An Afghan court has overturned the death sentences for four men convicted of taking part in the mob killing of a woman outside a Kabul shrine, a judge said.

Italy’s highest court has overturned the murder conviction against Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, bringing to a definitive end the high-profile case.

A Swedish appeals court has upheld the detention order on Julian Assange, dismissing a challenge by the WikiLeaks founder who is wanted by Swedish prosecutors in an investigation of alleged sex crimes.

The Bill which provides for the creation of a new Appeals Court has been approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas.

Amanda Knox should be convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, whose tragic death was in danger of being overlooked, an Italian appeal court has been told.

A Portuguese court has ordered a waste removal company to rehire an employee it fired for being drunk on his rounds and said tipsy trash men appear happier to members of the public.

A man who slashed his ex-girlfriend’s face with a knife before putting her head under hot running water has had his sentence doubled today.

Amanda Knox has said she wants to visit the grave of murdered British student Meredith Kercher.

The founder of France’s far right National Front party has been convicted of contesting crimes against humanity for saying the Nazi occupation was not “particularly inhumane”.

Some of the DNA traces used to convict American student Amanda Knox of murdering Briton Meredith Kercher may have been contaminated, independent experts say.

BRITAIN’S Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favour of a German heiress seeking to protect her considerable fortune from her ex-husband – a decision that gives new strength to pre-nuptial agreements in England.

A Los Angeles appeals court will hear arguments today on whether Michael Jackson’s father should be allowed to challenge the administrators of his son’s lucrative estate.

AN Egyptian appeals court has overturned the convictions of a leading ruling party member and a former policeman sentenced to death for the murder of a Lebanese pop diva.

A California appeals court has rejected Hollywood director Roman Polanski's bid to have his sex case dismissed, it announced today.

A French appeals court has reinstated the marriage of a Muslim man who wanted it annulled because his bride lied about being a virgin.

A THAI court dropped charges of insurrection yesterday against the main leaders of a protest movement bidding to topple the government, two days after the worst street unrest in Bangkok for 16 years.

Outgoing BP chief executive John Browne has been ordered to answer questions about the company’s Texas City plant explosion in 2005 that killed 15 people and injured hundreds more.

Iraq’s highest appeals court upheld the death sentence for Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s national security adviser said today.

A GERMAN federal appeals court yesterday convicted a friend of three of the September 11 suicide pilots of accessory to murder for his role in their plot and sent the case back to a lower court for sentencing.

IRAQ’S appeals court is expected to rule on Saddam Hussein’s guilty verdict and death sentence by the middle of January, the chief prosecutor said yesterday.

A court has freed a monk and four nuns who are charged with killing a nun last month during an exorcism ritual, authorities in Romania said today.

A DOCTOR can press a claim for emotional distress after learning his former lover used his sperm to have a baby, a US court ruled.

The man whose conviction for conspiring to cause the Omagh bombing was quashed is due to be released on bail today.

A Turkish court has ordered the release of the man accused of the fatal stabbings of two Leeds United soccer fans nearly five years ago, his lawyer said today.

Lawyers for Martha Stewart told a US appeals court that she suffered a “fundamentally unfair” trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.

Mariah Carey is facing charges from two songwriters who allege the singer plagiarised one of their tunes in a case reinstated by the California appeals court.

A Paris appeals court today overruled criminal indictments against eight banks and 130 people accused of involvement in a money-laundering scheme operating between France and Israel.

A FLORIDA appeals court ordered a new trial yesterday for 16-year-old Lionel Tate, who was convicted of murdering a six-year-old girl four years ago and is serving a life sentence.

A French appeals court today ordered the release of Maurice Papon, a former police chief jailed for his role in deporting Jews to Nazi death camps during the Second World War, his lawyer said.

The Chilean appeals court has ruled Augusto Pinochet must stand trial on human rights charges.