Ex-president of Sudan heads to court

KHARTOUM, Sudan — The ousted president of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, soon will appear in court to face charges of corruption and possessing foreign currency, the country’s acting prosecutor general said Saturday.

Corruption cases have also been opened against 41 other former officials, the prosecutor, Alwaleed Sayed Ahmed, said at a news conference in Khartoum. He said Mr. al-Bashir would be referred for trial at the hearing after a one-week period for objections expires.

A court appearance by Mr. al-Bashir might ease continued speculation about his fate among many Sudanese. He has not been seen in public since he was toppled by his own generals on April 11, following months of tumultuous protests led by young Sudanese frustrated with his 30-year rule.

Generals said Mr. al-Bashir was initially put under house arrest at his residence in the military headquarters and was later transferred to the notorious Kober prison, on the north bank of the Nile, where for years he detained his own enemies.

But the military has refused to produce any proof of Mr. al-Bashir’s incarceration, either in the form of photographs or by allowing Western officials access to him.

Tanker’s crew in Dubai

STOCKHOLM — Crew members rescued from a Norwegian-owned oil tanker that was hit by an explosion earlier this week have arrived in Dubai, the owners and managers of the Front Altair said Saturday.

After being rescued Thursday by the Hyundai Dubai after an explosion and fire on the tanker, they were taken to Iran.

Shipping company Frontline and International Tanker Management said the crew flew from Iran’s Bandar Abbas airport and landed at Dubai International Airport.

Knox blasts media

ROME — Taking the stage Saturday at an Italian conference on justice, Amanda Knox accused the media of having built a false narrative around her during her yearslong murder trial and appeals process, depicting her as guilty even though she was eventually acquitted.

The former exchange student from the United States who became the focus of a sensational murder case returned to Italy this week for the first time since an appeals court acquitted her in 2011 in the slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.

Ms. Knox, speaking in Italian on a panel discussion at the Criminal Justice Festival in Modena titled “Trial by media,” said she was depicted “on the global scene as cunning, psychopath, drugaddicted, whore. Guilty.”