World News

FIFA corruption report: what does it tell us?

The Garcia report uncovers a murky world of expectation and entitlement.

27/06/2017

Brazil

Brazil's president charged with bribery

Brazil's top federal prosecutor has charged President Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes.

27/06/2017

Romania

Romania picks a new Prime Minister

Romania chooses ex-Economy Minister to lead the country hoping to pull it out of its ongoing political crisis

26/06/2017

Brazil

Brazil: Ex-finance minister jailed for 12 years

Former Brazilian finance minister, Antonio Palocci and one-time right-hand-man of Presidents Lula and Rousseff is jailed for 12 years in 'Operation Car Wash'

26/06/2017

France

African VP on trial in Paris for embezzling millions to fund extravagant lifestyle

Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodorin Obiang stands trial on charges of money-laundering and embezzlement of over €100 million of public funds

26/06/2017

Korea

Jail for close confidante of ex-South Korean president

Choi was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country's business and political elite

23/06/2017

Russia

The rally that wasn’t - how Russian police stopped Navalny protest

13/06/2017

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny jailed, hundreds arrested at anti-Putin protests

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 30 days in prison after a day of protests against President Vladimir Putin that saw hundreds of people arrested.

12/06/2017

Malta

Joseph Muscat to be sworn in as Maltese Prime Minister

Corruption allegations concerning his wife and some political allies saw the incumbent prime minister call the snap vote just over a month ago.

04/06/2017

Israel

American casino owner loads the dice against Netanyahu in testimony in corruption case

Major Republican, Trump and Netanyahu supporter Sheldon Adelson gives testimony in Israel in the hearings into corruption allegations against Benjamin Netanyahu.

25/05/2017

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Violent protests sweep Brazil

25/05/2017

Brazil

Brazil's Temer accused of corruption and obstruction of justice

Brazil’s president Michel Temer is being accused of corruption and the obstruction of justice by the country’s top prosecutor.

19/05/2017

Brazil

'I won't resign' - Brazil's president vows to fight hush money claims

Brazilian President Michel Temer says he will fight allegations that he endorsed the paying of hush money to an ex-lawmaker jailed for corruption.

18/05/2017

Brazil

Brazil's Temer denies approving hush money in corruption case

A newspaper has reported claims the president was recorded giving his blessing to an attempt to pay a potential witness in a corruption case to keep quiet.

18/05/2017

Korea

South Korea: New President Moon prepared to visit Pyongyang

The newly-elected South Korean leader hopes to defuse tensions by visiting the North 'if the conditions are right'

10/05/2017

South Korea

Campaigning ends before South Korea's presidential election

The South Korean presidential campaign is coming to an end ahead of Tuesday’s highly anticipated election to choose a new leader after months of political turmoil that saw Park Geun-Hye ousted amid a

08/05/2017

Argentina

Argentine prosecutor found bound and gagged

An Argentine prosecutor was found bound and gagged in his office in Buenos Aires province on Wednesday (May 3).

04/05/2017

Brazil

Ex-tycoon Eike Batista leaves Rio jail ahead of bribery trial

Brazilian oil and mining magnate Eike Batista has left a Rio de Janeiro jail for house arrest ahead of a trial on corruption charges.

01/05/2017

Romania

EU Commission's Timmermans encourages Romania in anti-corruption drive

There were encouraging words for Romania from the European Commission’s First Vice President during his visit to Bucharest on Thursday.

21/04/2017

Slovakia

​Students against corruption in Slovakia

Citizens take to the streets in Bratislava to protest what they see as a corrupt government.

18/04/2017