Russia indicts extradited tycoon for theftRussian authorities on Monday issued an indictment for fraud against tycoon Sergei Polonsky, less than a day after flying him in from Cambodia.
EU denounces Morsi death sentenceThe European Union denounced Sunday the death sentence handed down against Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and at least 100 others.
Bollywood's Khan jailed for 5 years for deadly hit-and-runBollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison for killing a homeless man with his SUV in a 2002 hit-and-run after a night out drinking at an upmarket bar.
06 May 2015 15:17
Charlie Hebdo cartoonists reject Texas attack comparisonTwo Charlie Hebdo journalists have rejected any suggestion of similarities between a deadly attack on the French satirical magazine and a failed armed assault on a Mohammed cartoon event in Texas.
05 May 2015 16:06
Merkel defends cooperation with US spy agencyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted her country needed to work with American intelligence agencies, in the wake of claims Berlin helped the US spy on EU leaders and companies.
Baltimore braces for fresh large-scale protestNational Guard troops patrolled the tense streets of Baltimore in large numbers in anticipation of a fresh large-scale protest over the death of a young African-American man in police custody.
Maddie McCann parents win 500,000 euros in Portugal libel caseA former Portuguese police officer who headed the investigation into the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann was ordered to pay 500,000 euros to her parents in a libel case.
Defense to launch bid to save Boston bomber from deathCelebrated defense lawyer Judy Clarke will launch her bid to save 21-year-old convicted killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty for bombing the Boston Marathon in 2013.
Opening arguments set in US Batman shooting trialOpening arguments will take place next week in the trial of James Holmes, the gunman accused of killing 12 US cinema-goers at a 2012 screening of a Batman movie.
