Ling Jihua, the one-time top aide to former president Hu Jintao, has been sentenced to life in prison for taking more than 77 million yuan (HK$89 million) in bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, mainland state media reported on Monday.
The ruling of an Egyptian court that nullifies a recent maritime demarcation deal to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia is "enforceable" and legally binding to all Egyptian authorities, said legal experts.
An Indian court Friday sentenced 11 men to life in jail for their role in a notorious massacre during the 2002 communal riots in the western state of Gujarat.
The trial of 26 people, who face charges related to the trafficking of 26 infants, began Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to a local court.
Imagine a court trial online -- not only a live broadcast of a hearing, but a court debate in an online chat room with the plaintiff, defendant and judge all sitting before computer screens.
An Indian court Friday sentenced five men to life in jail for the gang rape of a 52-year-old Danish tourist in the capital in 2014.
Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.
The right to be a child's guardian must be removed whenever parents and guardians are found to have sexually abused minors, officials from China's top court said on Tuesday in response to a rise in such cases in recent years.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday said the delivery of trial judgment in the case against former Chadian President Hissene Habre marks a historic day for international criminal justice.
Former Chadian President Hissene Habre was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for several crimes by the African Special Court that was sitting in Dakar, Senegal.
William Pryor, in urging the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 to uphold a Texas law banning gay sex, argued against the notion that the U.S. Constitution should safeguard a person's choice of partners.
A former senior provincial political advisor in east China's Anhui Province went on trial for accepting bribes and abuse of power on Thursday.
To effectively prepare for possible crimes and lawsuits connected with the highly anticipated Shanghai Disney Resort, the city's Pudong New Area People's Court established a mediation and litigation center near the park on Wednesday.
Portugal's transport authority said on Wednesday that car-sharing service Uber was illegal, according to local media reports.
An emotional plea by India's top judge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appoint more judges has put the spotlight on the country's overburdened justice system, which has a chronic backlog of more than 33 million cases.
A court in India Wednesday directed organizers of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament to shift matches from the drought-hit western state of Maharashtra to save water.
A gay couple's attempt to seek their claimed right to marriage, despite same-sex marriage being illegal, was rejected Wednesday by a court in central China's Hunan Province.
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