Romanian ex-president Iliescu faces crimes against humanity charges
Romania’s former President Ion Iliescu has been charged with crimes against humanity over his role in the revolution that brought down the country’s communist regime. The 89 year old former two time president was charged on Monday. 862 were killed in the aftermath of the 1989 revolution that brought down communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu. Prosecutors […]
16 Saudis barred from U.S. for role in Khashoggi's murder
The State Department on Monday publicly barred 16 individuals from entering the U.S. for their roles in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “In cases where the Secretary of State has credible information that officials of foreign governments have been involved in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights,” the statement read, […]
Massive police search on Romania's Black Sea coast after 130 kg of cocaine washes ashore
More than 130 kilograms of cocaine have washed on Romanian shores, prompting a massive police search operation that included helicopters and more than 300 officers on Romania’s coast along the Black Sea on Sunday, police said. The search is unprecedented, the spokesman of the Constanta police, Georgian Dragan, told AFP. He added that it also […]
Istanbul Airport – planned to be world's biggest – officially opens
Turkish Airlines completed a huge exercise to transfer operations to Istanbul’s brand new airport over the weekend. The move to the vast new transport hub – simply called Istanbul Airport – began early on Friday. If later planned phases of construction are completed as planned, airport executives claim it will become the world’s largest airport […]
