Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the justice minister said.

Rescuers found the body of a woman in Spain's northwestern Galicia region on Monday, raising to seven the number who died after a bus plunged into a river on Christmas Eve, police said.

Former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen will appeal as soon as possible against his conviction and jailing for 11 years on corruption and money laundering charges, said his lawyer.

Supporters of a Belgian aid worker being held in Iran staged a Christmas Day protest in Brussels to demand his immediate release, with a spokesman questioning why a prisoner swap treaty was stalled.

A day after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin has started speaking of wanting to end the war.

The fan was escorted out of the stadium after Argentina's victory over France on Sunday.

An 18-year-old from Hong Kong has been sentenced to three years in detention for making fun of the national flag.

Kurdish criminal groups control the increasingly lucrative cross-Channel illegal migration routes using both lorries and, more recently, small boats, according to the NCA.

Britain on Friday announced wide-ranging sanctions against 30 targets worldwide, including officials in Iran accused of pursuing "egregious sentences" against anti-regime protesters.

Britain said the human rights situation in China worsened last year and announced sanctions on Friday against 30 people worldwide, including officials from Russia, Iran and Myanmar it deems responsible for human rights abuses or corruption.

The Ministry of Defence is also in talks with the National Health Service, Downing Street said, after ambulance drivers voted to join nurses in striking this month.

The five sentenced to death were convicted of "corruption on earth" -- one of the most serious offences under Islamic sharia law in Iran.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will try to convince a Paris court to overturn his March 2021 conviction for bribery and influence-peddling at an appeal hearing starting on Monday.

The reality TV star is reportedly keen on having a "no-strings-attached" relationship with the musician.

A spokesman for IS said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed "in combat with enemies of God", without elaborating on the date or circumstances of his death.

The singer is in court to defend herself against tax fraud allegations.

A former priest has pleaded guilty to charge of obscenity after he was caught filming a threesome at his church in Pearl River.

A 35-year-old woman from Canton, US, has pleaded guilty to faking her daughter's terminal cancer so she could raise money through online donations.

Qatar has banned any form of campaigning for the LGBTQIA+ community during the World Cup with fans and journalists facing the wrath of security guards.

A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the Islamic State group in Syria will on Monday have her case reviewed, with her lawyers arguing that she was a "victim of trafficking".

In an upscale Seoul neighbourhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall.

Some offences are punishable by the death penalty so visitors are urged to be very careful.

Dutch judges convicted two Russian men and a Ukrainian man in absentia of murder for their role in the shooting down of Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 with the loss of 298 passengers and crew, and handed them life sentences.

A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist left Myanmar Thursday as the junta released almost 6,000 prisoners, an AFP correspondent and diplomatic sources said.

Striking Distance Studios explains that the best way to tell the story is via a single-player mode and that they want players to be alone while playing.

Scully garnered attention from law enforcement when he promoted his hurtcore show which featured the sexual abuse of little girls as young as 18 months

Iran has been facing massive protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

Patricia Rodriguez says she is broke and living as a squatter for years.

A 22-year-old woman from Fresno, California, has been accused of killing her sister and her three-week-old niece out of "jealousy and sibling rivalry."

The US authorities have been able to unearth a huge stash of nearly £3 billion in bitcoin stolen almost a decade ago.