Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she is “absolutely delighted” that the Egyptian president has pardoned two journalists for Al-Jazeera English.

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.

Amanda Knox’s defence lawyer urged Italy’s highest court today to overturn the American’s conviction in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, calling it a “grave judicial error”.

Silvio Berlusconi’s acquittal in his notorious ‘bunga bunga’ case has been upheld by Italy’s highest court.

The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in a case widely criticised by human rights organisations and media groups has been postponed until March 8.

Two journalists with the Al-Jazeera English network have been released from an Egyptian prison after more than a year behind bars on terror-related charges in a case denounced as a sham by rights groups and the international community.

Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy has been released from an Egyptian prison, pending a retrial.

An appeals court in Egypt has ordered a retrial in the case of three imprisoned Al-Jazeera English journalists.

An Italian appeals court has acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in a sex-for-hire case, reversing a lower court conviction that had carried a seven-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban on holding political office.

An Italian appeals court has acquitted former premier Silvio Berlusconi in a sex-for-hire case.

Amanda Knox’s former Italian boyfriend engaged a dramatic change of defence strategy — shedding doubt on her alibi for murder.

Raffaele Sollecito has said his American ex-girlfriend provided alibis for him that he will use to argue Italy’s court of last resort should dismiss his conviction for the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher.

A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for apostasy was overturned is free again after being detained on accusations of forging travel documents.

A Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan and later freed has been detained at an airport while trying to leave the country, her lawyer said.

A court in Sudan has ordered the release of woman on death row for apostasy, the country’s official news agency said.

Amanda Knox has said she was frightened and saddened after being found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher and that “justice was perverted”.

Amanda Knox’s second appeal trial has agreed to additional DNA tests on the weapon presumed to have murdered her British housemate Meredith Kercher.

US student Amanda Knox’s second appeals trial to determine her role in the murder of her British housemate is under way in Italy in her absence.

Silvio Berlusconi’s 28-year-old girlfriend says she is now just waiting for him to agree to marry her after chasing the 76-year-old relentlessly for years.

Former premier Silvio Berlusconi is turning to Europe’s human rights court in a bid to avoid a ban on public office and other punishments for his tax fraud conviction, the media mogul’s aides said yesterday.

Silvio Berlusconi’s political fate is in the hands of Italy’s highest court, which is preparing to hear arguments in the former premier’s fraud conviction today.

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would not flee Italy and was ready to go to jail rather than face house arrest or community service if a court upholds his conviction for tax fraud next week.

Italy’s highest criminal court has defended its decision to bring forward former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s tax fraud appeal saying it had to move quickly before the statute of limitations expired.

Silvio Berlusconi’s lawyers and allies cried foul after Italy’s highest court set a remarkably quick July 30 hearing date for his tax fraud appeal

The former boyfriend of Amanda Knox has repeated his innocence as he prepares to face a retrial over the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher.

The acquittal of accused murderer Amanda Knox was full of “deficiencies, contradictions and illogical” conclusions Italy’s high court has ruled, ordering a fresh look at all the evidence to determine whether she did kill her flatmate Meredith Kercher.

Prosecutors have demanded six years in jail and a lifetime ban from public office for former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire trial has entered its final stage with the prosecutor making long-delayed closing arguments.

An Italian court has upheld the tax fraud conviction against ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi and sentenced him to four years in prison.

An Italian court has upheld the tax fraud conviction against ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and sentenced him to four years in prison.

A lawyer for Amanda Knox said the US college student was “ready to fight” after Italy’s top criminal court overturned her acquittal and ordered a retrial for the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher.

Italy’s highest criminal court has today overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox over the murder of her roommate, and ordered a new trial.

Italy’s highest court will issue a decision today on whether to overturn American student Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the murder of her British room-mate.

The Vatican newspaper yesterday stressed that children should be raised by a father and a mother after Italy’s top appeals court granted a gay mother custody of her son, prompting a debate over gay adoption.

Egypt’s highest body of judges has called the president’s recent decrees an “unprecedented assault on the independence of the judiciary and its rulings”.

Irish colleges, by not supporting detained doctors, are seen as collaborating with Bahrain, writes Eoin O’Brien

The former wife and accomplice of paedophile killer Marc Dutroux was granted parole today, less than halfway through her 30-year-sentence.

Even after all these years, the mere mention of the name “Marc Dutroux” can wipe the smile off the face of almost any Belgian.

AMERICAN student Amanda Knox arrived home free last night after spending four years in an Italian jail, leaving the family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher racked with anguish that they are no closer to the truth about her killing.

THE trial of former French president Jacques Chirac on corruption charges has been postponed until June.

The trial of former French President Jacques Chirac on corruption charges has been postponed until June.

One of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher has appealed against his conviction again.

ITALY’S highest court last night overturned a guilty verdict for British lawyer David Mills, who was accused of taking a bribe to lie in court to protect Premier Silvio Berlusconi.

Italy's highest court is hearing the appeal today of British lawyer David Mills, who was found guilty of accepting a bribe to lie in court to protect Silvio Berlusconi.