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Ecuador's former president Lenin Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador appealed to the country's highest court to avoid five-year prison sentences stemming from a US$76 million bribery scheme linked to contracts for the nation's largest hydroelectric project secured by a Chinese state contractor.

Cerba Healthcare, a private French laboratories company, has initiated court-supervised restructuring proceedings to address a €5 billion debt load.

MTR Corporation, Hong Kong's railway operator and landlord, has filed a lawsuit against Sayles Retail, the local distributor of embattled beauty brand Opatra London, for unpaid rent and fees totaling HK$347,000 (US$44,248) at Citylink Plaza in Sha Tin.

Hong Kong prosecutors allege a man engaged in sexual acts with his younger sister as a teenager and claim he knew the behavior was seriously wrong; the alleged incidents occurred when he was between 11 and 14 years old.

Hong Kong former lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai is set to face four criminal charges next week, including dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol, following a reported vehicle crash two months ago.

The Hong Kong Housing Bureau reported that 75.8% of flat owners (188 households) at Wang Chi House, the only block spared the worst of the Wang Fuk Court fire, have signed sales and purchase agreements to sell their properties to the government.

A Hong Kong appellate court upheld convictions against retired Cardinal Joseph Zen and four activists for failing to register a legal defence fund tied to 2019 anti-government protests.

A Hong Kong court granted bail to three women charged with fighting in the children’s play area of APM shopping centre and barred them from returning to the venue, as reported from their court appearance on August 26 incident.

A Maltese court acquitted businessman Yorgen Fenech of orchestrating the 2017 car‑bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, prompting outrage from her family and media‑freedom advocates.

Venezuela's ousted president Nicolas Maduro argued for dismissal of US drug trafficking charges, citing sovereign immunity, while awaiting trial in June.

A Singapore court ruled that administrators of bankrupt Indonesian textile maker PT Sri Rejeki Isman can pursue assets within the city-state.

Nicolás Maduro, the head of state of Venezuela, has filed a motion in a US court to dismiss a drug-trafficking case against him, asserting sovereign immunity as the defense.