A court found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional Friday in the last of six cases that are expected to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final and definitive ruling, possibly next year. The Tokyo High Court said marriage under the law is largely expected to be a union between men...
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U.S. Man Found Dead In Tobago And Suspect In Custody, Police Report
Homicide detectives in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected murder of an American man after reportedly going out to try to purchase marijuana. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Christopher Brown, a builder from Silverthorne, Colorado, according to a local police report. Police were told that Brown had dinner and drinks with friends on Wednesday...
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“No More ‘These Are My People’, No Governor, No Minister, No Friend Can Call And Pressure Me Again.”—IG Of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun Revealed As Police Withdraw 11, 566 Officers From VIPs
“No More ‘These Are My People’, No Governor, No Minister, No Friend Can Call And Pressure Me Again.”—IG Of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun Revealed As Police Withdraw 11, 566 Officers From VIPs
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Ousted Leader Hasina Sentenced In Bangladesh Land Corruption Case
Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison in three corruption cases related to allocations of land in a government project. She was sentenced to death earlier this month for crimes against humanity involving the crackdown on the mass uprising that ended her 15-year rule last year. She is in exile in India,...
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Russia Convicts And Hands Life Sentences To Eight People Over Attack On A Key Bridge To Crimea
A court in Russia on Thursday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine. The court sentenced all of the defendants to life in prison. The October 2022 attack on the bridge came when a...
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Four Journalists Including AFP Photographer Gets Acquitted In Turkey Over Istanbul Protest
A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted four journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who were on trial over mass demonstrations in Istanbul in March, according to an AFP journalist inside the courtroom. The four photographers were arrested in dawn raids several days into the huge wave of protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul’s influential...
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Peru Sentences Former President Vizcarra To 14 Years In Prison For Corruption
A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state. Vizcarra was sentenced to immediate imprisonment and a nine-year ban from public office. He is expected to appeal the decision. “This is not justice, it is revenge,”...
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Pro-Palestinian Protest Group Goes To Court To Challenge Its Ban By The UK Government
Lawyers for a pro-Palestinian protest group that has been outlawed by the British government went to court Wednesday in a bid to overturn its classification as a terrorist organization. Palestine Action is asking the High Court to rule that the government erred in classing it as a terror group alongside the likes of al-Qaida and...
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Utah Death Row Inmate With Dementia Dies 3 Months After Court Blocked His Execution
A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state’s Department of Corrections. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was set to die by firing squad in September, but the Utah Supreme Court blocked the impending execution in August after his attorneys argued his...