Ex-Nissan chief leaves Japanese jail after months behind bars
Carlos Ghosn left a Tokyo jail on Wednesday after spending 108 days in detention on allegations of financial…
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Inmates shiver in frigid cells at New York jail, lawmakers say
Inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn have suffered for days without heat or power during a wintry cold snap,…
Samsung scion Lee appeals against five-year jail term for bribery
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has filed an appeal against the five-year jail term he was given for…
Prosecutors ask court to imprison Samsung heir for 12 years
South Korean prosecutors have recommended a 12-year jail term for Lee Jae-yong, 49-year-old billionaire heir of…
UAE puts the heat on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
The United Arab Emirates puts the screws on fellow Gulf state Qatar on Wednesday threatening anyone publishing…
Egypt press syndicate calls for meeting to discuss jail sentence against chairman
Egypt’s press syndicate has called on all journalists to join an open meeting to be held on Wednesday to discuss…
Arab press union “shocked” by jail verdict against Egypt’s top…
The Cairo-based Arab Journalists Union expressed in a statement Sunday its "shock" by the recent court order to…
Egypt court sentences shop owner to jail for seizing commodity rations
Dokki Misdemeanor Court sentenced a shop owner based in the Giza suburb of Dokki to five years in jail and a…
Police officers suspected to be behind Ismailia jail break
The Ismailia Prosecution Authority ordered the detention of three police officers and 13 other police conscripts…
Parliament of Egypt agrees on jailing black market currency dealers
Egypt's parliament approved on Tuesday a cabinet bill allowing the government to prosecute and jail sellers of…
Egypt demands swift probe into alleged torture to death of citizen in Germany
Egypt's foreign ministry said it is carrying out an inquiry on the death of an Egyptian national while in custody…
Cairo court acquits 33 Egyptians sentenced to 2 years over island deal protests
A Cairo misdemeanour court acquitted late Saturday 33 defendants sentenced last month to two years in jail for…
Court overturns jail sentence for Egypt’s Red Sea islands deal protesters
A Giza court of appeals overturned on Tuesday a five-year jail sentence for 47 people for participating in protests…
Ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sentenced to 10 years in jail for abus
A Tunisian court has sentenced ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to 10 years in jail for abuse of power,…
Egyptian TV host Islam Behery sentenced to jail for 1 year over blasphemy
Egyptian authorities put TV host Islam Behery in prison late on Monday after a court reduced an earlier five-year…
Egypt court rejects Mahinour El-Masry’s 2nd legal challenge against jail term
An Alexandria court rejected on Sunday a second legal challenge presented by activist Mahinour El-Masry and two…
US ‘deeply concerned’ at Egypt ruling on Al-Jazeera journalists
The US has said it is "deeply disappointed and concerned" at the three-year jail sentences passed in Egypt on three…
Arabs, Muslims can sue U.S. officials over post-9/11 jail treatment
A divided U.S. appeals court said the federal government's top law enforcers can be sued by former inmates who…
Egyptian court jails 23 men over killing of Shi’ite Muslims
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 23 men to 14 years in jail without parole over the killing of four Shi'ite…
Egyptian TV Host Ahmed Moussa Receives Fresh Jail Sentence Over Slander
An Egyptian misdemeanor court on Tuesday sentenced TV host Ahmed Moussa, in absentia, to a year in jail for slander…
BREAKING: Egypt sentences Islamist Morsi to life in Jail
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced -on Monday- the ousted Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi, to life in…
To rationalise Weight Loss – France bans Super-Skinny Models
France will ban excessively thin fashion models and expose modeling agents and the fashion houses that hire them to…
Photojournalist Gamal Ziada Starts Hunger Strike in Prison
Detained photojournalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada began a hunger strike Saturday for the second time during his temporary…
Brotherhood’s Badie, 14 Leaders Get Life In Jail For Bahr Al-Azam Case
The Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 14 of the group's leaders were sentenced to life in prison…
101 Morsi Supporters Get 3 Years In Jail For Rioting
A court in Nile Delta's Damietta city has sentenced 101 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to three years…
Coptic Teacher Gets 6 Months In Jail For ‘Insulting Islam’
A Coptic Christian school teacher has been sentenced to six months in prison on charges of insulting Islam.…
Suez Military Court Gives 6 Morsi Supporters 3 Years In Jail
A Suez military court sentenced six Morsi supporters earlier Sunday to three years in jail for incitement and…
Afghan Taliban Say Pakistan Still Holds Ex-No 2 In Jail
The Afghan Taliban said on Wednesday Pakistan has not freed their former second-in-command, Mullah Baradar, as…
Egypt Court Keeps Activist In Jail As Trial Starts
A prominent Egyptian blogger and political activist went on trial on Sunday charged with insulting President…
DR Congo Warlord Thomas Lubanga Sentenced To 14 Years
Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for recruiting and using child soldiers in…