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Italy's Berlusconi headed for community service Italian prosecutors on Thursday approved a request by Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers for the three-time prime minister to do community service rather than face house arrest following a tax fraud conviction.
11 April 2014
Mukhtar Ablyazov. ©Tengrinews/Yaroslav Radlovskiy French court blocks extradition of Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov On Wednesday a French court of appeal blocked the extradition of exiled Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, who wanted for embezzlement of around $6 billon in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine.
10 April 2014
©Reuters/Max Rossi Italian court recognises gay marriage for first time An Italian court on Wednesday recognised a gay couple as married for the first time in Italy, which does not have any form of official acknowledgement of same-sex unions.
10 April 2014
Japan kills 251 minke whales in final Antarctic hunt Japan killed 251 minke whales during the 2014 Antarctic hunt, in what is expected to be the last "research whaling" mission in the Southern Ocean after an international court ruling.
09 April 2014
Sophie Collombet. Photo courtesy of brisbanetimes.com.au Australian charged with murder of young French woman A young Australian man appeared in a Brisbane court on Wednesday charged with the rape and murder of 21-year-old French student Sophie Collombet, reports said.
09 April 2014
Photo courtesy of aksuwiki.org Aksu plant faces fine of $620 thousand for environmental damage Aksu Ferrousalloy plant will face a fine of $620 thousand for causing environmental damage in Kazakhstan.
08 April 2014
Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org UAE upholds 15-year jail term for maid torturer A Dubai court has upheld a 15-year jail term for an Emirati woman who tortured her Ethiopian maid to death by forcing her to drink pesticide, media reported Monday.
07 April 2014
Domenico Rancadore (L) and his wife Anne Skinner cover their faces. ©Reuters/Olivia Harris Fugitive Italian mafia boss re-arrested in Britain Domenico Rancadore, the convicted Italian mafia boss who last week was told he was free to remain in Britain, has been arrested on a fresh international warrant, police said Saturday.
05 April 2014
Japan cancels next Antarctic whaling hunt after ICJ ruling Japan said Thursday it was cancelling its annual Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than a quarter of a century in line with a UN court ruling that the programme was a commercial activity disguised as science.
03 April 2014
Peter Baruch. Photo  ©uralskweek.kz Corruption of minors case trial to start in mid April The case of the British national Peter Baruch charged with corrupting minors in Kazakhstan will be transferred to court in mid April.
02 April 2014
The exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington. ©Reuters/Gary Cameron US top court rules domestic abusers can't own guns The US Supreme Court upheld a federal law Wednesday barring anyone convicted of even a minor domestic violence charge from ever owning a gun.
27 March 2014
©Reuters NCOC and Agip to dispute Kashagan fine NCOC and Agip KCO intend to dispute the $737 million damage compensation for the break down at the Kashagan oil-field in court.
22 March 2014
©Tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan eyes prohibiting and restraining orders Once Kazakhstan adopts its new Criminal Procedures Code, the country's courts will be able to pass orders prohibiting or restricting approaches by the defendant to the protected.
16 March 2014
French court sentences Rwandan over genocide A French court sentenced a former Rwandan army captain to 25 years in prison over the 1994 genocide Friday, in a landmark ruling just weeks ahead of the massacre's 20th anniversary.
15 March 2014
S. Korean strongman's art collection sold to pay fines Art works confiscated from the family of former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-Hwan have been auctioned to pay multi-million-dollar fines imposed for bribes the disgraced military strongman received in office.
13 March 2014
Photo courtesy of  positime.ru Petropavlovsk court starts using Skype for remote hearings Petropavlovsk city of northern Kazakhstan has started experimenting with remote court hearings via Skype.
13 March 2014
©Reuters/Regis Duvignau Saudi jails Islamist for 8 years for Twitter protest call A Saudi court Sunday jailed an Islamist for eight years on charges of inciting protests, mocking the monarch and criticising the security services on Twitter.
10 March 2014
©Reuters/Matthew Bash Yemen upholds 10-year jail for 11 Somali pirates An appeals court in the southern port of Aden upheld a 10-year jail term Sunday for 11 Somali pirates convicted of trying to hijack a ship in Yemeni waters.
10 March 2014
Beth Warren. Photo courtesy of itv.com British widow wins battle for husband's frozen sperm A British woman won a High Court battle to preserve her late husband's sperm for at least another decade so that she can bear his children.
07 March 2014
©Reuters/Mike Blake Cisco cleared in rights case, as tech sector watches A US court has cleared Cisco Systems over liability for human rights abuses in China, in a case closely watched by the global technology sector and activists.
02 March 2014

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