A court in Tunisia has sentenced ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife to 35 years in prison after finding them guilty of embezzlement and other charges. The conviction in absentia of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Leila Trabelsi came after a day-long trial before the Tunis criminal court. The couple fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14 after a month-long revolution that sparked a string... 

At least 11 US states say they plan to launch a legal battle against President Barack Obama’s sweeping reforms of the healthcare system in the United States. The House of Representatives passed the president’s healthcare bill on Sunday. The Republican-controlled states say they will not accept the introduction of mandatory basic health insurance. They argue that it goes against the US... 

Stranded: Charlotte Adams is unable to leave Dubai. She denies 'passionately kissing' a British man in public The British woman at the centre of the Dubai kissing case protested her innocence yesterday and claimed that she had ‘been caught up in a huge misunderstanding’. Charlotte Adams, 25, was on holiday there when she was spotted kissing Arab man Ayman Najafi, a 24-year-old British...