GERMAN ETHICS COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCEST BETWEEN SIBLINGS TO BE LEGALISED BY GOVERNMENT

In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest put couples in a tragic situation ... READ MORE›

FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON

An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›

NEW YORK PRISON WORKER CHARGED WITH HELPING FUGITIVES

A New York state prison worker who police say provided tool parts to help two convicted murderers escape has been arrested... READ MORE›

GROOM DIED ON WAY TO GET BOTTLE OF MOONSHINE

EST November 16, 2014 The wreckage of a pickup truck that crashed in a cornfield near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, on Oct... READ MORE›

JUDGE ORDERS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER TO PAY $100M TO VICTIMS

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›

EL CHAPO FLED AS MANHUNT CLOSED IN OFFICIALS SAID

The drug lord had escaped from another maximum security jail in 2001, an operation believed to have been made possible by corrupt prison officials... READ MORE›

JUDGE AARON PERSKY UNDER FIRE FOR SENTENCING IN STANFORD RAPE CASE

Threatening phone calls have flooded into the Santa Clara County Superior Court since then, said Gary Goodman, a supervising attorney for the county public defender's office... READ MORE›

CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM

BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN BOYS TUNNEL OUT OF KINDERGARTEN, TRY TO BUY SPORTS CAR

Russian boys tunnel out of kindergarten try to buy sports car... READ MORE›

POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM IN IRAN

But in announcing a conviction in October, Iranian authorities did not provide any details of the verdict... READ MORE›

'SIX MONTHS? REALLY?': LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SENTENCE IN STANFORD SEX ASSAULT CASE

Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›

GHONCHEH GHAVAMI RELEASED ON BAIL FROM PRISON IN IRAN

Miss Ghavami's mother, Susan Moshtaghian, wrote on Facebook Ghoncheh returned home from prison... READ MORE›

TRANSGENDER WOMAN MOVED FROM MEN'S TO WOMEN'S PRISON

Tara Hudson has been transferred from HMP Bristol to Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire, according to Jackie Brooklyn... READ MORE›

'I SHOULDN'T FEEL INTIMIDATED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT'

Before I could do anything, he walked in front of my car and around to the driver's door and tried to open that, Ms Keenan said... READ MORE›

INDONESIA SUPREME COURT RULES NEIL BANTLEMAN SHOULD SERVE SEX ASSAULT SENTENCE

The Burlington Ont., native and Tijong were originally sentenced to 10 years in prison, verdicts overturned by the Jakarta High Court in August 2015... READ MORE›

FARKHUNDA MURDER: AFGHAN COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCES

On the same day in May that the four men were given the death penalty, the judge sentenced eight defendants to 16 years in prison and acquitted 18 others... READ MORE›

GARDAI INVESTIGATE AFTER DRAMATIC SHOOTOUT BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES ON BUSY STREET

Gardai are investigating after a shoot out on a busy Wicklow street this morning... READ MORE›

OSCAR PISTORIUS TO REMAIN IN JAIL AS PAROLE DECISION DELAYED

They are pursuing a murder conviction and a longer sentence, arguing that Pistorius deliberately killed Steenkamp after an argument... READ MORE›

SINOSPHERE CHINA THREATENS JAIL TIME FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM CHEATERS

Sinosphere China Threatens Jail Time for College Entrance Exam Cheaters... READ MORE›

DANGEROUS DRIVING ARREST AFTER CYCLIST DIES IN HARROW CRASH

A man is arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a cyclist dies in a crash in north-west London... READ MORE›

DRIVER USES GUN TO WARN OFF OVERTAKING CAR IN BRAZIL

He gave the extraordinary video to local newspaper on Tuesday and has said that prior to this there had been no previous problems between the drivers... READ MORE›

DRAMATIC IMAGES SHOWS MEN RUNNING FROM VAN AFTER NEAR-MISS ON N7

The white van narrowly avoids hitting a navy Ford car as it careers into the hard shoulder... READ MORE›

TOUR DE FRANCE: POLICE SEARCH FOR CLUES AFTER CAR CRASHES THROUGH BARRICADES

Paris police opened fire at a car as it tried to crash through a Tour de France roadblock this morning, according to officials... READ MORE›

FUGITIVE RICHARD MANN SHOT AND KILLED WHILE POLICE CONTINUE HUNT FOR DAVID SWEAT

New York prison escape Fugitive Richard Mann shot and killed while police continue hunt for David Sweat... READ MORE›

POLICE RELEASE SHOCKING VIDEO OF AN ABDUCTION IN PHILADELPHIA

Please read our The Philadelphia Police Department has released a chilling video showing the abduction of a woman in the city on Sunday evening... READ MORE›

'SELFIE' OF OSCAR PISTORIUS EMERGES AFTER RELEASE FROM PRISON ON PAROLE

Pistorius shot Steenkamp dead through a locked lavatory door at his home in Pretoria on St Valentine's Day 2013... READ MORE›

Fatal crash car was chased after crime spree... READ MORE›

MALDIVES WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING WINS REPRIEVE

Sex outside marriage is against the law in the Maldives although the ban does not apply to tourists visiting the upmarket holiday destination... READ MORE›

Oscar Pistorius guilty Found guilty of culpable homicide, athlete is led briefly to cells... READ MORE›

OSCAR PISTORIUS 'LOST IT' WHEN JUDGE GRANTED STATE LEAVE TO APPEAL MURDER ACQUITTAL

If the appeal on his conviction is successful it will be converted from culpable homicide to murder, which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment... READ MORE›