Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump, appearing in a joint press conference in Palm Beach, Florida, strongly condemned a North Korea ballistic missile test. North Korea tested a ballistic missile on Sunday which flew East...
The US rejected the appointment of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to lead the UN Mission in Libya , despite official reports that all other 14 members of the UN Security Council approved the appointment. The...
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court rejected a case on Wednesday alleging that President Robert Mugabe is unfit to hold office because of his age, holding that the applicant failed to follow proper court filing procedures. Mugabe, who has been in...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement on Wednesday and suspended sentenced of five years and a 500,000-rouble (USD 8,500) fine by a court in Kirov, Russia. Navalny runs the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which investigates the...
Israel authorized the construction of 3,000 housing units in the West Bank Tuesday, despite criticism from the international community, who argue that the land is seen by Palestinians as the site of their future state. This is the fourth and...
The government of Romania passed an emergency law on Tuesday decriminalizing corruption offenses and official misconduct in which the damages is less than €44,000. The measure is effective immediately and will also be applied to cases...
There is a strong correlation between corruption and social exclusion worldwide, Transparency International (TI) argued in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday. However, TI is careful to note that correlation is not the same...
Authorities in Kuwait executed seven people on Wednesday, including Kuwaiti prince Faisal Abudallah Al Jaber Al Sabah. These are the first executions in the country since 2013. Al Sabah was convicted for premeditated murder in the death of...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm in the District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday, claiming the company monopolized a semiconductor device used in cellphones....
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on everyone on Tuesday to recognize the value of diversity by drawing strength from the principles of inclusion, tolerance and mutual understanding. The statement was included in a video at an event...
