"March 27 2025"

#13031735

27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#13031738

27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#13031138

27 November 2025

Employees of ArcelorMittal, who come by bus from sites in the North and Moselle, march behind a banner reading in French ''We can make steel without Mittal'' during an action called by the French trade union General Confederation of Labour (CGT) on the Esplanade des Invalides to support the LFI draft bill examined by MPs to nationalize French operations of the steelmaking giant, which faces severe difficulties, near the French National Assembly in Paris, France, on November 27, 2025.

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#13031139

27 November 2025

Employees of ArcelorMittal, who come by bus from sites in the North and Moselle, march behind a banner reading in French ''We can make steel without Mittal'' during an action called by the French trade union General Confederation of Labour (CGT) on the Esplanade des Invalides to support the LFI draft bill examined by MPs to nationalize French operations of the steelmaking giant, which faces severe difficulties, near the French National Assembly in Paris, France, on November 27, 2025.

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#13023042

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023045

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023046

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023047

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023048

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023049

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023056

24 November 2025

Part of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery is near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023043

24 November 2025

Photos of the seven monks murdered in 1996 are displayed on a wall of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their murder is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023044

24 November 2025

Photos of the seven monks murdered in 1996 are displayed on a wall of the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery near Medea, Algeria, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their murder is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023051

24 November 2025

A statue of the Virgin Mary stands at the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery near Medea on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are kidnapped, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their assassination is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023053

24 November 2025

The tombs of the seven monks murdered in 1996 are at the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery, near Medea, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are abducted, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their murder is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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#13023055

24 November 2025

The tombs of the seven monks murdered in 1996 are at the Notre-Dame de Tibhirine monastery, near Medea, on November 24, 2025. On the night of March 26-27, 1996, seven Trappist monks are abducted, held captive, and killed during the Algerian Civil War. Their murder is announced on May 21, 1996, in a communique attributed to the GIA (Armed Islamic Group). Their heads are not found until May 30, 1996, 4 km northwest of Medea

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