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Cristina Kirchner and her son Máximo face a joint money-laundering trial in Buenos Aires from Friday, 23 October. Both deny the charges. The post Argentina Opens Kirchner Trial on 23 October appeared first on The Rio Times.
Dan Mackenzie initially defended his father but now says he felt he had to report his own grandmother.
For 15 months, a high-security courtroom in Hamburg has been hearing the case of Christina Block, accused of ordering the abduction of her children.
A San Salvador court postponed the 1989 Jesuit massacre trial to 5 April 2027; one accused, a colonel the US extradited to Spain in 2017, is among them. The post El Salvador Delays Jesuit Trial to 5 April appeared first on The Rio Times.
Solomon Asamoah, a former African Development Bank vice president, is on trial in Ghana over a US$2 million Sky Train payment he denies. The post Solomon Asamoah: The Man Behind Ghana’s Sky Train Case appeared first on The Rio Times.
A Ukrainian man accused of helping to mastermind the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines four years ago went on trial for war crimes in Germany on Wednesday, with his defence calling for the case to be dismissed. The closely watched trial – the first involving one of the alleged perpetrators of the 2022 attacks in the Baltic Sea – opened at the Higher Regional Court in the northern city of Hamburg with a significant international media presence. The defendant, 50-year-old Serhiy Kuznetsov, is...
Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief October 14, 2026 — Russia launched 120 drones and 39 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and Kharkiv, leaving 600,000 without power; Britain pledged tighter sanctions and accelerated missile deliveries; the Nord Stream trial opened in Hamburg. The post Europe Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, October 14, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
A Ukrainian ex-military officer goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, severing western Europe from the biggest source of Russian natural gas. The suspect, identified under German privacy rules only as Serhii K., is accused of leading a group of Ukrainian agents including divers and an explosives expert to mount one of the biggest infrastructure sabotage operations of modern times. FRANCE 24's Jörg Taszman reports from Berlin, Germany.
The trial is expected to run into February and could test Germany's political stance on Ukraine.
The alleged murder and dismemberment of Abby Choi Tin-fung in 2023, which prosecutors say was linked to a dispute over a luxury flat, has once again gripped Hong Kong as the trial over the 28-year-old socialite’s death entered its second week. Choi’s ex-husband, Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 31, and his elder brother, Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 35, have pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful burial of her body. Their father, Kwong Kau, 68, has pleaded not guilty to the same charge. All three men deny...
The agency pointed out that despite several years having elapsed since cognisance was taken, there had been no significant progress in the proceedings
Two Dominican drug agents arrested at Miami's airport face a federal jury trial from 30 November, under a scheduling order filed on Friday 9 October. The post Dominican Drug Agents Face Miami Trial From 30 November appeared first on The Rio Times.
Impeachment prosecutors have dropped the bribery charge against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte as they seek to speed up the trial that could have implications on the 2028 election.
The former president is able to understand the charges and follow the proceedings, panel of experts find.
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Wanying “Heather” Zhang be held in custody, after her lawyers – who had fought to keep her out of jail – said she “looks forward to establishing” her innocence at trial. They argued that the US government’s case centred on a single day of alleged surveillance in Seattle and was not evidence that she posed a flight risk. US Magistrate Judge Steve Kim sided with prosecutors, who told him that Zhang’s parents and siblings lived in China and that her brother had...
HC upholds the Ernakulam District and Sessions Court’s decision denying the plea, says circumstances of the case do not warrant a directive for an in-camera trial. Petitioners claim that unrestricted entry to public may cause crowding and impede examination of witnesses
Aegean Boat Report founder Tommy Olsen insists he is defending the rule of law, as Greece opens trial against him.
Rohan Rane, an Indian national who came to France to study before becoming a fitness coach, went on trial on Monday behind closed doors in Paris, on charges of torture and acts of barbarity against minors. Investigators say he is the leader of a neo-Nazi child exploitation ring that ran its operations via messaging platform Discord.
The mother of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has accused her former in-laws of living off her family’s wealth without contributing anything to her grandchildren. Cheung Yin-fa testified in the High Court on Monday about the relationship between her daughter, ex-son-in-law Alex Kwong Kong-chi, and his family in the years leading up to the influencer’s slaying in February 2023. Kwong, 31, his father Kwong Kau, 68, and elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 35, are standing trial after...
Some 250 people, who have all been exposed to the rare Bundibugyo virus, are taking part in the trial could stop them from contracting Ebola.
Seven officials face an investigation over allegations of manipulation of the referee administration process.
The incident had taken place on March 13, 2015, during the tenure of the then UDF government. The Assembly witnessed unprecedented scenes when the Opposition LDF attempted to prevent the then Finance Minister K.M. Mani from presenting the Budget, leading to a confrontation of the floor of the House
The High Court has discharged a recently empanelled jury from the murder trial of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung’s former relatives after one member asked to be excused for health reasons, leading to a delay in proceedings. Deputy Judge Brian Keith informed the seven men and two women on Monday that he had accepted the unidentified member’s request and decided that a new panel must be formed to ensure the jury selection complied with legal precedent. A new jury will be empanelled...
Loik Le Priol, one of the main suspects in the 2022 murder of Argentine rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu, asked forgiveness from the victim's family in a Paris court on Friday. Verdicts in the trial of four suspects – including Le Priol and Romain Bouvier, who both have links to France’s extreme right – are expected later in the day.
Mito, Ibaraki Pref., Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)--Public prosecutors sought a 21-year prison term Thursday for a man accused of murdering his former girlfriend, a pregnant manicurist, in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, late last year. The defense argued that prison terms of around 17 years are common in many similar cases. The verdict is scheduled to be handed down to Takumi ...