Peter Baruch's hearing postponedPeter Baruch detained for corruption of minors in Kazakhstan's Uralsk and Atyrau will remain in custody till the end of the month.
21 April 2014
Boston Prisoner's Kazakhstani father denied visaAmir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, who is accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case, has been denied a US visa and might not be able to attend his sons court hearings.
16 April 2014
Justin Bieber hearing set for May in CanadaThe next hearing on Canadian pop star Justin Bieber's assault charge for striking a limousine driver on the back of the head was set for May 12, court officials said.
Italy's Berlusconi headed for community serviceItalian 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
French court blocks extradition of Kazakh tycoon AblyazovOn 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
Italian court recognises gay marriage for first timeAn 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 huntJapan 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
Australian charged with murder of young French womanA 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.
UAE upholds 15-year jail term for maid torturerA 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
Fugitive Italian mafia boss re-arrested in BritainDomenico 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 rulingJapan 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.
NCOC and Agip to dispute Kashagan fineNCOC 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
Kazakhstan eyes prohibiting and restraining ordersOnce 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 genocideA 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 finesArt 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.