Wilmington, United States – AFP Opening arguments began on Tuesday in the trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges, the first ever prosecution of a child of a sitting US president. Hunter Biden, 54, the only surviving son of President Joe Biden, is charged with lying about his illegal drug use when buying a handgun […]
Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court has acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict on Monday. This was after accepting the appeals of the former premier and diplomat against their convictio...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden on Friday criticized Donald Trump for claiming the US justice system was rigged after he was convicted in New York. “It’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible, for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” Biden said at the White Hou...
President Joe Biden is urging the Black community to back him in the upcoming elections, emphasizing their pivotal role in his victory and the defeat of Republican contender Donald Trump. During a speech in Philadelphia, Biden highlighted his administration’s investment in Black America, emphasizing economic opportunities, access to capital, a...
Ex-President Donald Trump’s historic conviction has sent shockwaves across the nation, evoking a spectrum of emotions from outrage to elation. A New York jury has found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments to a porn actor during the 2016 election. Trump’s conviction marks the first time a [&he...
– Verdict makes him 1st former US president to be convicted of criminal charges (AA) – Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday of all 34 charges related to his hush money trial by a New York jury, making him the first former US president to be convicted of criminal criminal charges. The 12-member jury reached […]
Diamniadio, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has launched a national consultation to reform and modernise the justice system, a priority for the new leader who left prison just 10 days before his election victory. Faye, his prime minister Ousmane Sonko, and several of their party members were imprisoned durin...
New York, United States – AFP Prosecutors pleaded with jurors Tuesday to use their “common sense” and find Donald Trump guilty, as the first ever criminal trial of a former president reached its dramatic final phase. With both sides wrapping up their closing arguments, the stage is now set for the 12-member panel to begin [&h...
Congress has yet to install a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Rep. Zoe Lofgren and other top House Democrats have expressed frustration over the delay. Despite a law mandating the plaque’s installation by March 2023, it remains incomplete. The delay is speculated to ...
Tunis, Tunisia — AFP Several hundred Tunisians marched through the capital chanting “down with the dictatorship” as they protested a spate of arrests under a presidential decree critics say is being used to stifle dissent. Two Tunisian media figures received one-year jail sentences earlier on Wednesday after making comments t...
