The 1989 bombing of UTA flight 772 killed 170 people of 18 nationalities, including 54 French citizens. In court, the victims ...

If convicted, Sarkozy could face up to 10 years in prison. In October 2023, French judges charged Sarkozy with illegal witness tampering while his wife, model and singer Carla Bruni, was charged ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vigorously denounced a “plot” he said was staged by “liars and crooks” on Thursday at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 president ...

French former PM Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal funding from Gaddafi - The former leader denies all the charges against him ...

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial Monday over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

The case also involves Gaddafi’s former chief of staff and treasurer, Bashir Saleh, who sought refuge in France during the Libyan civil war and then moved to South Africa, where he survived a shooting ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vigorously denounced receiving any money from Muammar Gadhafi at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya's late strongman Muammar Gaddafi for ...

Son of former autocrat says ex-French president was paid $5m in exchange for political favours, as French court tries 12 over ...

In 2005, then-minister Brice Hortefeux visited Tripoli, where he met Abdullah al-Senoussi, the man behind the 1989 UTA DC-10 ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial over accusations he used Libyan cash to fund his 2007 presidential campaign, one of several legal battles the politician who once bestrode the ...

The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began on Monday over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign financing from the regime of late Libyan leader ...