Time behind bars for Cardinal Becciu? Not any time soon, experts say
Vatican CityReuters None of the six people who received jail sentences at the end of the Vatican’s big corruption trial on Saturday will likely be spending time behind bars anytime soon and some perhaps not ever, according to legal and security experts. Several, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to […]
China clampdown on Hong Kong in spotlight as leading democrat goes on trial
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters A long-awaited national security trial opens in Hong Kong on Monday for leading China critic and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who faces possible life imprisonment on charges he colluded with foreign forces, including the United States. Foreign envoys, business people and legal scholars will be watching the trial closely, saying it looms […]
Verdicts in big Vatican corruption trial due on Saturday
Vatican CityReuters Defence lawyers at the Vatican’s big corruption trial, in which one of the 10 defendants is a cardinal, completed their summing up on Tuesday and the court president announced that the verdicts would be announced on Saturday. A Vatican trial of 10 people accused of financial crimes, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resumes after a chief judge […]
Trial in Trump classified documents case set for May 2024 – court document
Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents will begin on 20th May next year, according to a US court order on Friday. Trump’s lawyers had resisted setting a date but said any trial should take place after the November, 2024, US presidential election, in which he […]
“Every victim of Saddam Hussein was waiting for this moment”
Baghdad, IraqReuters Saddam Hussein’s trial in 2005, two years after he was ousted by a US-led invasion, was a chance for Ali Hassan al-Haidari to avenge the execution of his brothers and others from his village who were killed by the Iraqi dictator’s security forces. Ali Hassan al-Haidari, who testified against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during […]
Survivors of Guinea stadium massacre recount horrors as trial unfolds
Conakry, Guinea Reuters Survivors who were beaten and raped during a massacre in a stadium in Guinea in 2009 are hoping to finally see justice and let the world know the pain they have been carrying as the trial of 11 suspects unfolds in the West African nation. More than 150 people were trampled, clubbed […]
Main suspect handed life sentence for 2015 Islamist attacks on Paris
Paris, FranceReuters A French court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some closure to survivors and a country whose psyche was left scarred. Salah Abdeslam was found guilty on terrorism and murder charges, with no […]
Egypt begins trial of man accused of killing Coptic priest
Cairo, Egypt AP A court in the Egyptian city of Alexandria began the trial Saturday of a man accused of stabbing to death a Coptic Christian priest, an attack that shocked the Arab world’s most populous country. The case dates to early April when Arsanious Wadid, a 56-year-old priest, was killed at popular seaside promenade in […]
Pope Francis and other prelates approved real estate deal, ex-Vatican official says
Vatican CityRNS Testifying at the massive trial resulting from the Vatican’s latest financial scandal on Wednesday, the former director of the Catholic Church’s anti-money-laundering watchdog agency said Pope Francis and other high-ranking prelates backed efforts to gain sole ownership of the prime London real estate at the center of the scandal. Tommaso Di Ruzza, who […]
Vatican cardinal says donations went to charity, not brother
Vatican CityAP A once-powerful cardinal testified Thursday that he donated €125,000 of Vatican money to a Sardinian diocese for purely charitable reasons, rejecting Vatican prosecutors’ claims that the money benefitted his brother who ran the charity. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first-ever cardinal to testify before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal, said he couldn’t deny that his […]