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The Irish-French national, originally from Co Tipperary, spent seven months in prison in north-east Iran.

President Erdoğan faces serious challenge in elections that could see runoff vote against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Plus, why do so many generation Z Americans put on British accents?

Kieran Casey is wanted by officers

Peter Hughes' home was raided and officers recovered a large number of steroids, needles, syringes, wipes and a quantity of cash

Malaysia wants to introduce a law to decriminalise the possession and use of small quantities of illicit drugs, its home affairs minister said on Monday, citing a need to reduce prison overcrowding.

For years the gambling industry was the wild west; an unregulated frontier that profited from pain and addiction. Now the government has promised to clean up betting and gaming. But many are eager for more to be done, writes Sarah Ingram, particularly those who nearly lost everything to it

Former Scranton, Pennsylvania, police sergeant Jeffrey Vaughn has been sentenced to six months in prison followed by two years of probation after pleading guilty to theft from a program receiving federal funds. Vaughn was paid to perform overtime patrols at federally subsidized low-income housing projects, but he claimed 266 hours…

Seventy-eight-year-old American passport holder and Hong Kong resident John Shing-wan Leung is sentenced to life imprisonment.

Luke Mitchell was found guilty of killing 14-year-old Jodi Jones in 2003, though maintains his innocence - with supporters calling for his release claiming "evidence was hidden".

Notorious serial killer Peter Tobin's cause of death has been confirmed, with documents revealing the murderer had cancer, vascular disease and a lung infection.

China sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges.