US moves to shield Saudi Crown Prince MBS in killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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…

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Israel’s ‘most wanted man,’ a criminal ‘gang leader,’ nabbed in South Africa

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…

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Sam Bankman-Fried Hires the Go-to Lawyer for Financial Fraudsters

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…

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Police launch investigation of Rabbi Zvi Tau after second woman accuses him of rape

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…

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