The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu on sexual assault charges opened on Monday in the absence of the celebrity, who had declared himself to be ill, RTE reports. His lawyer, Jeremie Assous, had said earlier that Depardieu, 75, was “extremely affected” by ill health, and that he had asked for proceedings to be…
The first session of the Georgian parliament will proceed as usual, and the government will be approved. This will happen despite the opposition’s refusal to recognize the election results, states Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, as quoted by Echo of the Caucasus. “For all these years, they have never been able to accept the…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said its peacekeepers have withdrawn from a post near the southern Lebanese village of Dhayra after being fired upon by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers earlier this week, National Herald reports. According to a UNIFIL statement dated 25 October, Friday, the incident occurred on…
