A man sentenced to death and executed in a controversial 1996 rape and murder case was acquitted of his crimes 18 years later in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Monday.
A civil servant tried to sell secret police information to media, Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV disclosed on Monday.
The South African police on Monday said they have established a multi-disciplinarian team to investigate the murder of the South African National Football Team captain, Senzo Meyiwa.
New Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai issued a decree directing the Supreme Court to reopen a case involving the scandal at the first Afghan private bank, Kabul Bank and resolve it within 45 days by recovering bank loans and stolen assets, as his first step in fighting corruption since assuming office on Sept. 29.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Thursday afternoon to discuss the first Ebola case diagnosed on American soil and pledged full support to prevent the epidemic.
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has returned to Thailand from her vacation as scheduled, quashing speculation that she might flee the country to avoid a thorny case, local media reported Monday.
The Philippine government on Wednesday expressed hope that the Maguindanao massacre case would be resolved on or before June 2016.
An Egyptian court referred back a fraud case against ousted president Mohamed Morsi to the prosecution, as the charges aren't within its jurisdiction, official news agency MENA reported on Monday.
A major Chinese drug maker said on Thursday that it is preparing to appeal massive antitrust fines ordered by a U.S. court.
Huang Shyh-ming, chief of Taiwan's prosecutorial authority, on Friday was accused by the district prosecutors office of Taipei for leaking confidential information.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Saturday that former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, cannot leave the country as his name is included in the list of those who are barred from going abroad.
Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday was questioned as a witness in the investigation of a suspected leak of confidential information by the island's chief prosecutor, Huang Shyh-ming.
Wang Jin-pyng, head of Taiwan's legislative body, denied lobbying accusations on Tuesday, saying that he "would not accept an illegal accusation."
U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a pair of rulings expanding homosexuals' right to marry, striking down Defense of the Marriage Act (DOMA), which bans same- sex married couples from receiving federal benefits, while declining to rule on another case concerning California's ban on same-sex marriage, opening the door for the state to legalize gay marriage.
A Moscow court has sanctioned a two-month criminal detention of the mayor of a North Caucasus republic over a murder case, authorities said Sunday.
France has confirmed a second case of the infection of SARS-like coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
Fearing that the five accused in the horrifying rape case in the Indian capital last month could be lynched by angry crowds, a local court ordered camera proceeding of the hearings on Monday rather than in person at the demand of police.
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