Christchurch teenager charged with distributing mosque rampage livestream
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) -- An 18-year-old has appeared in a New Zealand court charged with distributing the livestream video…
7 years ago
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Canadian woman jailed for attack in name of IS group
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- A Canadian woman found guilty of terror crimes for trying to join the Islamic State group…
7 years ago
Brazil high court suspends order that could free Lula
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- The chief judge of Brazil's supreme court suspended Wednesday an order by another justice on the…
8 years ago
Notorious gangster flees French jail by helicopter
A notorious career thief who was once France's most-wanted man pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison…
8 years ago
Spanish king’s brother-in-law jailed over graft conviction
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The Spanish king's brother-in-law was jailed Monday after losing an appeal against a graft conviction, the prison…
8 years ago
French police scuffle with striking guards at Europe’s largest jail
FLEURY-MEROGIS, France (AFP) -- French police fired tear gas to break up a picket line of striking prison guards outside…
8 years ago
Sacked Catalan parliament speaker is freed on bail
by Patrick Galey © Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The sacked speaker of Catalonia's parliament left a prison near Madrid on…
9 years ago
UN: international body should weigh in before any Fujimori pardon
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- The UN's top human rights official on Tuesday suggested Peru should seek international medical opinion before any pardon…
9 years ago
Thirteen dead in Mexican prison as authorities put down riot
MONTERREY, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican security forces used lethal force Tuesday to put down a prison riot in clashes that left at least…
9 years ago
China under pressure to free dissident’s widow
by Becky Davis Agence France Presse SHENYANG, China (AFP) -- China faced international calls Friday to free the widow of…
9 years ago
Life behind bars gets new twist in empty Dutch prisons
by Sophie MIGNON Agence France-Presse BREDA, Netherlands (AFP) - Voices echo around the magnificent, luminous dome of Breda…
9 years ago
Pharmacy executive tied to 2012 US meningitis outbreak gets nine years in prison
(Reuters) - A former Massachusetts pharmaceutical company executive was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday (June 26) after…
9 years ago
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