Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras, has been found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal US court. Hernández was convicted on Friday of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and possessing “destructive devices” including machine guns. Prosecutors said the ex-president ran Honduras like a “narco-state”, protecting and accepting bribes from drug traffickers. Hernández now faces life in prison. The 55-year-old former president had denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in the case. He was convicted by a jury in a Manhattan federal court after about two days of deliberations. Hernández was president of Honduras from…
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President William Ruto Friday suspended Environment and Land Court Judge Mohammed Noor Kullow following a recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The Chief Justice Martha Koome-led JSC had submitted to the President four petitions seeking Justice Kullow’s removal on grounds of incompetence, gross misconduct, violation of the Constitution, and breach of the Judicial Service (Code of Conduct and Ethics) Regulations, 2020. “The petitions are premised on the manner in which the Honourable Judge handled 116 matters during the time he served at Narok Law Courts, in that it is alleged that he occasioned delay and failed to deliver a…
A United States plan to build a temporary port off Gaza’s coast to step up the delivery of humanitarian aid has been criticised as an attempt to divert attention from hundreds of thousands of starving Palestinians and Israel’s consistent blocking of assistance to the enclave. US President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union speech on Thursday that he was directing the US military to lead an emergency mission to set up a “temporary pier” off Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. Planning for the operation, initially based on the island of Cyprus,…
Senegal will hold its delayed presidential election on March 24, the government has said, following weeks of political turmoil and violent protests calling for an immediate vote. The announcement on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting followed a February ruling in which the country’s top court declared that outgoing President Macky Sall’s plans to hold the vote after his term expires on April 2 were unconstitutional. Sall also dissolved the government on Wednesday, replacing Prime Minister Amadou Ba with Interior Minister Sidiki Kaba. The presidency said that change would help Ba, who is the ruling coalition’s presidential candidate, focus on his electoral campaign.…
United States President Joe Biden will announce a plan to create a new port in Gaza to increase deliveries of humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged enclave, senior US officials told reporters. The officials said Biden will make the announcement on Thursday night during his State of the Union speech, an annual address delivered to members of the US Congress. Under the plan, the US military would set up the pier off the coast of Gaza, but US troops would not be on the ground, the officials said. They did not provide further logistics of the plan, but one official said the US has “unique…
Real Madrid withstood an onslaught from RB Leipzig to secure a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie that sent them through to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 aggregate victory Wednesday. https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1765498047692214327 RB Leipzig were arguably the better side and missed several gilt-edged chances. But Real Madrid increased the tempo in the second half and ultimately did enough to seal their place in the last eight. Bidding for a record-extending 15th Champions League title, Madrid took the lead thanks to a Vinícius Júnior strike from a counterattack in the 65th minute. But Leipzig’s Willi Orbán…
Holders Manchester City cruised into the Champions League quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen on Wednesday in their round of second leg, a 10th consecutive win in the competition that wrapped up a 6-2 aggregate triumph. https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1765498317713129576 City, who started the game with a two-goal cushion, took care of business early with first-half goals by Manuel Akanji, Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland. With a trip to Liverpool in a top-of-the-table Premier League clash to come on Sunday, manager Pep Guardiola had the luxury of resting key players including Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden, making seven changes to…
The gang leader (Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier) behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a “civil war” if Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down. Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier made the threat as members of his gang tried to seize the capital’s airport to stop Mr Henry from returning from abroad. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation was “beyond untenable”. Thousands of Haitians have had to flee. Aid groups say about 15,000 people, among them many young children, have been displaced from their homes in recent weeks. Mr Türk…
United States President Joe Biden is to deliver the third State of the Union address of his presidency, an opportunity for him to highlight his successes and chart a path forward. But this State of the Union speech will also be his first since he announced his re-election bid last year. That makes it a pivotal moment for Biden, as the Democrat faces fierce criticism both from within his party and from the Republican opposition. The president is expected to face his Republican predecessor Donald Trump in November’s general election. Recent polls show the pair in a neck-and-neck fight for…
Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are down in the US, leaving users unable to access accounts after they were mysteriously booted out. The issues appeared around 10:20am ET and are impacting both social media sites’ apps and website. What caused the glitch is not yet known. This is a developing story… more updates to come.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Western ambassadors in Moscow of meddling in its internal affairs and questioned their function. The statement on Tuesday followed complaints from Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov the previous day that ambassadors from European Union countries had refused to meet him. The rebuke comes with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine having pushed relations with the West to their lowest ebb in decades. Lavrov said on March 4 that he had invited EU envoys for a conversation ahead of Russia’s March 15-17 presidential election but that they had refused. There was no immediate reaction from Western…
Turkish police have detained seven people suspected of selling information to the Israeli spy agency Mossad. The suspects were taken into custody on Tuesday during simultaneous raids in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X. The detentions are the latest in a wave of such arrests in Turkey. The detainees are suspected of collecting data on individuals and companies in Turkey and selling it to the Israeli intelligence agency, Yerlikaya said. The raids were a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT). “We will never allow espionage activities to be carried out within the borders of our country.…
The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his wife and senior government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions – targeting three companies and 11 people, including the Mnangagwas, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, and retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi – after a review of the sanctions programme that had been in place since 2003. Other than the people listed on Monday, Zimbabweans formerly under US sanctions will see restrictions lifted. “The changes we are making today are intended to make clear what has always…
Former United States President Donald Trump hailed it as a victory. His critics blasted it as a blow against accountability. But experts say the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow Trump to remain on the Colorado primary ballot was always the most likely outcome. The controversy, they argue, lies in the details. On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s efforts to bar Trump from the state’s Republican presidential primary under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. That amendment contains a so-called “insurrection clause”: a section of the law that disqualifies candidates from public office if they “engaged in…
Arsenal matched their biggest Premier League away win with the 6-0 pummelling of Sheffield United on Monday after scoring five times in the first half when they tore the home side apart to close within two points of leaders Liverpool. https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1764772748092407825 Mikel Arteta’s team are third with 61 points after 27 games, a point behind Manchester City but with a much better goal difference than their title rivals. The Blades remain rooted to the bottom on 13 points, 11 adrift of the safety zone. The Gunners are the first Premier league team with seven wins in a row this season…