Israel’s attorney general on Monday ordered a criminal probe into excessive residential spending by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . The announcement came after the state comptroller reported that large sums of public money were spent on food, furniture, cleaning and gardening at Mr. Netanyahu and his wife’s official residence in Jerusalem and their private [...]

US regulators on Tuesday ordered Citigroup to refund $700 million to nine million credit card customers, along with a $70 million fine for illegal and deceptive practices.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered the bank and its subsidiaries to refund its customers after finding that Citi marketed or offered credit card add-on products such as [...]

Eleven Cambodia opposition members on Tuesday were sentenced to long-term prison terms for participating in July 2014 clashes related to the closing of a protest site. Three of the eleven individuals, all part of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) , have been handed twenty year sentences . Lawyers, CNRP supporters, and rights groups believe [...]

A Mexican federal official on Friday announced that seven of those who were being questioned regarding the prison escape of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have been formally arrested. Originally sentenced for conspiracy to distribute and import cocaine, Guzman escaped Mexico’s highest security prison, Altiplano, by tunnel on July 11. Government officials have maintained [...]

The Maldives Parliament on Tuesday voted 78-2 in favor of impeaching Vice President Mohamed Jameel accusing him of neglecting his duties. Jameel had been deputy to President Yameen Abdul Gayoom since their election victory in 2013. At the center of this impeachment is thought to be an exchange for concessions for jailed opposition leader and [...]

Oskar Groening, a former Nazi SS officer known as the “accountant of Auschwitz,” on Monday appealed the four-year jail sentence imposed on him last week. Groening’s attorney has submitted an appeal in the German Federal Court of Justice , arguing that the Luneburg court that convicted him incorrectly rejected reducing the sentence because of delays [...]

The US on Monday completed the re-opening of diplomatic ties with Cuba by converting the standing US Interests Section into the US Embassy Havana . The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba was first announced by President Barack Obama on July 1st, and was slated to become fully effective by July 20th. [...]

California drought regulators on Tuesday proposed a first-of-its-kind $1.5 million fine against an irrigation district that allegedly took water illegally. The State Water Resources Control Board , a subset of the California Environmental Protection Agency , proposed the draft Administrative Civil Liability Complaint against the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District for continuing to divert water for nearly [...]

Burundi polls opened on Tuesday for the controversial election where President Pierre Nkurunziza is running for his third term. Nkurunziza’s opponents have boycotted the election, claiming it is unconstitutional for a president to seek third term. In Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital, citizens rioted against the election with explosions and gunfire Monday night. Also on Monday, UN [...]

The European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday agreed to several measures to provide assistance to Tunisia in the wake of the last month’s attack that killed 38. The measures, agreed upon at a meeting in Brussels with Tunisian Prime Minster Habib Essid , contemplate sending military advisers to Tunisia to train security forces on protecting [...]