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Judiciary

Thai ex-PM Thaksin acquitted of royal insult charges

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared on Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving a threat to his embattled political dynasty BANGKOK : Thailand’s...

Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister Siddiq in corruption trial

DHAKA: Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials testified in court on Wednesday against former British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, accusing of using a family connection to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land...

Bangladesh court hears graft case against ex-PM Sheikh Hasina

Hasina has been named in six corruption cases, along with her US-based son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed Her daughter has been serving as...

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities

Bosnia’s electoral authorities have removed separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia Dodik has repeatedly called for...

South Korea’s jailed ex-leader Yoon resists questioning by taking off prison uniform

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to attend questioning by investigators Friday, using a new method to resist: He took off his prison uniform and lay...

What to know about the man charged with trying to assassinate Trump in Florida

Ryan Routh’s court-appointed federal public defenders asked to be taken off the case, saying he had refused repeated attempts to meet with their team Separately, prosecutors trying...

Nigeria says jailed 44 for terrorism financing

Counterterrorism agency says it has now secured a total of 785 convictions involving terrorism-related offenses Nigeria is listed as a “gray list country” by world monitors due...

S Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon detained, again, over martial law

The latest arrest warrant was issued over concerns that Yoon would “destroy evidence” SEOUL - South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained...

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since seizing...

US judge says government must release Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil

US District Judge Michael Farbiarz had ruled earlier that expelling Khalil from the US on those grounds was likely unconstitutional NEW YORK: A federal judge...