Cement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French court.
Source: Al Jazeera
French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria
Cement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French court. Former CEO Bruno Lafont was sentenced to six years in prison. Prosecutors said they paid millions to armed groups to keep a Syrian plant running. Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler explains the ruling.
A court in Mali has sentenced a French intelligence agent with diplomatic status to 20 years in prison for “undermining state security”, judicial sources said Friday, in a ruling that further strains already fraught relations between the West...
Police say they have four suspects, three facing a travel ban, after investigations into the sabotage of two subsea telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea late last year. Prosecutors will decide on the next steps.
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France's government was on Friday assessing possible judicial failings, after allegations investigators could have prevented a 11-year-old girl's disappearance by better dealing with previous sexual abuse complaints. Incomprehension has grown...
After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are among the limited ways left for protecting racial-minority voters' power.
Johann Wadephul, Berlin's top diplomat, visits the Latin American country which Germany considers a key partner in the region. The visit comes after Germany's failed bid for a UN Security Council seat. DW has more.
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FCC did not violate carriers' right to jury trial, court says in 8-1 ruling.
