VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A former Canadian law enforcement officer who was in charge when police used an electroshock weapon on a Polish immigrant, causing his death has been given a two-year jail term for perjury during a public inquiry into the incident. Former corporal Benjamin Robinson was found guilty …
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YANGON, Myanmar – Nearly 7,000 prisoners in Myanmar, including some former military intelligence officials who had been purged by their army colleagues, have been given presidential pardons. An Information Ministry statement posted on its website said 6,966 prisoners, including 210 foreigners, will be freed from various prisons across the country …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – A court official in Nepal says a Canadian tourist with several previous child sex convictions has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a minor boy. The Lalitpur district court said that Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, 71, from the province of Nova Scotia, was also …
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BUENOS AIRES – The 10 federal policemen assigned to protect prosecutor Alberto Nisman, found dead hours before he was set to testify on allegations that President Cristina shielded Iranian spies, are being questioned about their actions the day Nisman was found dead. The policemen, along with two supervisors, have been …
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BEIJING – A man admitted on Wednesday that he set a fire that spread through a bus in eastern China and injured 33, entering his plea from a hospital bed wheeled into a courtroom because of his own injuries in the blaze, a court said. Bao Laixu said he started …
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TOKYO – The Japanese government spokesman expressed “extreme indignation’ Sunday over a video purportedly from the Islamic State group that shows a militant beheading hostage Kenji Goto. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the Cabinet was convening an emergency meeting and was rushing to confirm the authenticity of the online …
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PARIS – A Paris court has convicted four members of a short-lived group of charges related to providing logistical support to Chechen jihadis in Syria. The youngest member of the group, Khamzat Ilyasov, 20, was sentenced to five years in prison. It was the harshest sentence in Thursday’s trial as …
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says it is rushing aid to nearly 25,000 people fleeing Ramadi for the second time in a month after the Islamic State group seized the key Iraqi city. The deputy spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, Farhan Haq, told reporters Tuesday that most of those …
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BAUCHI, Nigeria – Boko Haram extremists have burned down six northeast Nigerian villages and killed 37 people near the insurgents’ Sambisa Forest stronghold, a survivor said Friday. Ahmed Ajimi, a fighter in the anti-Boko Haram Nigerian Vigilante Group, said many victims of Wednesday night’s attacks were farmers who had recently …
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BUCHAREST, Moldova – Romania’s top magistrates’ body has rejected proposals to change the law to make it harder to arrest lawmakers and decriminalize conflict of interest. The Superior Magistrates’ Council ruled Monday against the 22 proposals. The ruling is not binding, but Justice Minister Robert Cazanciuc said he would recommend …
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