The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden’s passionate campaign-trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying. The administration said the prince’s official standing should…
A prominent French Holocaust denier who fled the country after being convicted under anti-Nazi laws is remanded in custody by a court in Scotland. Vincent Reynouard, 53, will next appear in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court on December 8, ahead of a full extradition hearing in February. Reynouard was arrested in the Scottish fishing town of…
Israel Police’s investigation into the sexual assault and rape allegations made against Rabbi Zvi Thau will be moved to Lahav 433, the National Crime Unit, as police prepare to take statements from other senior rabbis, KAN News reported on Thursday evening. According to KAN, several rabbis who are “familiar” with the accusations have agreed to…
An account hijacking and bribery scam at Meta has led to the firing or discipline of more than a dozen employees or contractors over the last year, The Wall Street Journal reported. Workers were allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from hackers to gain access to accounts on Facebook or Instagram. Among the fired…
The Real Housewives of New York City is facing some turmoil despite not even being released yet. Cast member Lizzy Savetsky confirmed that she has left the show due to some targeted attacks toward her. “I will not be continuing on the Real Housewives of NYC,” she said in a statement posted to her Instagram…
Disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried unleashed a wild, wide-ranging interview in which he appeared to shift blame for the collapse of his company FTX to the trading firm run by his ex-girlfriend, Caroline Ellison. Bankman-Fried is under intense pressure to address his decision to funnel $10 billion in FTX client funds to prop up Alameda…
A criminal described by South African media as Israel’s “most wanted gang leader” was arrested near Johannesburg on Thursday. The suspect, a 46-year-old man, was not initially identified by name but numerous reports later identified him as notorious fugitive Yaniv Ben Simon, a close associate of jailed crime boss Yitzhak Abergil. Simon, who is known as the world’s…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials said Wednesday. The attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon happened Tuesday night off the coast of Oman, a Middle East-based defense official…
There are several barometers indicating just how much trouble FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is facing after incinerating billions of dollars of client money — his company’s balance sheet from hell, the deeply sketchy-sounding back channel for moving his customers’ funds around, the reported SEC and Bahamian probes. But the best measurement might just be his…
A special investigative team has been established to probe sexual abuse allegations against Rabbi Zvi Tau, the Israel Police said Sunday. Multiple women have accused Tau of sexual abuse and rape dating back decades, with two going public so far. One woman, Nechama Te’ena, went public in August, but her allegations were largely ignored at…