Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia has been released from Nabha Jail after seven months. He had been imprisoned in Nabha Jail in connection with a disproportionate assets case.

A court in China said on Monday it had sentenced a former justice minister to life in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes totalling almost $20 million over more than a decade.

The eldest son of Norway's crown princess will go on trial Tuesday on multiple charges including rape in a high-profile case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family.

China has executed 11 people linked to notorious online scam centres in Myanmar, as it intensifies its crackdown on frauds targeting its citizens. Another 23 suspects were given prison sentences ranging from five years to life.

A 33-year-old science enthusiast, Harry Whittaker, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for possessing and making explosive substances, and storing toxic chemicals and extremist material at his Bedfordshire home.

In a significant move, Ahmedabad Special Operations Group (SOG) Crime Branch, an international narcotics smuggler who escaped a Nepalese prison during massive civil unrest has been arrested in Gujarat.

Alaguraja was linked to last week's dramatic country bomb attack targeting a convict in Tamil Nadu's Perambalur district.

Thousands gathered in the rain in the Brazilian capital to support Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison last year for leading a failed coup d'etat following his narrow re-election loss.

Bakery products prepared by inmates of Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison will be served as snacks at the Republic Day celebrations at the Manekshaw Parade Ground in Karnataka on Monday.

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced two human rights lawyers to 17 years in prison each over social media posts the authorities claimed were hostile to the state and its security institutions.

Two police personnel were injured after a gang threw country-made bombs at a prison escort team transporting a convict in Tamil Nadu's Perambalur district on Saturday, triggering a brief exchange of fire and a high-speed escape by the attackers.

A Russian court upheld a four-year prison term for a 17-year-old girl who hung posters of pro-Ukraine Russian fighters in her school, Russian independent media reported.

Since the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in early January, pictures and videos chronicling the events have been crowded out by those generated with artificial intelligence, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

The Delhi High Court has refused to suspend the 10-year prison sentence handed down to ex-BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar over the custodial death of the father of the Unnao woman - then a minor - he raped in 2017.

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on charges that included obstructing attempts by authorities to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law in December 2024.

The US announced a far-reaching new round of sanctions against Iran, targeting senior security officials, a notorious prison accused of abusing detainees, and a sprawling network of front companies used to launder billions of dollars from oil.

The head of Venezuela's national assembly, Jorge Rodrguez, said that a "significant number" of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country would be released as a gesture to "seek peace" following the military operation that deposed Maduro.

In a new role, Letby will be responsible for handing out books and DVDs to fellow inmates.

Nicaragua's authoritarian government said Saturday it had freed "tens" of detainees, following US pressure and a week after American forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, a close Managua ally.

US President Donald Trump said Venezuela has begun the process of releasing political prisoners, claiming the move was carried out "in a big way" following US action against the Venezuelan leadership.

US President Donald Trump said Friday he called off a second wave of attacks on Venezuela after securing cooperation with the new leadership, which began releasing prisoners nearly a week after Washington forcibly removed the leftist president.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence for prostitution-related crimes, has asked Donald Trump for a pardon, but the US president said he does not plan to grant clemency to the hip-hop star.

Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency spy who was sentenced to life in prison for selling secrets to Moscow, costing the lives of a dozen double agents, died Monday in custody, US authorities said.