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Former US president Donald Trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, saying that his legal team had several grounds to challenge the verdict handed down by a New York jury. "We're going to be appealing this scam... on many different things," says Trump, who is seeking reelection in November polls, in a rambling speech. SOUNDBITE
The prosecutor in the case of Donald Trump's hush-money trial say the verdict was reached by "following the facts and the law" even if the defendant is "unlike any other in American history". SOUNDBITE
The treason conviction of a top Cambodian opposition leader is a "miscarriage of justice," says the United States ambassador to the country. The trial of Kem Sokha and his 27-year jail sentence were based on a "fabricated conspiracy" and represented a "miscarriage of justice," W. Patrick Murphy tells reporters outside the courthouse in the capital Phnom Penh. The trial of Kem Sokha and his 27-year jail sentence were based on a "fabricated conspiracy" and represented a "miscarriage of justice," W. Patrick Murphy told reporters outside the courthouse in the capital Phnom Penh. SOUNDBITE
The International Criminal Court throws out an appeal by Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier-turned-commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, against his conviction for war crimes. Dominic Ongwen, who was himself abducted aged nine by the rebel group led by the fugitive Joseph Kony, was found guilty last year of murder, rape and sexual enslavement in northern Uganda during the early 2000s. SOUNDBITE
Malaysian ex-premier Najib Razak arrives Friday at the Putrajaya court just outside Kuala Lumpur to continue his final appeal against his conviction over the 1MDB corruption scandal before the country's top court. IMAGES
Malaysian ex-premier Najib Razak arrives at court to begin a final appeal to overturn his jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB scandal. Depending on the verdict, the trial could see him either locked up or free to launch a political comeback. IMAGES of Malaysia ex-premier Najib Razak