CAIRO: Libya‘s chief prosecutor said Saturday he would establish a fact-finding mission to investigate a meeting last month between the foreign minister of one of the country’s rival governments and Israel‘s chief diplomat. The August 22 meeting caused an uproar across the North African nation. Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based government, and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli…

Crypto Lender Nexo Under Investigation for Alleged Money Laundering, Russian Sanction Violations in Bulgaria

According to several reports, Bulgarian law enforcement officials are investigating crypto lender Nexo for alleged money laundering and sanctions violations. Siika Mileva, a spokesperson for Bulgaria’s attorney general, said the probe into Nexo is a large-scale operation involving 300 investigators from various agencies, including the National Security Service, Gendarmerie, and Sofia…

Dear Mr. Wright,

You seem fine to me. I don’t see the reason for an arrest.

I will see to it that the Chief Prosecutor has a talk with her, though.

Former President, Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial adjourned again

Former President, Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial adjourned again (more…)

Pompeo blasts ‘broken and corrupt’ International Criminal Court, sanctions prosecutors

The ICC’s chief prosecutor was sanctioned based on the court’s “illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to its jurisdiction,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The United States sanctioned two top officials at the International Criminal Court, which U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in announcing the move on Wednesday, called a “thoroughly broken and corrupt institution.”

ICC chief…

جرمنی: ‘دائیں بازو کے انتہا پسند نسل کشی میں ملوث

جرمنی میں 9 افراد کے قتل میں ملوث دائیں بازو کے انتہا پسند کے بارے میں چیف فیڈرل پراسیکیوٹر پیٹر فرینک نے انکشاف کیا ہے کہ ملزم نے حملے سے قبل اپنی ویب سائٹ پر خطرناک نسل پرستانہ اور نسل کشی پر مبنی دستاویزات شائع کی تھیں۔

غیر ملکی خبر رساں ادارے ‘اے پی’ کے مطابق چیف فیڈرل پراسیکیوٹر نے اعتراف کیا کہ سفید فام قاتل توبیاس رتھجن کی جانب سے ویب سائٹ پر نسل پرستانہ جملے لکھنے کے باوجود استغاثہ نے…

CAIRO | Egypt actress says revealing dress wasn’t meant to offend

CAIRO  — An Egyptian actress facing trial on public obscenity charges for wearing a revealing dress says she didn’t mean to offend anyone and appealed to her detractors to believe in her good intentions.

In a Facebook post late Saturday, Rania Youssef said she may have misjudged how people would react to the dress she wore at the closing ceremony of this year’s Cairo InternationalFilm Festival,…

CAIRO | Egyptian actress to be tried for wearing revealing dress

CAIRO — An Egyptian actress is facing trial next month charged with public obscenity after she showed up at the closing ceremony of a film festival in Cairo wearing a see-through dress that revealed the entirety of her legs.

Rania Youssef’s trial, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 12, follows a complaint to the chief prosecutor by a group of lawyers against the young actress.

Egypt is a mostly…