The North District Prosecutor's Office charges an 18-year-old woman with the murder of her newborn child, for which she faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. (translated)
The Harju County Court sentenced Ruslan Garafutdinov to life imprisonment and Igor Popov to 15 years in prison for murdering a young couple to gain financial benefit and hiding their bodies in the forest. (translated)
Estonian journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze, who worked as the editor-in-chief of the "Rain" channel, is accused of violating the foreign agent law in Russia, while she has already been sentenced to eight years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army, and she has also been targeted due to the activities of other journalists, including her husband. (translated)
New photos of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, who has been imprisoned in the United States since January 2026, show him smiling and dressed in athletic attire. (translated)
Vassili Otškalenko, sentenced to life in prison 35 years ago for the rape and murder of a minor, expresses a desire to be freed, acknowledging that his thoughts about life have changed in prison, but the attitude of people towards him frightens him. (translated)
The violent act of 18-year-old Tyler Muehli against a sea lion in San Diego, where he attempted to attack the animal, could lead to up to a year in prison and a fine of $100,000 after his confession in federal court. (translated)
Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić, who was serving life in prison for genocide and war crimes, died in a prison hospital in The Hague at the age of 84. (translated)
Arnold Sinisalu, the former head director, noted that there is no secret agreement between the USA and Russia, as the purpose of CIA chief John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow is unknown, and there may be several topics behind the communication between the two superpowers, including the military conflict in Iran and a possible prisoner exchange. (translated)
Young man Nikita Kuzmin studying in Estonia chose to cooperate with the Russian military forces' GRU, gathering information about military objects, for which he received a four-year prison sentence after being detained on July 11, 2026. (translated)
The Harju County Court found Estonian and Russian dual citizen Nikita Kuzmin guilty of espionage against Estonia and sentenced him to four years in prison for gathering information about military and civilian objects in Narva in cooperation with Russian security services. (translated)
In Vasa, a female partner is suspected of having strangled her husband to death in November 2025, after which she also took the husband's property and car, and she has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. (translated)
A 30-year-old Jüri Larionov living in Peipsiääre municipality was sentenced to prison for enticing a child sexually and producing child pornography, as he sought contact with children and sent them inappropriate pictures while keeping child pornography on his phone. (translated)
A homicide is suspected in Joensuu, as a 60-year-old man died as a result of violence, and the police have arrested two individuals, one of whom, a 38-year-old man, has been detained as a possible perpetrator. (translated)
The richest person in Asia and founder of the real estate company Evergrande, Hui Ka Yan, was sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court for fraud and bribery, which exacerbated the crisis in China's real estate sector. (translated)
Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets announced that since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, 9,716 Ukrainians have returned home from captivity, and during the latest prisoner exchange, another 103 soldiers who defended Ukraine in various regions, including Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, were released. (translated)
A 16-year-old boy suspected of attempting a school shooting in Lohja tried to set the high school building on fire on Friday, but the fire did not ignite, and he is still in the hospital under police custody, awaiting interrogation and detention. (translated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the country will continue efforts to organize new prisoner exchanges with Russia. (translated)
The Estonian court sentenced opposition politician Lev Šlosberg, who criticized the aggression against Ukraine, to 11 years in prison, reflecting the Kremlin's continued repressive actions towards dissent. (translated)
Iran's armed forces have announced a reward of 26,000 euros for citizens who kill or capture American soldiers, and the reward doubles if the perpetrator is a woman. (translated)
Iran announced a $30,000 reward for the killing or capturing of U.S. soldiers, which was promised to be doubled for women, in response to a desire to earn money, while U.S. ground forces have not entered Iranian territory except in exceptional cases. (translated)
