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By failing to arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2015, South Africa failed to comply with a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC), contrary to the provisions of the Rome Statute, it was ruled on Thursday.“The

Frankfurt (dpa) – German police and prosecutors have closed down a child pornography platform with more than 87,000 members afterinvestigating the criminal group for several weeks.Police have arrested several members of the so-called darknet

Ten cars were set ablaze overnight outside a Porsche dealership in Hamburg. Police say they’re investigating whether the incident was related to the upcoming Group of 20 summit.Police said Thursday that unidentified perpetrators set the cars

Vatican City (dpa) – Two paintings by Italian Renaissance master Raphael have been discovered during restoration works of a Vatican Museums hall.Raphael was said to have painted two allegorical figures, depicting Friendship and Justice, just

Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Wednesday that six people, including former police officers, will face criminal charges over the country’s worst-ever football disaster in 1989, in which 96 fans died.The CPS said

Children’s writer Michael Bond, the creator of the hugely popular Paddington Bear books, has died aged 91, his publisher said on Wednesday.Bond died at home on Tuesday following a short illness, publisher HaperCollins said.“Published by

An Ohio judge hoping to send a message has sentenced two teenagers to jail time — and writing a five-page book report.Stark County Judge Frank Forchione on Monday sentenced 19-year-olds Jonas Rohr and Kyle Bodager to read a book about World

An elderly airline passenger in China delayed a flight for several hours Tuesday after she threw coins at one of the plane’s engines to “pray for safety,” state media reported.The superstitious 80-year-old threw the coins at the

A new, highly virulent strain of malicious software that is crippling computers globally appears to have been sown in Ukraine, where it badly hobbled much of the government and private sector on the eve of a holiday celebrating a post-Soviet