The French movie star Gérard Depardieu was convicted by a Paris court on Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting two women working on the set of a film in which he was starring in 2021. He received a suspended sentence of 18 months, and his name will be added to the national sex offender registry….
Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death (Photo: AP) A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday called for action in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, urging authorities to “punish the guilty, but protect the innocent.”“After the Pahalgam terror attack, there must be a decisive fight against terrorism and its origin. Punish the guilty, show them no mercy but don’t…
Haji Najibullah, a former Taliban commander, has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a US journalist and supporting deadly attacks on American soldiers. The plea was made in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, in which Najibullah pleaded guilty to providing weapons and assistance to Taliban militants between 2007 and 2009. Through an interpreter, he informed Judge…
A South Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday to importing sperm whale teeth and bones from four countries and selling them in the United States, federal prosecutors said. The man, Lauren H. DeLoach, 69, of St. Helena Island, S.C., pleaded guilty to Lacey Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act charges for importing and selling sperm…
Mayawati and Rahul Gandhi (R) NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday directed her attack at leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, for remaining silent during the debate on the Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament.In a post on X, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister questioned Gandhi’s decision not to speak…
Two main architects of protests that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks were found guilty on Thursday in one of the last legal cases stemming from the demonstrations that convulsed the country and disrupted billions of dollars in trade with the United States. A judge convicted the protest’s top organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, in…
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has tried and failed three times to become president. Now, even as her popularity rises, she may be barred from taking part in an election to lead France if she is found guilty of embezzlement on Monday. Such a verdict, far from certain, has been equated by Ms….
Charlie Javice, who made big headlines in 2023 when JPMorgan Chase accused her of faking her start-up’s customer list, was found guilty in federal court Friday of fraud. She now faces the possibility of decades in prison. The bank has its own civil lawsuit on standby, as it attempts to claw back her share of…
A court in Finland found a Russian paramilitary fighter guilty of war crimes committed during Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine, sentencing him to life in prison on Friday. Voislav Torden, a Russian citizen who also goes by the name Yan Petrovskiy, was charged with committing war crimes for leading an ambush on Ukrainian soldiers in…