A former top aide to Osama bin Laden has been given life in prison for conspiring in the deadly 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, with the judge rejecting his claims he is not violent.

A New York judge has sentenced Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law to life in prison after he was convicted of terror offences.

A man prosecutors say is Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former spokesman will go on trial next week despite claims by his lawyers that the government may have charged the wrong person.

The first civilian trial for a Guantanamo Bay detainee was delayed today after a US judge told prosecutors they could not call their star witness.

A New York judge has given tentative approval to a £371m settlement of lawsuits over price-fixing allegations at Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses.