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Israel: former PM Ehud Olmert to serve prison time for corruption

Ehud Olmert becomes Israel's first former head of state to be sent to prison as the Supreme Court only partially accepts an appeal against a bribery conviction.

Israel

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has bribery conviction partly overturned

Israel’s Supreme Court has partly overturned the bribery conviction of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, reducing his jail sentence from six years

Argentina

Argentina: grandmother of missing child vows to 'continue fighting' after ID error

After almost four decades, she was filled with hope that a missing granddaughter had finally been found. But Maria Isabel de Mariani, the founder of

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Robert Downey Jr. pardoned for 90s drug and weapons conviction

US actor Robert Downey Jr has been granted a pardon for drug and weapons offences during the 1990s. The governor of California commended the

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Thailand

Backpackers: two men sentenced to death for 2014 Thai murders

Hannah Witheridge and David Miller found dead on island beach

France

France: dual national terrorists could be stripped of French nationality

Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls says the government will move forward with plans to strip dual citizens of their French nationality if they are

USA

Accused army deserter Bowe Bergdahl appears in court

US army segeant Bowe Bergdahl, who has been charged with desertion, appeared before a court to ask for time on deciding whether a judge or a jury

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Burkina Faso: international arrest warrant issued against ex-president Blaise Compaore

Switzerland

Football: Blatter and Platini get 8 year bans

Blatter to appeal suspension

France

IMF chief Christine Lagarde vows to fight negligence trial

Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, says she will be appealing a decision by a French court that she stands trial for her role in the payment of

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IMF chief Christine Lagarde vows to fight court decision that she stand trial

Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, has said she will appeal a court’s decision that she must stand trial for her role in the payment of 404

France

Marine Le Pen criticised for posting pictures of ISIL on twitter account

The leader of France’s far right National Front, Marine Le Penn could face an investigation by French authorities for pictures she posted on her

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Montserrat Caballe handed six-month suspended jail sentence

The Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined more than 250,000 euros for tax evasion

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Michel Platini loses appeal against FIFA suspension

Michel Platini has failed in his bid to overturn his 90-day ban from football’s world governing body FIFA. The Frenchman, who heads European soccer’s

Germany

A major step forward in the neo-Nazi murder case that has shaken Germany

Details are finally being made public about a neo-Nazi murder case that has shaken Germany to its core. After two-and-a-half years of silence

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius granted bail on murder conviction

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been granted conditional bail following his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The bail

Vatican

Five go on trial at the Vatican

The trial has opened in the Vatican into the alleged theft of confidential documents from the Holy See. Journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano

Europe News

Denmark votes on whether to ditch EU home affairs opt-outs

Denmark is holding a referendum on whether to adopt EU laws on justice and policing. Since 1993, the Danish government has opted out of such

World News

Oscar Pistorius is guilty of murder

Paralympic Athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder by a court in South Africa. The hearing overturned an earlier verdict of

Israel

Palestinians slam delay in Israeli court's verdict on murdered teen

Palestinians have denounced an Israeli court’s verdict on the murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian youth who was abducted in East Jerusalem and burned