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Bashir trial opens as Sudan sovereign council delayed
AFP, Published on 19/08/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudan's deposed military leader Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the country for 30 years, arrived in court Monday in Khartoum for the start of his trial on corruption charges.
Trump Jr grilled by US senators, says unconcerned about perjury
AFP, Published on 13/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump Jr wrapped up a return interview Wednesday with US lawmakers who questioned him about his contacts with Russians, with the president's eldest son dismissing concerns he may have perjured himself in his 2017 testimony.
Charging US president with a crime was 'not an option': Mueller
AFP, Published on 29/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging Donald Trump with a crime of obstruction was not an option because of Justice Department policy not to indict a sitting president.
Lawyer for Ghosn slams 'outrageous' rules on seeing wife
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» TOKYO - A lawyer for former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has slammed "outrageous" restrictions on his client's ability to see his wife, and predicted the tycoon's trial will not start for at least a year.
Chinese family say they were scammed over $6.5mn Stanford payment
AFP, Published on 03/05/2019
» HONG KONG - The mother of a Chinese student admitted Friday she paid $6.5 million to the man at the heart of a US college admission scandal but said she was duped into believing the sum was a charitable donation.
Sudan's Bashir brought down by people he ruled with iron fist
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, long wanted on genocide and war crimes charges, was finally brought down in a popular uprising by the very people he ruled with an iron fist for 30 years.
Mueller found no Trump campaign collusion with Russia: official
AFP, Published on 25/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Moscow's meddling in the 2016 election found no evidence of conspiracy by President Donald Trump's campaign to collude with Russia, the Justice Department said Sunday.
US lawmakers clash while awaiting a briefing on Mueller report
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic lawmakers clashed sharply on Sunday over the meaning of the newly completed report on Russian meddling, even as they waited to be briefed on its scope and contents.
Washington on edge for Mueller's findings on Trump
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Bill Barr is expected to hand Congress as early as Saturday the key findings of the Russian meddling probe as Washington waits tensely to see if it implicates President Donald Trump in serious wrongdoing.
Mueller submits report on Russia investigation
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday wrapped up his two-year investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, submitting his report to the Justice Department on a high-stakes probe of Donald Trump and his campaign dubbed a "witchhunt" by the president.