Missing a court hearing can lead to serious consequences, including an in absentia removal order which leads to deportation.

The case of a woman hospitalised after ingesting cocaine pellets has been postponed, highlighting the ongoing battle against drug smuggling in South Africa.

The presence of an accused before the International Criminal Court is essential for the wheels of justice to turn in the tribunal and one's arrest is the means to assure this, a former ICC magistrate ...

Tbilisi City Court Judge Giorgi Gelashvili has sentenced Giorgi Bachiashvili, former head of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s ...

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced that the lower house of parliament has drafted several bills aimed at “enhancing control over the activities of foreign agents.” ...

French court to try top generals in absentia for grenade attack that killed 16 and wounded 150 people including US citizen ...

Yunus also said that he has received no formal response from India over Sheikh Hasina's extradition request. Last year, India ...

A Russian court has sentenced the decorated Russian-Jewish writer Masha Gessen to eight years in prison in absentia over comments they made about the country’s conduct in the Ukraine war in 2022.

A court in Georgia has convicted imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili on embezzlement charges and handed him another prison term of nine years.

In addition, the Upper House approved the Trial in Absentia bill, which among other things would allow the Iranians accused of the 1994 AMIA bombing to be tried. Thursday's session also ...

Bangladesh has issued two arrest warrants for her. Yunus said they had sent "formal letters" but received "no official response" from New Delhi.