Authorities in Chad on Tuesday started the mass trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of killing longtime President Idriss Deby Itno, who died under murky circumstances in 2021 two days after winning a sixth term in office. Apart from the assassination
A former fighter with the Kosovo Liberation Army was responsible for the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20 more during his country’s war for independence from Serbia, an international prosecutor said Tuesday at the start
Over 90 percent of firms have decided to stick to a four-day week after the conclusion of a six-month trial. 61 firms volunteered to take part in a trial assessing the impact on businesses of a four-day week on full pay. In
The trial of popular Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred on charges of aggravated rape and assault got underway in Paris on Monday, in a case that sparked a backlash among feminist activists in North Africa and the Middle East. The 37-year-old Lamjarred, who
Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi was found not guilty Wednesday of witness tampering, in a trial related to the sexually charged “bunga bunga” parties he held at his villa near Milan while he was in office. The six-year-old trial is the third
A key prosecution witness testified Monday that he delivered millions of dollars in payoffs destined for former Mexican public safety chief Genaro García Luna but that the two didn’t directly discuss what the money was allegedly buying: impunity for the infamous Sinaloa
Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of murdered seven babies (Image: SWNS) A baby girl was killed by an injection of air into her bloodstream, the murder trial of a nurse has heard. Lucy Letby, 33, is accused of murdering the premature-born infant
Russian authorities on Wednesday requested a lengthy prison term for a former regional governor who is standing trial on murder charges and whose arrest two years ago prompted weeks-long mass protests. The prosecutor has asked a court in the Moscow region to
On Tuesday, the Canadian Goverment began its trial of decriminalising hard drugs in British Columbia. Adults can now possess a small amount (2.5g) of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine or ecstasy without being arrested. The programme will run for three years from January
A woman has been accused of trying to poison her lookalike friend with a cheesecake to steal her identity. Viktoria Nasyrova, 45, tried to lure doppelgänger Olga Tsvyk into eating a slice of the cake laced with powerful benzodiazepine Phenazepam, according to