Marines

Italian marine Girone to return home, India's Supreme Court to decide on bail conditions

The UN tribunal has been approached to decide on the simple question on whether India or Italy has the jurisdiction to try the two marines.

Hague court says India must release Italian sailor - Italy | Reuters

ROME A U.N. court has ruled that India must allow an Italian marine detained in Delhi for more than four years to go home, Italy's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. India acknowledged the ruling but said Salvatore Girone would remain under the authority of its Supreme Court which might impose various conditions on his release.

Supreme Court lets Italian marine delay return for murder trial | Reuters

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed one of two Italian marines facing murder charges over the deaths of two Indian fishermen to stay in his home country until April 30 following heart surgery. The decision defuses a possible judicial standoff after an Italian senator said the day before that Massimiliano Latorre would not return to face trial as he had been due to by this Friday, having earlier been allowed home for medical treatment. "We allow him to stay in Italy until April 30 on health grounds," a three-judge bench of India's highest court said in its order.

Setback to India: UN tribunal rules to stay court proceedings in Italian marines case

Italy and India have been ordered by a UN tribunal to stop all court proceedings on the two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen in 2012.

Maritime tribunal rejects Italy's call for India to free marines | Reuters

HAMBURG An international maritime tribunal on Monday rejected Italy's request that India provisionally release two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen, a setback for the Italian government after a three-year legal battle. However the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg also ordered India to suspend legal action against the two Italians, saying an international arbitration hearing to be held in The Hague must rule on the dispute. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone were part of a military team on anti-pirate duty protecting an Italian oil tanker in 2012, when, they say, they mistook a fishing boat for a pirate vessel and fired warning shots.

'Life is bitter and short': What is known about the 24-year-old gunman who killed 4 Marines

A 24-year-old Kuwaiti-born man, who gunned down four Marines in a deadly rampage in Tennessee, was "an all-American kid" from an "average" family, shocked friends and acquaintances said on Thursday.

Italian marines' murder case in India may go to arbitration | Reuters

NEW DELHI A case in which two Italian marines are accused of killing two Indian fishermen could now be heard before an international court, offering a possible way out of a three-year impasse that has blighted bilateral relations. The Supreme Court on Monday heard a plea from Italy challenging India's jurisdiction in the murder case and ordered the Indian government to report back by Aug

Pentagon plans to identify remains of 400 sailors killed in Pearl Harbor

The Pentagon said today it would exhume and try to identify the remains of nearly 400 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Oklahoma sank in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Marines row: UN Secretary General says no to Italy's plea to intervene

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni raised the issue of the two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen off Kerala in 2012 with the UN Secretary General on 18 March during his visit to Rome.

Mexico captures No.1 drug kingpin 'Shorty' Guzman

MAZATLAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's most wanted man, drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, was captured on Saturday with help from U.S.