German doctor goes on trial for murdering 15 patients
- 14-Jul-2025
Berlin: A German doctor went on trial Monday accused of killing 15 patients with lethal injections and acting as “master of life and death” over those in his care. The 40-year-old palliative care specialist, named by German media as Johannes M., is alleged to have killed 12 women and three men between September 2021 and […]
US expresses concern over civilians military trial in Pakistan
- 24-Dec-2024
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) has expressed its concerns over the convictions of civilians in Pakistani military courts, calling for fair trials and respect for human rights. US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in his post on X (formerly Twitter) said, “The United States is concerned by the sentencing of Pakistani civilians in a military […]
AstraZeneca says lung cancer drug trial shows no significant improvement
- 10-Sep-2024
Detailed results from one of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L), opens new tab key lung cancer trials released on Monday showed that its experimental precision drug did not significantly improve overall survival results for patients in the trial. The overall survival, or OS rates, in the TROPION-Lung01 trial “did not reach statistical significance”, the company said in a […]
Top Italian mafia bosses given 30-year jail terms
- 20-Nov-2023
A court handed down lengthy jail sentences on Monday at the end of one of Italy’s largest-ever mafia trials which targeted the ‘Ndrangheta crime group in its heartland in the southern region of Calabria. More than 330 suspected mobsters and their alleged associates, including white collar professionals, had been facing an array of charges, such […]
Iran reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh puts on trial : state media
- 14-Aug-2022
TEHRAN: Iran has put on trial the reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh, who was previously jailed and arrested again last month accused of undermining state security, local media reported. The 65-year-old — who last year made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency as a reformist and “political prisoner for seven years” — went on trial in […]
Vatican fraud trial to resume with boost for prosecution
- 24-Jan-2022
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s landmark fraud and embezzlement trial resumes after a long break on Tuesday with the beleaguered prosecution buoyed by two favourable decisions in related cases by Swiss and Italian courts. The trial, in which defendants are accused of fraud and other crimes around the Vatican’s 350 million euro ($400 million) purchase of […]
12 people to stand trial for their role in robbing Kim Kardashian
- 19-Nov-2021
Twelve people will stand trial in France for their role in robbing celebrity Kim Kardashian of jewels and diamonds at gunpoint in 2016, sources close to the case told AFP on Friday. In the biggest French holdup targeting an individual in 20 years, Kardashian was robbed of jewellery worth an estimated six million euros ($7 […]
Turkey jails 32 ex-soldiers for life over 2016 coup bid
- 07-Apr-2021
The private DHA and state Anadolu new agencies said 32 suspects received life terms
Turkish study revises down Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine efficacy to 83.5%
- 03-Mar-2021
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech has an efficacy of 83.5% based on final results of Phase III trials
Vaccine trial resumes as coronavirus continues grim march
- 13-Sep-2020
The global death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 916,000 with 28.5 million infections, while France and the United Arab Emirates posted grim new milestones for daily infections on Saturday.