Last month, former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court due to a 2011 jailbreak. Tuesday, the Egyptian court confirmed the ruling after a review from the Grand Mufti, the highest religious figure in Egypt. The Grand Mufti must review all death sentences in Egypt. However, […]
Over the weekend, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir went to South Africa for a African Union meeting and a South African High Court ruled that President al-Bashir was not to leave the country as the Court ruled whether or not he should be arrested. At play was an International Criminal Court indictment that […]
EDITOR’s UPDATE (5:07 ET): The AFP article was actually referring to the previous decision by the judge. There is still no ruling yet on an arrest. TKNN regrets the misunderstanding and error. UPDATE #2 (2:49 ET): EWN is reporting that al-Bashir has left South Africa. The departure was confirmed by […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was dealt a political blow with the AKP, Edrogan’s political party, projected to win only forty-one percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. His party, the Justice and Development Party, had been in control for the past thirteen years. Erdogan came to power himself as prime […]
New documents have shown evidence of Jack Warner accepting bribes. The documents show Warner used money meant for the Caribbean diaspora legacy program for payment of cash withdrawals, personal loans and to launder money. Warner, 72, is the former vice president of FIFA. The FBI has indicted Warner for corruption, although […]
