Marine Le Pen is the early favorite to win France's 2027 presidential election after an appeals court reduced a ban on holding public office, clearing her to run. Polls show her leading the first round and winning potential runoffs against rivals.
Marine Le Pen announced her 2027 French presidential candidacy despite a recent embezzlement conviction, drawing parallels to Donald Trump's legal battles. An appeal court upheld her conviction, but shortened her ban on running, allowing a fourth bid. Her sentence of a year with an electronic tag is on hold pending a higher court appeal, creating uncertainty for the campaign.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces uncertainty for the 2027 presidential election after a Paris appeals court sentenced her to one year under house arrest with an electronic tag and upheld a ban from public office. The ban is set to expire later this year, but Le Pen may not run if campaigning is hindered.
A French appeal court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office. However, she received a three-year jail term, one year with an electronic ankle tag, casting doubt on her 2027 presidential bid.
Marine Le Pen announced she will run for president in 2027 after an appeal court reduced her ban on holding public office. The court upheld her conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened the ban, allowing the far-right leader to stand in the election.
Marine Le Pen's political future and eligibility for the next French presidential election hang in the balance as a Paris appeal court delivers its verdict on Tuesday regarding an embezzlement conviction. The ruling could determine whether she can run, potentially paving the way for her lieutenant, Jordan Bardella, to stand in her place.
Marine Le Pen faces a crucial appeal court decision today that will determine her eligibility to run for French president. A conviction could bar her from the 2027 race, potentially paving the way for her lieutenant, Jordan Bardella, to stand in her place.
Marine Le Pen awaits a Paris appeals court decision on Tuesday regarding her eligibility to run in next year's French presidential election. A lower court banned her from public office for embezzling EU funds. The ruling will determine if she or Jordan Bardella leads the National Rally party in the election.
Marine Le Pen awaits a Paris appeal court decision on Tuesday regarding an embezzlement conviction that could bar her from running for French president in 2027. The verdict will determine her political future and signal the start of the presidential race.
Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori expressed confidence in overturning the group's terrorism ban, vowing victory in courts or "on the streets." The Court of Appeal upheld the ban, reversing a High Court decision. Ammori criticized the ruling and highlighted the "political" nature of the case.
A Norwegian appeal court denied Marius Borg Høiby's release from custody, overturning a lower court's decision. Høiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is awaiting a verdict on 40 charges including rape, and his lawyers argued he needed to be with his seriously ill mother.
A divided federal appeals court ruled that the Pentagon's policy banning transgender troops from military service was illegal. The court's 2-1 decision largely upholds a previous ruling by a US District Judge. The ban remains in effect for now.
Nigel Farage is set to appeal a county court judgment for an unsatisfied debt of £9,400, issued nearly two years ago. Reform UK stated the claim was sent to the wrong address and Farage was unaware of it.
Turkey's opposition CHP party leader Özgür Özel vowed to fight a court ruling nullifying his election, which critics call a "judicial coup" and a move to consolidate President Erdoğan's power. Thousands protested in Ankara as the ruling, which seeks to replace Özel with Kemal Kilicdaroğlu, shook the party and the stock market.
A French court fined Airbus and Air France the maximum €225,000 each for corporate manslaughter in the 2009 Air France Flight 447 crash. Relatives of the 228 victims, who died in the Atlantic storm, have pursued a 17-year legal battle for accountability.
Leslie Woodall had been flying three tourists from Agnes Water in central Queensland when the engine failed and the plane crashed, killing a woman.
US President Donald Trump’s lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeal court in New York to temporarily block a long-time columnist from collecting a US$83 million defamation award. The lawyer, Justin D. Smith, told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing on Tuesday to stay its decision supporting the award so that Trump will not have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals to the high court. A Manhattan jury awarded Carroll the payout in...
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The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Those rules had been in effect for several years until a federal appeal court imposed new restrictions last week. Most abortions...
A South Korean appeal court increased former president Yoon Suk-yeol's prison sentence from 5 to 7 years for obstructing justice after he used presidential security agents to block his own arrest. The Seoul High Court judge called Yoon's actions highly reprehensible, noting he sought to obstruct lawful execution of warrants. Both Yoon and the prosecution had appealed the original January sentence, with Yoon arguing the arrest warrants were based on an unlawful investigation.
A South Korean appeal court has increased former first lady Kim Keon-hee's corruption sentence from 20 months to four years in prison after finding her guilty of stock manipulation and bribery. The Seoul High Court also imposed a 50 million won (US$34,000) fine in a verdict televised live.
