On 10th of February 2016, an Egyptian court acquitted former Information Minister Anas el-Fiqqi. It was the latest ruling to clear prominent official from ex-president Hosni Mubarak’s era. Several officials from Mubarak’s government have recently been acquitted of graft charges, including former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and Mubarak’s party secretary… Continue reading
In 1954, US President Dwight Eisenhower appointed a panel to make recommendations regarding covert political action as an instrument of foreign policy. The Report concluded: “If the US is to survive, longstanding American concepts of «fair play» must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and… Continue reading
A former French budget minister is on trial for tax fraud. 63 years old Jerome Cahuzac faces up to seven years in prison and a €2million fine if he is convicted. His ex-wife, a Swiss banker and a Dubai-based lawyer are co-defendants in this case. The 12 years old message It is the year… Continue reading
On 8 February 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced the recapture of the fugitive drug lord Joaquin Guzmán, better known as El Chapo, six months after he escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison. The President wrote on his Twitter account: “Mission accomplished: we have him.” El Chapo’s July 2015 escape through a tunnel… Continue reading
On 21 January 2016, British police issued arrest warrants for Russian-nationals Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun, both accused of murdering Alexander Litvinenko.
A French-led military initiative On 17 March 2011, United Nations Security Council adopted French-proposed Resolution 1973 on the situation in Libya. The resolution formed the legal basis for military intervention in the Libyan civil war,
