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Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks court approval for prison visit by Trump adviser

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro looks on from his home as Sao Paulo’s Governor Tarcisio de Freitas (not pictured) leaves after a visit in Brasilia, Brazil September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro looks on from his home as Sao Paulo’s Governor Tarcisio de Freitas (not pictured) leaves after a visit in Brasilia, Brazil September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano

Abramovich's lawyers say he will fight any UK attempt to seize Chelsea sale money

FILE PHOTO: Roman Abramovich attends a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/FILE PHOTO
FILE PHOTO: Roman Abramovich attends a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/FILE PHOTO

US judge dismisses case by deported student who declined flight back

Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza poses wearing a mortarboard after graduating from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2025. massdeportationdefense.org/Handout via REUTERS
Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza poses wearing a mortarboard after graduating from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2025. massdeportationdefense.org/Handout via REUTERS

Grenfell families urge UK government to preserve tower's walls bearing handprints

FILE PHOTO: Handprints on a blackened wall at the Grenfell Tower block of flats, the site of a June 2017 deadly fire, s family members of victims have said they will take legal action against the government unless it reverses a decision not to preserve a section of the tower's wall, bearing handprints they believe belong to victims or survivors, for a future memorial, in London, Britain, July 2025. Work to dismantle the tower started in September 2025. Karim Khalloufi/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Handprints on a blackened wall at the Grenfell Tower block of flats, the site of a June 2017 deadly fire, s family members of victims have said they will take legal action against the government unless it reverses a decision not to preserve a section of the tower's wall, bearing handprints they believe belong to victims or survivors, for a future memorial, in London, Britain, July 2025. Work to dismantle the tower started in September 2025. Karim Khalloufi/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US will not allow Venezuelan government to pay Maduro’s legal fees, lawyer says

Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Mandelson's lawyers say his arrest followed 'baseless suggestion' he planned to leave UK

FILE PHOTO: Former British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson enters a vehicle outside a reported residence, after police launched a misconduct in public office investigation following the release of U.S. Justice Department files linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in London, Britain, February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Chris Ratcliffe
FILE PHOTO: Former British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson enters a vehicle outside a reported residence, after police launched a misconduct in public office investigation following the release of U.S. Justice Department files linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in London, Britain, February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Chris Ratcliffe

Tunisia frees prominent lawyer who became vocal critic of president

South Korea's ex-President Yoon apologises after life sentence over martial law

Kosovo's former President Thaci defends innocence ahead of Hague war crimes ruling

FILE PHOTO: Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci attends his war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands April 3, 2023.   Koen van Weel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci attends his war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands April 3, 2023.   Koen van Weel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Woman who stole milk powder for her kids among clients represented by Public Defender’s Office

(Clockwise from left) Assistant Director (Criminal Defence) Chong Shou En, Senior Assistant Director (Criminal Defence) Ashwin Ganapathy and Senior Executive (Criminal Defence) Victoria Tay.
(Clockwise from left) Assistant Director (Criminal Defence) Chong Shou En, Senior Assistant Director (Criminal Defence) Ashwin Ganapathy and Senior Executive (Criminal Defence) Victoria Tay.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.