Czech protesters pressure Babis on anniversary of 1989 Velvet Revolution
About a quarter of a million Czechs gathered Saturday on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which brought an end to decades of communist rule, to give Prime Minister Andrej Babis an ultimatum: Sell your business or quit your job. Protesters from across the ...
Trump ally Roger Stone convicted of lying to Congress, obstructing 2016 election probe
A jury convicted U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone on Friday, finding the Republican operative guilty on seven criminal counts of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. The verdict in a trial arising from investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. ...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's first 1MDB trial to proceed
Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak's first trial linked to the 1MDB scandal will proceed after a judge ruled Monday prosecutors had made a sufficient case, boosting efforts to bring him to justice over the mammoth fraud. Vast sums were plundered from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB in ...
Joe Olson was once such a passionate supporter of the National Rifle Association that he pledged to bequeath millions of dollars from his estate to the gun organization upon his death. But the steady drip of investigations and misspending allegations and a shakeup at the ...
Iraqi forces shoot dead 13 protesters in renewed crackdown on unrest
Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, dispensing with weeks of relative restraint in favour of trying to stamp out demonstrations against political parties that control the government. After eight people were killed during the day on Monday, ...
Iraqi protesters block port; security forces kill one, wound over 90
Security forces killed a protester and wounded 91 others in Baghdad on Saturday, security and medical sources said, as tens of thousands of Iraqis gathered in mass anti-government protests in the capital and blocked roads leading to a major port. Protesters have been congregating in ...
Defense team accuses Tokyo prosecutors of colluding with Nissan and Japan to get Ghosn
The prosecutors, the defense claims, also exploited Japan’s new plea bargaining law to obtain false testimony against Ghosn and ignored wrongdoing by other Nissan executives.
Wife of former South Korean Justice Minister Cho Kuk arrested in corruption scandal
South Korean authorities arrested the wife of a former justice minister on Thursday who was at the center of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae-in after a court upheld prosecutors' request for a warrant. The arrest of Chung ...
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong's corruption retrial hangs over phone maker
The heir to the Samsung empire returns to court this week for a retrial over a sprawling corruption scandal that could see him return to prison and deprive the world's largest smartphone and chip manufacturer of its top decision-maker. Lee Jae-yong is vice chairman of ...
Malaysia privately discusses Goldman Sachs penalty of $2 billion over 1MDB scandal
Again and again, Malaysia has publicly demanded Goldman Sachs pay an eye-popping $7.5 billion for its role in the 1MDB scandal. But privately, Malaysian negotiators are considering settling for a fraction of that. Representatives for Malaysia have discussed figures of around $2 billion to $3 ...
Democrats introduce bill to block Trump from hosting G7 summit at his resort
Furious that U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will host the next Group of Seven summit at his own golf resort in Florida, congressional Democrats introduced legislation Friday to block his plan. Lawmakers said the Trump's Heist Undermines the G-7 (THUG) Act would cut off ...
Democrats cry corruption as Trump picks own golf club to host next G7 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump has awarded hosting of the next G7 summit to one of his own Florida golf clubs, the White House said on Thursday, sparking immediate accusations of corruption from the opposition Democrats. The site picked by his administration from 12 possible U.S. ...
