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It was reported that cocaine which weighs more than 5 tons bound for Netherlands port of Rotterdam was seized recently by Costa Rica’s anti-narcotics police. This is Costa Rica’s largest drug ever seized. According to the report, the police discovered the cocaine in Costa Rica’s Caribbean port of Limon, hidden inside a shipping container of
It was reported that a Criminal Court in Cairo was on Saturday sentenced Raouf Boutros-Ghali (who is an actor and former finance minister’s brother) to 30 years in prison for smuggling artifacts to Italy. The court also fined him (Raouf Boutros-Ghali) 6 million Egyptian pounds ($382,000). Boutros-Ghali is a brother of Yousef Boutros-Ghali (former finance
Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Tokyo learned that the Japanese automaker Nissan has filed a civil lawsuit against the company’s former chairman (Carlos Ghosn), seeking 10 billion Japanese yen ($90 million) in damages. The automaker accused Carlos Ghosn of breach of fiduciary duty as a company director and misappropriation of Nissan’s resources and assets.
It was reported that a military appeal court in Blida, south of Algiers has upheld jail terms of the country’s former intelligence chiefs and ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s brother. The two former Algerian intelligence chiefs (Mohamed Mediene and Athmane Tartag), along with Said Bouteflika were convicted for conspiring against the army and the state authority. They
It was reported that a 32-year-old Thailand soldier identified as Sgt. Maj. Jakrapanth Thomma killed 29 people and wounded 57 others in the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he was shot dead on Sunday. According to the report, the soldier was angry over a financial dispute. He held an overnight siege at the
A THAILAND SOLDIER KILLED 29 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MANY OTHERS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD. Read More »
An Iranian man identified as Amir Rahimpour who was convicted of spying for the CIA has been sentenced to death by Iran’s court. It was alleged that Amir Rahimpour received money from the CIA to share details of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program with the American spy agency. Gholamhossein Esmaili, Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said that
It was reported that Hisham al-Ashmawy (a former special forces officer turned Islamic militant) and 36 others have been sentenced to death after an Egyptian court convicted them on terrorism charges. Hisham al-Ashmawy was arrested in Derna (Libyan city) in 2018 and authorities loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar extradited him to Egypt in May 2019.
A 42 year old man, Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri wanted in Iraq for killing two police officers has been arrested in Phoenix, Arizona. According to the information our correspondent gathered, Al-Nouri acted as the leader of al Qaeda group in Fallujah (Iraq) when he allegedly killed those Iraqi policemen in 2006. He was wanted in
Naama Issachar, a 27 year old American-Israeli woman that was jailed in Russia on drug charges has been pardoned by President Vladimir Putin. According to information reaching Viewers Corner News, a presidential decree was ordered by President Putin to pardon and free Naama Issachar from prison on humanitarian principles. Naama Issachar was arrested in April
It was reported that 37 people were on Monday sentenced to prison by a criminal court in Cairo (Egypt) for joining or supporting Islamic State’s Sinai Province affiliate. The militants loyal to Islamic state group have been causing havoc in the north of the Sinai Peninsula and other parts of Egypt, hundreds of soldiers, police