The evidence in the trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech again centred on the testimony of lead investigator Keith Arnaud, who told jurors that middleman Melvin Theuma identified Fenech as the sole mastermind behind the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, while also recounting how investigators pieced together the evidence that
Pope Leo XIV spent yesterday in Lampedusa, the Italian island at the heart of Europe’s migration crisis, honouring the thousands of migrants who have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean in search of safety and opportunity. The visit, which coincided with US Independence Day, saw the first American-born pope pray at the island’s migrant
Vast crowds of Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic massed in Tehran on Saturday for the start of marathon funeral ceremonies for supreme leader Ali Khamenei, with authorities seeking to send a message of defiance after the war with the US and Israel. Khamenei, who had ruled Iran since 1989 and pursued a course of confrontation with the West while
Millions of Americans celebrated the country's 250th birthday on Saturday -- a landmark celebration that comes at a time of deep political division, with a president determined to put his stamp on the festivities. Washington's traditional fireworks display on the National Mall -- lined with monuments celebrating the nation's Founding Fathers -- has
