LAW & SOCIETY

Saverio Bellante, 34, is accused of killing his landlord over a game of chess in Dublin.

Justin Bieber has not been arrested as of late for his involvement in an egg-throwing incident, but will he be deported for this?

The legalisation of sale of Marijuana in the U.S has reignited the debate as to whether the drug should be made legal in Australia too. Will the policy of prohibition work? Or should Australia follow the route taken by the U.S.

The Australian Federal Police warns Aussies travelling for Christmas against airport mischief

Sex workers in Canada may have felt happy after the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the trade that prostitution is finally going to be legalised in the country; however, the possibilities may still be bleak.

The U.S. has registered Riane Gysberts, an Aussie woman, from Franskton, Victoria as a sexual predator as she pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation of a minor observing sexual conduct in Tennessee's Madison Country Circuit Court.

Prince William's voicemails were hacked from different recipients, including Prince Harry and then-girlfriend Kate Middleton, and the jury even heard some of these messages.

A new Code of Conduct for asylum seekers will take effect Saturday, Dec 21

The United Nations (UN) has called on Australia to ban the "smacking" of children. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has urged Australia to prevent parents from "reasonably" smacking their children and encourage them to use other forms of discipline.

The parliament of New Zealand on Wednesday has modernized its royal succession law, thus finally allowing a Queen to become the country's head of state.

An Iranian woman was banned from having her scholarship due to WMD link allegations

Israel demands help from Australia against Iran's nuclear programme

Australian activist Trenton Oldfield, who disrupted the Oxford vs. Cambridge boat race in 2012, avoids UK deportation after he told the tribunal that he shouldn't be allowed to return to Australia since it's a "particularly racist country."

The Royal Commission continues with its examination about “Towards Healing”, a sexual abuse case by the Church in 1996

Labor on Thursday, charged the government on failing to uphold its promise to bring "discipline and focus" in the targeted military operation for managing the refugee issue, after reports emerged that around 28 Rohingya asylum seekers spent three days at Christmas Island beach unnoticed.

The police in Japan have arrested a 44-year-old woman in Sakai near Osaka and charged her for fraudulently obstructing their work, after she made more than 15,000 emergency calls over a period of six months. The police who ruled out a case of mental illness suspect the woman may have been suffering from loneliness.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has recruited a retired brigadier to oversee his government's crackdown on criminal bikie gangs in the state. Media reports say that the retired brigadier Bill Mellor, a former infantry platoon commander and army helicopter pilot, who is known for taking on violent warlords in Somalia in the 1990s, will now head the Queensland government crack team against the notrious bikie gangs.

Nigella Lawson confides to the British court that her ex-husband Charles Saatchi threatens to destroy her reputation through her admitted drug use.

Aussie Lovers were charged 40-year sentence in the U.S. for exploiting a baby boy

The Sydney police have charged a 58-year-old man for filming women having sex without their consent and uploading the videos online. In a related case, Newcastle authorities nabbed an 82-year-old man over some alleged historical sex offenses.

MP Craig Thomson used the alias Jeff Thomson to order escort services using Health Services Union funds

The Commonwealth cannot stop the first ever same-sex marriage happening on Saturday

Alabama suffered a stunning 34-to-28 defeat against bitter rivals Auburn on Saturday. It was so stunning and so bitter that one Alabama fan killed a friend over the result in a horrible fatal shooting incident in Hoover, Alabama.

ICAC commenced hearing on Murray Kear’s alleged corrupt conduct.

The Guardian Australia and ABC slammed by senators on Snowden leaked documents

A UN panel of investigators have collected evidence showing the scale and viciousness of the human rights abuses being perpetrated by both sides in the Syrian conflict.

Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh has nowhere to run after being details of video sex scandal was made public

Somebody teach Serge Vorobyov that there are better ways to spend thousands of dollars to promote his own website.

China's crackdown on online rumours has been successful, the country's internet regulator said on Thursday. Buoyed by this progress, local authorities are now mulling to regulate Chinese Internet even more.