U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 2024 Senior Club Championship award ceremony at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello/ File Photo
U.S. President Donald Trump on has begun the process of designating certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as foreign terrorist organizations, and specially designated global terrorists.
The move would bring sanctions against one of the Arab world’s oldest and most influential Islamist movements.
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262 arrests in operation targeting migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean
Interpol
LYON, France – An international operation targeting criminal organizations involved in migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea and the West African Atlantic route has resulted in 262 arrests and 434 new investigations.
Operation Communis Maris (5 – 8 October 2026) also identified 109 potential victims of human trafficking and detected 1,715 irregular migrants. Of the 262 suspects arrested, 221 are accused of migrant smuggling offences, 16 of human trafficking and 25 of other crimes, including the production and use of fraudulent documents.
Former civil servant found guilty of fraud for holding multiple jobs at the same time
The Crown Prosecution Service
A former civil servant has been convicted of fraud for obtaining and holding multiple full-time Government jobs at the same time.
Kashim Chowdhury, 56, lied about his existing employment status and history on applications and was paid for multiple jobs in the civil service and associated public bodies over three years.
Between 2020 and 2023, Chowdhury repeatedly applied for positions within government departments and public bodies while concealing that he already had existing full-time employment.
The job applications he made included declarations that he had provided complete and true information, and he understood that knowingly making a false statement for this purpose was a criminal offence.