New allegations that Yoon Suk Yeol authorized the use of live firearms against lawmakers have intensified South Korea’s constitutional and political crisis.
Montenegro’s justice minister has approved the extradition of crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon to the US, ending a long legal battle over the collapse of TerraUSD and Luna.
Germany’s president opened the way to early parliamentary elections after the governing coalition collapsed and lawmakers failed to assemble a new majority.
2024-12-27 event: A court in southern China sentenced Fan Weiqiu to death for driving into a crowd in Zhuhai, an attack that killed 35 people and injured dozens more.
The National Assembly suspended Han after a dispute over Constitutional Court appointments, deepening the crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial-law declaration.
India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh has died in New Delhi at the age of 92, closing a public life that helped steer the country through a major economic opening.
Lawmakers accuse Han Duck-soo of blocking constitutional court appointments and helping prolong the crisis triggered by Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law attempt.
A court in Adıyaman has sentenced the hotel owner and architect after the 2023 earthquake disaster that killed 72 people, including school volleyball players from Cyprus.
Mozambican authorities reported 33 deaths and 15 injuries after inmates breached a wall, while officials offered differing accounts of whether election protests triggered the riot.
Amsterdam courts have handed prison terms to four people over violence that followed the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv match, with judges citing video evidence and the seriousness of the attacks.
A Minsk court convicted the opposition figure of public order offences and national security-related charges, according to Viasna and AP, as Belarus continued its long-running repression of dissent.
ʻAisake Valu Eke secured a 16-8 secret ballot result in parliament, with King Tupou VI endorsing the outcome before his expected swearing-in next year.
Dozens rallied outside the U.S. embassy in Panama City after Donald Trump suggested the Panama Canal should be returned to Washington if shipping terms do not improve.
Police say a woman was killed on a Brooklyn subway train after a man approached her and set her clothes on fire, prompting a murder case and a fast arrest hours later.
A House Ethics Committee report says former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz repeatedly paid women for sex and drugs, used illegal substances and misused his office, allegations he denies.
The former Florida tax official and convicted fraudster was sentenced in federal court after extensive cooperation with a Justice Department sex-trafficking investigation.
Ten members of the former royal family have regained Greek citizenship after dropping claims to royal titles and accepting the country's republican order.
A truck driver suspected in a fatal BR-116 collision turned himself in to police days after the crash left 41 people dead and reopened questions about the cargo and the vehicle's condition.
Authorities say they recovered dozens of minors and women after raiding the Lev Tahor sect compound and accused the group of abuse, forced marriage and trafficking.