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A Danish woman evacuated from a Syrian detention camp last year was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison by a Danish court for aiding ISIS militants and illegally travelling to and residing in conflict zones, her lawyer said. The 35-year-old woman travelled to Syria with her husband in…

A Danish woman evacuated from a Syrian detention camp last year was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison by a Danish court for aiding Islamic State militants and illegally travelling to and residing in conflict zones, her lawyer said.

Jordan McSweeney dragged woman into alleyway where he kicked and stamped on her

Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong

At a previous hearing the court was told Jordan McSweeney was a prolific offender and had been released from prison on licence days before the murder.

McSweeney trailed Zara Aleena through the streets at night before launching a ferocious attack

Exclusive: Jordan McSweeney left free to kill 35-year-old in east London despite breaching licence conditions

As he was starting his literary career, Charles Dickens was a journalist. Alas, he was not a business reporter — that would have been too appropriate for the son of a debtors’ prison inmate.

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been taken to the Russian region of Mordovia, notorious since Soviet times for its penal colonies, to serve a 9-year sentence on drugs charges.

Prosecutors are demanding that Holmes be given 15 years in prison

Football fans could face six months in prison if they don't follow the country's strict drinking rules - and there are several other laws to be aware of