A Tunisian military prosecutor on Wednesday asked that death penalty be imposed on ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali (pictured), who is being tried in absentia over his alleged role in the deaths of protesters in last year’s popular uprising.
A South African court on Tuesday found black farmworker Chris Mahlangu guilty of murdering white supremacist Eugene Terre'blanche, but said the motive was a wage dispute, not political belief. A second suspect was found guilty of housebreaking.
French firm Amesys on Tuesday denied being complicit in torture in Libya, following the opening of a French judicial probe into the firm's activities in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. The enquiry will also investigate the possibility of war crimes.
The Tunisian Justice Minister said Tuesday that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Prime Minister, Al Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi (photo), will be extradited to Libya. However, it was made clear "guarantees" are sought to ensure a fair trial.
A Lebanese court on Tuesday released anti-Syrian activist Shadi al-Moulawi on bail, whose arrest earlier in May had triggered violent clashes in northern Lebanon that left 8 people dead. He was charged with belonging to a “terrorist” organisation.
Italian police believe they have identified a suspect in Saturday’s bomb attack on a school in the southern city of Brindisi, according to a source close to the investigation. A 16-year-old girl was killed in the bombing.
Six Somalis went on trial in Paris Tuesday charged with taking the crew of sailing boat Le Ponant hostage in the Gulf of Aden in 2008. The six men were arrested in a French operation and face life in prison if convicted of kidnapping and theft.
The poster boy for anti-austerity protests, Greek leftist politician Alexis Tsipras, visits Paris - while we also look at rows over justice system reforms, and whether the state can stop Air France laying 5,000 people off.
French prosecutors on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured) took part in a gang rape in Washington in 2010. He has already been charged in northern France for “pimping”.
A man set himself alight on Tuesday outside the court in Norway where Anders Behring Breivik is facing trial for attacks last July that left 77 people dead. The man, whose motivations remain unknown, was transported to a nearby hospital.
