Criminal

Egypt refers popular TikToker to criminal court

The El-Waily Prosecution Office has ordered the referral of a TikTok user in Egypt to criminal trial on charges of inciting immorality and debauchery, and publishing videos that violate societal values. The General Administration for Combating Morality Crimes, in coordination with the Cairo Security Directorate’s investigations unit, successfully arrested the TikToker, identified as Z.T., in …

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Egypt Independent April 4, 2025

Iranian press review: Freed war criminal glorifies 1988 executions of political prisoners

Iranian press review: Freed war criminal glorifies 1988 executions of political prisoners Submitted by MEE correspondent on Mon, 03/31/2025 –

Middle East Eye April 1, 2025

Jordan says gunman in shooting near Israeli embassy had criminal record

Jordan says gunman in shooting near Israeli embassy had criminal record The attacker opened fire on a police patrol in

Middle East Eye November 25, 2024

Bosnian drug lord exploited financial secrecy to build a criminal empire

In the heart of Dubai, a city synonymous with luxury and economic prowess, a shadowy figure has built a criminal

Weekly Blitz August 23, 2024

The tense tick, tick, tick of jury deliberations at Trump’s first criminal trial

CNN — The mood flips from torpor to high tension in a second on the high-security 15th floor of the grimy old Manhattan courthouse where a jury will resume deliberations on Donald Trump’s fate Thursday morning. Seven men and five women jurors, headed by a foreperson who grew up in Ireland, were deep into a …

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Egypt Independent May 30, 2024

Trump braces for final act of his historic criminal trial

CNN — Donald Trump’s first criminal trial has arrived at its dramatic final act with lawyers for both sides primed on Tuesday to hammer home their cases before jurors consider a verdict that could make history. The summations mark the climax of a trial that started more than a month ago. They are expected to …

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Egypt Independent May 28, 2024

Is capitalism becoming a criminal enterprise?

Within the intricate tapestry of contemporary capitalism, a shadowed underbelly thrives, pulsating with exploitation, inequality, and systemic injustice. Once lauded

Weekly Blitz May 14, 2024

War on Gaza: 82 UK universities warned of criminal liability over Israeli arms ties

War on Gaza: 82 UK universities warned of criminal liability over Israeli arms ties The UK-based International Centre of Justice

Middle East Eye May 2, 2024

Opening statements to show the stark personal and political stakes of Trump’s first criminal trial

CNN — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long chafed at the constraints of the …

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Egypt Independent April 22, 2024