In a major diplomatic triumph for India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar were released on Monday. The capital punishment was commuted to an extended prison term earlier following diplomatic intervention by New Delhi.
In November 2021, Coronel was sentenced to a three-year prison term after entering a guilty plea to charges relating to her husband's drug business. Along with a USD 1.5 million forfeiture, her sentence also included four years of supervised release.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Friday reduced the prison sentence of the country's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, according to CNN.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan said that it will decide on former Prime Minister Imran Khan's plea today as he challenged the three-year prison term handed to him in the Toshakhana case, reported The Express Tribune.
The Canadian rapper Tory Lanez maintained his innocence, after receiving a ten-year prison term for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot, as per TMZ.
A man who, while costumed as Joker, the famous DC character, attacked passengers on a crowded Tokyo train on Halloween night in 2021 was given a 23-year prison term on Monday for stabbing one of them and starting a fire
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Rapper Fetty Wap confessed his involvement in a major drug trafficking ring that transported cocaine from the West Coast to Long Island in his plea deal on Monday, which includes a mandatory five-year prison term.
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that human rights groups called "inhumane".
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 16 (ANI): A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a Chinese national to nine years in jail for reportedly trying to smuggle highly censored communication gear into the country, local media reported citing the country's ministry of justice on Wednesday.
Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): A Xinjiang court sentenced five Muslim Uyghur women from one family to lengthy jail terms for "illegal" religious activities, a media report said.