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#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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#13001987

18 November 2025

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which causes hundreds of deaths in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025.

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#13001989

18 November 2025

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which causes hundreds of deaths in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025.

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#13001990

18 November 2025

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which causes hundreds of deaths in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025.

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#13001993

18 November 2025

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which causes hundreds of deaths in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025.

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#12928769

31 October 2025

Ronnie Dean Stout II, the man accused of starting the Park Fire, appears in court at the Butte County Superior Court in Oroville, Calif., on October 30, 2025.

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#12617467

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617469

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617471

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617474

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617476

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617479

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617480

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617481

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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#12617486

4 August 2025

Lebanese demonstrators carry portraits of the victims of the catastrophic port explosion in 2020 during a march to call for accountability for the blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2025. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vows justice and accountability five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port, as the investigating judge finishes questioning defendants, a judicial official says.

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