The Auschwitz Museum on Monday dismissed criticism of its installation of sprinklers at the entrance to the Nazi death camp, saying they were put there for the health and safety of visitors during extreme summer heat, and that it was wrong to associate them with gas chamber showers.
BAGHDAD — Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of businesses and officials embezzled some $2.5 billion from the country’s tax authority, despite layers of safeguards. The scandal poses an early test for Iraq’s new government, which was formed late last month after a prolonged political crisis. Prime Minister Mohammed…
DetailsThe consultant who was paid $US10.5 million by Rio Tinto for helping recover iron ore concessions in Guinea had “privileged” access to the African nation’s president and had “acted hand in hand with Guinean authorities” it has been claimed on French television.
A probe into a real estate business in Queens revealed a fraudulent deed scheme and now some of the employees face up to 25 years in prison, authorities said Wednesday.
Rehavia Filtz, the attorney for Yaakov Teitel, complained Wednesday that even though Teitel is serving two life sentences for his role in the deaths of several Arabs, other security prisoners serving multiple life sentences apparently were given more privileges and rights than his client received.
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Sunday permitted the release of the name of the police officer suspected of bribery and obstructing justice in the case of attorney Ronel Fisher: retired Superintendent Eran Malka, who served in the Lahav 443 investigations unit. Lahav 433, popularly known as Israel’s FBI, is a unit incorporating the fraud, financial…
DetailsWASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during the prior presidential administration, the Justice Department said Friday.
Twice a year, during the Pesach and Sukkot holidays, tens of thousands of Jews gather in the Old City of Jerusalem for the mass Birkat Kohanim (“Priestly Blessing”) ceremony at the Kotel.
On March 24, 2013, 53 year old nurse Aliza Sherman was fatally stabbed outside her attorney’s Cleveland office by an unknown assailant. Though surveillance video showing the attacker has been released by Cleveland authorities, the attacker has yet to be identified.
Hevron district police detained nationalist activist Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday morning, after he stood at the stairway adjacent to Hazon David synagogue located in a part of Kiryat Arba near Hevron, in Judea.
