Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed one of the alleged shooters during the deadly attack at a Jewish event.
On June 1, physics lecturer Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar, paediatrician Dr. Manoj Shirure and physics teacher Tejas Harshadkumar Shah were sent to 14 days of judicial custody
The ED alleged that Jacqueline Fernandez was in constant touch with accused Chandrashekhar and had received valuable gifts from him through Pinky Irani
A mainland Chinese mother who tried to secure a Hong Kong secondary school place for her son by offering a bribe to an assistant principal received a suspended jail sentence on Tuesday. Cai Yu, 39, was also accused of deleting evidence after anti-corruption authorities launched an investigation. The woman on Tuesday told acting principal magistrate Daniel Tang Siu-hung at Tuen Mun Court that she “underestimated” the legal consequences of attempting to offer a HK$10,000 (US$1,276) bribe to Danny...
The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty on Monday to embezzling more than £400,000 (US$540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a lavish lifestyle when he was its chief executive. Peter Murrell, 61, who was remanded into custody in the High Court in Edinburgh after his plea, admitted he used the money to buy a motorhome, two cars and luxury goods. “By embezzling from the SNP, Peter Murrell was stealing the hopes, the dreams and the aspirations of...
The anticipatory bail application was filed before the high court on May 21, 2026, after a subordinate court turned down his plea last week
Financial news outlet Bloomberg harboured “unprecedented” malice in the publication and handling of an article about the purchase of good class bungalows in Singapore, lawyers for two Singaporean cabinet ministers alleged on Friday during closing statements in a defamation lawsuit. Senior counsel Davinder Singh said the case was unprecedented in terms of ill intent and aggravation, seeking damages exceeding those against The Online Citizen chief editor Terry Xu, who was ordered to pay S$574,000...
The spy scandal has revived fears that Austria remains a hotbed of Russian espionage activity.
Four young men have pleaded guilty to rioting during the police siege of a university at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong, with a defence lawyer saying in mitigation that one of them later developed post-traumatic stress disorder after being tortured in “KK Park” – a notorious scam compound in Myanmar. The District Court on Monday heard guilty pleas from Cheung Chung-yiu, Cheung Chin-ming, Chan Chun-hei and Chan Yuen-ming, who were aged between 16 and 27 at the time...
SIT Inspector’s statement recorded, Investigating Officer to depose next week
The executives were arraigned as accused in the criminal cases related to the stampede that occurred outside M. Chinnaswamy stadium on June 4, 2025
A Hong Kong couple have been spared a criminal conviction for storm chasing with their children during Super Typhoon Ragasa last year after prosecutors agreed to settle the case with a bind-over order. The couple were bound over at Eastern Court on Tuesday for three years in the sum of HK$2,000 (US$255) on a joint charge of ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child or young person. The couple will be fined HK$2,000 if they fail to maintain good behaviour and keep the peace during...
The ex-Bolivian president is on trial for allegedly fathering a child with a 15-year-old girl while in office.
A Hong Kong professional rugby player has denied molesting a patron at a bar, but admitted vandalising police property following his arrest last year. Faizal Solomona Penesa, 33, on Monday pleaded guilty at Eastern Court to damaging a door bolt at Central police station while in custody on suspicion of groping a woman at Bobby’s Rabble on Wyndham Street on September 28, 2025. He pleaded not guilty to assaulting the woman. A prosecution summary said the Samoan prop, who represents the Hong Kong...