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Judge Orders Detention of Tunisian Media Magnate Karoui

Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui. (Reuters)
Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui. (Reuters)
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Judge Orders Detention of Tunisian Media Magnate Karoui

Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui. (Reuters)
Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui. (Reuters)

A judge ordered the detention of Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui on Thursday on suspicion of financial corruption, a spokesman for the judicial court said Thursday.

Karoui is the leader of the Heart of Tunisia party, the second-largest party in parliament, and has previously run for president. His party is one of three that support the technocratic government in parliament.

Karoui’s aides and party officials were not immediately available to comment.

TAP state news agency said Karoui was to face charges of tax evasion and money laundering.

Karoui was arrested in August 2019 but released a few months later on Oct. 9, in the middle of the election, though investigations into his case continued.

Last year, Karoui said he was confident of his innocence and that his political opponents, specifically the Islamist Ennahda Party, were behind his imprisonment. Karoui is now an Ennahda ally in parliament.

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Biden and Harris Condemn Hamas on Attack Anniversary, Call for Ceasefire

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)
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Biden and Harris Condemn Hamas on Attack Anniversary, Call for Ceasefire

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One as he departs for South Bend, Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 5, 2024. (Reuters)

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Hamas on the anniversary of the armed group’s attack on Israel, while reiterating their administration’s commitment to cementing ceasefire deals to end fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.

“On this solemn anniversary, let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7th attacks but also to the beauty of the lives that were stolen that day,” Biden said in a statement.

The president said that he thinks every day of the more than 100 hostages still in captivity and their families. He vowed that his administration “will never give up until we bring all of the remaining hostages home safely.”

Biden added that “history will also remember October 7th as a dark day for the Palestinian people because of the conflict that Hamas unleashed that day.”

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack triggered the Israel-Hamas war. The ministry does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count but says a little over half of those killed were women and children.

“It is far past time for a hostage and ceasefire deal to end the suffering of innocent people,” Harris said. “And I will always fight for the Palestinian people to be able to realize their right to dignity, freedom, security, and self-determination.”