Trial Opens in Mexican Embassy Case
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With relatives looking on, 23 men arrested nearly three years ago in the violent occupation of the Mexican Embassy went on trial Wednesday for the assault, which sparked a diplomatic crisis.
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The first trial has begun of one of the suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay US navy base on Cuba. A military tribunal will be hearing the cases against a total of four
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A federal appeals court ordered the trial of a black man facing charges in the nation's worst immigrant smuggling death case to begin as soon as possible before a death-penalty certified jury.
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The first trials under a new system for trying foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, moved a step closer on Friday when a U.S. military prosecutor filed charges against three inmates.
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The trial begins in Sudan of 15 Eritrean asylum seekers charged with hijacking a Libyan plane.
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An ex-naval officer from Argentina accused of killing political prisoners during the country's "Dirty War" is going on trial in Spain on Friday.
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The first criminal trial to involve former staff of disgraced energy firm Enron is under way in Texas, with two Enron staff and four bankers in the dock.
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A trial has begun of 12 people accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.
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An anti-Castro militant wanted for a plane bombing, faces trial in the US on immigration charges.
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A former police chaplain went on trial Thursday, the first Roman Catholic cleric to be prosecuted on charges of complicity in deaths and disappearances during Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship.
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The conviction of an American citizen on charges of rape and murder, and his subsequent release, has put Nicaraguaâs justice system on trial.
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A Spanish special tribunal today began a mass trial of 29 people suspected of the terror bombings of commuter trains in March 2004 that killed 191 people and sundered Spain's political establishment.Comment
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The high-profile fraud and corruption trial begins of Deputy President Jacob Zuma's financial advisor.
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The first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives opened yesterday with prosecutors charging that the defendants conspired with Wall Street bankers to carry out a sham transaction.
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The trial of Emilio Botin - accused  of misusing Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano's funds - begins in Madrid.
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A Mexican court ordered former president Luis Echeverria to face trial for his part in a 1968 massacre of leftist students just days before the Olympic Games in the capital, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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The trial of eight South Africans accused of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea is due to open in Malabo with claims of torture and denial of due process casting doubt over the proceedings.