A Bulgarian court on November 10, 2025 postponed a hearing on Lebanon’s request to extradite Igor Grechushkin, the Russian-Cypriot ship operator linked to the 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed more than 200 people, pending assurances that he will not face the death penalty if extradited.

The Minya Criminal Court in Upper Egypt on November 8, 2025 sentenced the defendant “Hajar”, 26, to death by hanging for killing her husband and his six children in the village of Dalija.

At least 52 were women