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USA

Trump's campaign chief linked to Kyiv cash scandal

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau say secret documents link Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign manager, to $12.7m in 'off the books payments' from the party of ousted president Viktor Yanu

15/08/2016

Japan

Tokyo poised to elect first female governor - exit polls

Tokyo appears poised to welcome its first ever female governor.

31/07/2016

Spain

Spain: interior minister faces calls to quit

Spain’s interior minister is facing mounting calls to resign after allegations he tried to smear his political rivals.

23/06/2016

Brazil

Dilma's last day? Brazil's Senate in session on impeachment trial for President Rousseff

The clock is ticking for Dilma Rousseff. Brazil’s Senate is in session for a vote on whether or not to put the nation’s first female president on

11/05/2016

USA

Obama drinks water in Flint to 'show it's safe'

US President Barack Obama has visited Flint, Michigan, after receiving a letter from an eight-year-old resident who was concerned about the city’s

04/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil's top prosecutor requests probe into Dilma Rousseff's role in Petrobras scandal

Brazil's Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, has requested the Supreme Court open an investigation into President Dilma Rousseff as part of a massive probe into corruption at the state-run oil firm Petro

04/05/2016

Portugal

Portuguese Culture Minister resigns after threatening to slap two newspaper columnists

The Portuguese Culture Minister has resigned after threatening to slap two columnists at the newspaper Publico. He made the comments on social media

09/04/2016

Brazil

Supporters rally to save Brazil's President Rousseff from impeachment

Thousands rally in support of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff as she fights efforts to oust her from office

01/04/2016

Brazil

Popularity boost for Brazil's Rousseff? Lula da Silva to become chief of staff

Former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to take over as chief of staff for current leader Dilma Rousseff at a time of economic and

16/03/2016

Brazil

Brazilian president in show of support for her predecessor

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff made a brief appearance at the home of her predecessor Lula da Silva on Saturday, a day after he was questioned in

05/03/2016

South Africa

South Africa: Zuma speech disrupted amid home upgrade scandal

It was always going to be a difficult day for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. But protests ahead of his state of the nation speech on Thursday

11/02/2016

USA

US: 'top secret' emails on Hillary Clinton's home server

The US State Department has, for the first time, conceded that seven email chains on Hillary Clinton’s home server contain top secret information

30/01/2016

Russia

IOC suspends former IAAF president in wake of doping & corruption scandal

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) threatened punishments for those proven to have violated doping rules and it seems heads have started to

10/11/2015

Italy

Italy's 'Martian Mayor' withdraws resignation

Italian politics is known for its twists and turns and Thursday (October 29) was no exception. Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has withdrawn the

29/10/2015

United Kingdom

#Piggate: Lurid claims about David Cameron capture imagination of British press

A colourful biography of Britain’s prime minister written by a former friend who was once the biggest donor to David Cameron’s Conservative party

21/09/2015

Serbia

Videos allegedly show Serbian FM meeting official later convicted of drug smuggling

Videos have emerged which allegedly show Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic meeting Rodoljub Radulovic, who has since been convicted of cocaine

11/09/2015

Guatemala

Guatemela's president resigns amid corruption scandal

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, in the face of a corruption scandal that has thrown the country

03/09/2015

United Kingdom

British Lord appears in court over historical child sex abuse charges

Lord Janner has appeared in court for the first time over historical child sex abuse charges. The British peer faces 22 charges spanning the

14/08/2015

United Kingdom

Sewel: UK Peer resigns from House of Lords over drugs allegations

The fall-out continues from the latest high-level sex scandal in the UK. Lord Sewel has resigned from the House of Lords after being filmed allegedly

28/07/2015

United Kingdom

Porn site requests from inside UK’s parliament hit 250,000

27/07/2015