former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, Akrasi Sarpong of contempt. He was found guilty over his comments after a High Court granted bail to one...
An Accra High Court has convicted former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, Akrasi Sarpong of contempt. He was found guilty over his comments after a High Court granted bail to one...
A South African judge has issued a banning order to prevent a controversial pastor from using Doom insect repellent for “religious healing”. Judge George Phatudi of the Limpopo High Court ruled...
