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Kenya court upholds Kenyatta's win in repeat election
Associated Press, Published on 20/11/2017
» NAIROBI: Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in a repeat vote that the opposition boycotted while saying electoral reforms had not been made. The decision appeared to put an end to a months-long political drama never before seen in Africa that has left dozens dead.
Venezuela: Helicopter strafes court in 'terrorist attack'
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2017
» CARACAS, Venezuela -- A police helicopter fired on Venezuela's Supreme Court and Interior Ministry in what President Nicolas Maduro said was a thwarted “terrorist attack" aimed at ousting him from power.
Lebanese man jailed for 2.8 tonnes of bomb-making chemical
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2013
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted and imprisoned a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants of illegal possession of bomb-making materials that he was storing in a warehouse just outside Bangkok.
Part of Trump travel ban set to start
Associated Press, Published on 26/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is letting a limited version of President Donald Trump's ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries take effect, a victory for Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.
China gives villager death sentence over massacre of 19
Associated Press, Published on 28/07/2017
» BEIJING -- A court in southwest China said Friday it has sentenced to death a man who killed 19 people, including his parents and several other relatives, in a bloody rampage with a pickaxe.
Alleged wildlife smuggling kingpin jailed
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2018
» A court has sentenced a man believed to be a kingpin in the illicit wildlife trade to two years in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, according to an organisation that works with police to combat trafficking.
Trump urges death penalty for New York terrorism
Associated Press, Published on 03/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday backed away from his threat to send the suspect in the New York bike path attack to Guantanamo Bay, acknowledging in an early morning tweet that the military judicial process at the Cuban detention centre takes longer than the civilian federal court system.
Scandals finally topple South Africa's Zuma
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2018
» JOHANNESBURG: As scandal after scandal unfolded, South African President Jacob Zuma maintained an affable demeanour in public, rallying his support base, dispatching lawyers to fend off court challenges and, it is alleged, enabling his corrupt associates.
Khosit falls, Axelson advances in badminton worlds
Associated Press, Published on 01/08/2018
» NANJING, China: Two-time world champion Chen Long has beaten Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab in a match that lasted 50 minutes at the badminton world championships in this former capital city in eastern China.
US military to meet 'migrant caravan' at Mexico border
Associated Press, Published on 04/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the US-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built.