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Foreign coverage frames the Epstein documents release as a test of US transparency and political accountability, often highlighting global expectations for how democracies handle scandals involving powerful figures.

Egypt’s new criminal procedure law introduces digital notifications and detention safeguards, but continues to concentrate prosecutorial power and leaves fair trial guarantees largely unaddressed.

Mauritania’s Supreme Court has confirmed a 15-year prison sentence for former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on charges of illicit enrichment and money laundering, marking the end of a historic legal process and setting a new regional precedent for the prosecution of financial crimes by former heads of state.