PARIS – Kenya has refused to attend a weeklong hearing by the United Nations’ highest court over a long-running maritime dispute with Somalia.In a letter last week to The Hague-based International Court of Justice, or ICJ, the Kenyan government cited a…
Category Archives: Legal Matters
Taipei-The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life sentence against a man found guilty of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death and sexually assaulting her as she lay dying, in a case that dates back more than six years.The sentence cannot be appealed fu…
Jakarta, A Taiwanese boat and its 10 crew members were arrested in Indonesia Friday on suspicion of fishing illegally in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone,…Read More
Taipei, The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a three-year-and-eight-month jail sentence handed down to a former Air Force officer convicted of raping a female colleague…Read More
Taipei, Several civic groups staged a protest in Taipei on Wednesday, calling on the government to better protect the lives of firefighters by strictly enforcing…Read More
New Taipei, A man who brought a lawsuit against the New Taipei City government for allegedly giving him wrong directions via a hotline lost the…Read More
Taipei, Employers in Taiwan are more optimistic about the economy’s prospects than in recent months, and 55.6 percent of them are planning to give employees…Read More
Taipei, Two graphic novels about a man in a psychiatric hospital and the daily lives of nine women in Taipei won top prizes at the…Read More
Taipei, Internet giant Google Inc. said Monday night that it had restored services that went down earlier in the day, including Gmail and YouTube. “The…Read More
Kaohsiung, A man and his mother suspected of killing a newborn baby in Kaohsiung and subsequently brought in for questioning were released on a bail…Read More