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French ex-president Sarkozy faces new charge
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Friday charged as part of an investigation into possible witness tampering, adding to his long list of legal woes, including over illegal campaign financing.
Brazil court sentences first defendant in pro-Bolsonaro riots to 17 years
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's Supreme Court announced a 17-year jail term Thursday for the first defendant tried and convicted over the storming of the seats of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil opens first trials over January 8 riots
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's high court opened the first trials Wednesday over the January 8 riots in Brasilia by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who were demanding the ouster of his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Sarkozy faces 2025 trial over alleged Libyan corruption
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried in 2025 over allegations he took money from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund one of his election campaigns, prosecutors said on Friday.
Ex-Opec president faces UK corruption charges
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» LONDON: Former Opec president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria's oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday.
Trump set to appear in court to face election conspiracy charges
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is expected to appear in court on Thursday to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee.
Honduras women's prison violence: death toll rises to 46
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» TEGUCIGALPA - The death toll from a fire and clashes between rival gangs at a women's prison in Honduras has risen to 46, the prosecutor's office said Wednesday, as the first bodies were handed over to mourning families for burial.
Italy's scandal-hit Berlusconi dies at 86
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ROME: Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman and prime minister, has died aged 86.
'Cool drink' is code for cash in graft-ridden S.Africa
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - Casually leaning into the side-window of a car stopped at a routine checkpoint on a congested Johannesburg road, a South African policeman tells the driver he needs "a cool drink".
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan calls for nationwide protests
AFP, Published on 14/05/2023
» LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan called for nationwide "freedom" protests on Sunday, after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest.