May 17th, 2026 - 08:22 GMT
ALBAWABA - French authorities have revived momentum in their probe into Jeffrey Epstein after over 10 new complainants claimed they were victims of the late financier. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said that the new testimony were just filed to French prosecutors, bringing the total number of complainants in the case to about 20. The expanded probe is looking into potential networks of human trafficking that were linked to Epstein’s activities ...
![White House Press Secretary Jay Carney warned that if the new legislation to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran is enacted, “the president would veto it.” [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/183956556.jpg?itok=_THo009n "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney warned that if the new legislation to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran is enacted, “the president would veto it.” [Getty Images]")
![Representatives of Iran and the six world powers attend first round of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 2013. [presstv]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/329867_Geneva-Nuclear-Talks.jpg?itok=hIdTkmU0 "Representatives of Iran and the six world powers attend first round of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 2013. [presstv]")
![On 13 December 1996, the United Nations Security Council recommended Annan to replace the previous Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt, whose second term faced the veto of the United States.[wikipedia]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/annan.jpg?itok=PTPBwedj "On 13 December 1996, the United Nations Security Council recommended Annan to replace the previous Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt, whose second term faced the veto of the United States.[wikipedia]")
![Istanbul Police Headquarters in Fatih are seen on December 18 ,2013 in Istanbul. Turkish police detained more than 20 people including the sons of three cabinet ministers and several high-profile businessmen. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Turkey/000_Par7746765.jpg?itok=L4DQWl4O "Istanbul Police Headquarters in Fatih are seen on December 18 ,2013 in Istanbul. Turkish police detained more than 20 people including the sons of three cabinet ministers and several high-profile businessmen. [AFP]")
![Unprecedented two-week operation will see 500 tons of cargo travel by road and cargo ship to Italian port by end of the year. [scmp]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/china_syria.JPG?itok=-48rKTHP "Unprecedented two-week operation will see 500 tons of cargo travel by road and cargo ship to Italian port by end of the year. [scmp]")
![A Free Syrian Army soldier in a room where political prisoners were hanged by Al-Assad forces inside the central prison on April 23, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/167312451.jpg?itok=Bte483yf "A Free Syrian Army soldier in a room where political prisoners were hanged by Al-Assad forces inside the central prison on April 23, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. [Getty Images]")
![Kurdish people hold flags and shout slogans as they gather to support Syrian Kurds on November 24, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/451691935.jpg?itok=svNPdB6h "Kurdish people hold flags and shout slogans as they gather to support Syrian Kurds on November 24, 2013. [AFP]")
