An associate of South Korea's impeached former president Park Geun-hye's, Choi Soon-sil, was sentenced to 20 years and fined 18 billion won (USD $17 million) for abuse of power and bribery, among other crimes. The sentence was handed...
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A British judge upheld an arrest warrant for Julian Assange, who has spent more than five years hiding inside Ecuador's embassy in London. The WikiLeaks co-founder breached bail conditions and sought refuge at the embassy in...
The African National Congress (ANC) , the governing political party in South Africa, called Tuesday for South African President Jacob Zuma to step down. The call for resignation comes amidst corruption allegations against Zuma and social and...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday unsealed an indictment against five Venezuelan officials for allegedly participating in an international bribery and money laundering scheme involving Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), a state-owned oil and...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) said Monday they had reached a settlement with Shell Chemicals LP over the alleged Clean Air...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday that it has filed a complaint against the three biggest dental supply companies, "alleging that they violated U.S. antitrust laws by conspiring to refuse to provide discounts to...
Human Rights Watch urged Liberia's new president George Weah in a letter Monday to investigate and prosecute atrocities committed during Liberia's recent civil wars. Liberia experienced civil war from 1989-1996 and 1999-2003....
A group of UN human rights experts said Monday that the detention of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives is an attack on the independence of the judiciary and undermines the court's ability to work freely and...
A German consumer group said Monday that the Berlin Regional Court ruled that Facebook's use of personal data was illegal because it did not adequately secure the informed...
Australia and Peru signed a new trade agreement Monday that will allow for greater access to beef, sugar, almonds and dairy products being sold within Peru. The trade agreement was finalized last November and will go into affect 60...
