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Concern for couple jailed in Tehran as British embassy closes
The son of a British couple detained in Iran has expressed his concern for their welfare after the UK's embassy was closed in Tehran amid…
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Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia
A Briton who fought in Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison, the Russian Prosecutor-General's office has…
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Indiana student jailed after FBI tipped off on mass shooting
A student from Indiana has been sentenced to jail for planning to carry out a school shooting—a plan that was foiled because of an FBI…
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French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis
Almost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the Algerian presidency…
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Hand of Moscow? The men jailed for vandalism in French hybrid warfare case
This week's trial of three undercover operatives, accused of helping the Kremlin to wage a hybrid warfare campaign to "destabilise"…
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Men jailed over arson attack for Russia on Ukrainian business in London
Six men have been jailed for their parts in a Russian-ordered arson attack on a London warehouse providing aid to Ukraine. The fire at…
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Investigators Trace Crypto to Dark Web Drug Scheme; UK Trio Jailed
Three men from the United Kingdom have been sentenced to a combined total of 27 years in prison for operating an extensive crypto-related…
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Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed amid militarized campaign
WASHINGTON — Chicago is emerging as the latest testing ground for President Trump’s domestic deployment of military force as hundreds of…
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Nigeria secessionist activist jailed for terrorism in Finland
A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of…
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Top official embroiled in Equatorial Guinea sex tape scandal jailed
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced…
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Concerns grow for 3 OSCE workers jailed since shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
VIENNA (AP) — It was late at night when they came for Dmytro Shabanov, a security assistant in eastern Ukraine at the Special Monitoring…
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Former head of Central African football body jailed for war crimes
The former head of the Central African Republic (CAR) football federation, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, has been found guilty of committing…
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Donald Trump calls for senator to be jailed: "Big trouble"
President Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on Senator Adam Schiff, calling for the Democrat to go to prison for alleged mortgage…
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Chinese National Jailed in Singapore for Offering S$50 Bribe to ICA Officer After Being Caught with Contraband Cigarettes
A 29-year-old student as sentenced to four weeks' jail on Friday, May 30, after she pleaded guilty to offering bribe of least $50 to an…
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Israel must give Red Cross access to jailed Palestinians, Britain tells ICJ
British government lawyers have said Israel is bound by the Geneva conventions to give the International Committee of the Red Cross access…
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Tunisian opposition leaders jailed on terror charges
A court in Tunisia has sentenced a group of senior politicians, businessmen and lawyers to long prison sentences on conspiracy and…
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Nigerian make-up artist jailed for throwing cash at his wedding
A make-up artist in Nigeria has been sentenced to six months in jail for abusing the currency, the naira, by flinging it while dancing at…
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Macron urges Algeria to free writer jailed for Morocco comments
France's President Emmanuel Macron is urging Algeria to free an 80-year-old writer who was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison,…
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Boxer who fled UK after supplying drugs jailed
A former boxer who fled to Ireland, Thailand and Mexico to avoid being arrested for supplying cocaine to a dealer in Cheltenham has been…
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Man jailed for 'reckless' tower block arson
A man has been jailed for eight years after deliberately starting a fire in the stairwell of a residential tower block. Israel Baber set a…
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Three jailed over plot to smuggle cocaine on Sydney-bound flight
Three men were sentenced to a combined maximum of more than 15 years in prison for their roles in a failed attempt to smuggle 100…
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Denise Frazier: Mississippi Woman Who Had Sexual Intercourse with Dog and Posted Videos of the Vile Act Jailed
A Mississippi woman has been arrested and sentenced to jail after being found guilty of engaging in sexual acts with a dog. Denise…
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Saudi PhD student freed after being jailed over posts, activists say
A Saudi PhD student at the University of Leeds has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia after her sentence over critical social media…
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Israeli soldier jailed for abusing Palestinian detainees from Gaza
An Israeli military court has sentenced a soldier to seven months in prison after he admitted to the aggravated abuse of Palestinian…