A burglar convicted of murdering a couple during a break-in at their Dubai mansion has lost his appeal against the death sentence. Hiren Adhiya (left) and Vidhi Adhiya (right) pose in an undated photo. They were killed as they slept at their home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on June…
An anti-regime protester accused of setting a wheelie bin on fire in Iran is facing a death sentence for 'waging war against God'. Photo shows a man standing near a burning garbage container in an undated photo. The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly accused Sahand Noormohammadzadeh…
Brazil has denied the extradition of former Man City ace Robinho to Italy, where he was sentenced to nine years in prison for gang sexual violence against an Albanian woman in 2013. Former professional footballer Robson de Souza, known as Robinho, poses in undated photo. Authorities in Brazil reported they…
A Turkish man who slashed his wife's face with a box cutter because she asked for a divorce been handed a reduced 11-year sentence because of 'good behaviour'. Ukrainian woman Anna Butim, 28, was savagely attacked by her then-husband Mesut Ozturkmen, 45, outside a shopping centre in the Turkish city…
A South African gardener who pleaded guilty to murdering his elderly employer with a hammer has had his life sentence reduced because he was forced to be her sex slave. Gardener Gibson Lion Zwelakhe, 50, admitted to murdering his employer, 73-year-old retiree Destiny Geyser Newberry, in Carletonville, South Africa in…