Singer Parastoo Ahmadi sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without a hijab in a 2024 YouTube concert. Eight others, including her production team, also received sentences and a two-year ban from artistic activities and leaving Iran. Charges include offending public decency and publishing vulgar content.
Thirty individuals have received nearly 140 years in prison for their roles in the May 2023 Cardiff riots, which erupted after the deaths of two teenagers. Sentences ranged from over three to nearly seven years, with one defendant preparing petrol bombs thrown at police, setting an officer on fire. Four minors received community orders.
The Baku Court of Serious Crimes has sentenced eight Russian citizens to prison terms ranging from three to four years for drug trafficking. They were detained last June during an operation targeting drug transit from Iran and cyber fraud.
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi has been sentenced to 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban, and a two-year ban on artistic activities for performing without a hijab in a viral online concert. Eight production team members also convicted. The charges include offending public decency with "vulgar and immoral content."
Thirty rioters have received sentences totaling nearly 140 years for their involvement in the May 2023 riots in Cardiff's Ely suburb. The unrest, sparked by the deaths of two teenagers, saw petrol bombs thrown at police and one officer set on fire. Sentences range from community orders for those under 18 to over six years in custody for adults.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, former de facto leader, had her 33-year sentence reduced to 18 years and moved to house arrest. Supporters claim charges were fabricated by the junta.
The Chinese embassy in the UK has urged the British government to cease "slander and suppression" after two men connected to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London were jailed for spying on activists. One received 8 years, the other 10, for assisting a foreign intelligence service.
China's embassy in the UK has urged the British government to cease "slander and suppression" after two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London were jailed for spying on activists. A manager at the office received an eight-year sentence, while a security firm operator and former UK Border Force officer was imprisoned for 10 years.
Two men, including Mark Milk whose life sentence was commuted by Gov. Kristi Noem, have been charged in the death of 14-year-old McKenna Wendel. Her body was found in rural South Dakota after she went missing from Sioux Falls. Milk faces charges including drug delivery causing death, while Jon Rogness faces accessory charges.
US-Iran talks in Switzerland to implement a peace deal were cancelled as Hezbollah targeted Israeli forces and Israel conducted airstrikes in south Lebanon. The cancellation occurred amidst the most violent exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah since the last ceasefire.
Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was sentenced to 3 years in prison for leaking intelligence agency personnel lists to form an illegal election investigation team during the 12.3 emergency martial law. He was also previously sentenced to 30 years for rebellion and foreign exchange violations.
A Seoul court sentenced former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to three years in prison for leaking military secrets related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid. Kim was indicted for conspiring to hand over personal information of military intelligence personnel to a retired general.
Sean Joshua Walton, 43, received a suspended sentence and a good behaviour order in the ACT Supreme Court for negligent driving causing the death of motorcyclist Craig O'Neill, 47, two years ago. Walton failed to see O'Neill while driving his truck.
Two rhino horn traffickers, Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus, have been sentenced in South Africa for over 1,700 charges including illegal hunting and racketeering. Groenewald received a fine or prison time after a plea deal, marking a significant development in a nearly two-decade legal battle against rhino horn poaching.
A UK Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official in London have been jailed for spying for China. The case is the first such conviction in British criminal history.
KP George, an Indian-origin judge in Texas, has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years of probation for money laundering. He was found guilty of misusing campaign funds for personal expenses and faces a misdemeanor charge for allegedly creating fake racist attacks against his own campaign.
Jamie Varley, a secondary school teacher, has been sentenced to a whole-life order for the sexual abuse and murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey, whom he was adopting. His partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, received 25 years for related offenses. The baby suffered 40 traumatic injuries before his death.
Two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Thursday for spying on activists. Bill Yuen Chung-biu received eight years, and Peter Wai Chi-leung received 10 years for assisting a foreign intelligence service.
Jamie Varley, a secondary school teacher, has been sentenced to a whole-life order for the sexual abuse and murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey, whom he was adopting. Varley's partner received 25 years. The baby suffered 40 traumatic injuries before his death.
The appeal trial for executives related to the Stella Daisy shipwreck, which sank in the South Atlantic in 2017 resulting in 22 missing, has concluded. The prosecution is seeking a 5-year prison sentence for the former CEO, maintaining the first-instance sentencing request, while the defense argues a lack of causal relationship between the defendants' actions and the sinking.
Rodney Burton, a Florida resident, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business linked to the $1.8 billion HyperFund crypto fraud. The scheme promised false returns to thousands of investors globally.
Corbie Jean Walpole, 25, had her appeal against a seven-and-a-half-year jail sentence dismissed. She was jailed for setting her friend Jake Loader on fire after a misogynistic comment during a night of drinking and drug-taking. Mr Loader suffered severe burns.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon stated he is 'certain of a not guilty verdict' in the 'Myung Taegyun opinion poll suspicion' case, for which prosecutors demanded a 1-year and 6-month prison sentence. He also commented on Han Dong-hoon's potential return to the People Power Party, advising him to proceed cautiously.
Keith Andrew Chambers, 49, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for killing a nine-year-old boy in a drink-driving crash on the Gold Coast. He pleaded guilty to multiple charges including manslaughter and high-range drink driving, and has been disqualified from driving for life.
