corruption

A Sudanese judge on Saturday formally indicted ousted Omar al-Bashir for corruption and possessing illicit foreign…

Egyptian Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek referred 11 wheat silo officials and two others to criminal court on…

The release of Kingdom Holding head Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and other senior businessmen from detention in Saudi…

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption,…

Asian markets carved out gains on Thursday following a rally in oil and copper prices this week. Trade was thin…

Saudi Arabia’s stock market continued to fall in early trade on Wednesday because of concern about the economic…

Al Baraka Bank Egypt said Monday that the detention of Saudi billionaire Saleh Kamel in the Kingdom’s ongoing…

Oil prices hit their highest levels since July 2015 early on Monday as markets tightened, while Saudi Arabia's…

The heir to South Korea’s Samsung Group appeared in a packed court on Thursday for the first day of arguments in…

Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted a senior official from the State Council, deposed him from his post,…

Alexandria’s Deputy Governor Saod El-Kholy was arrested on Sunday on several corruption charges, including bribery,…

South Korean prosecutors have recommended a 12-year jail term for Lee Jae-yong, 49-year-old billionaire heir of…

Several thousand people protested in a provincial northern Moroccan town to demand the release of an activist…

Egypt's General Prosecution released on Wednesday the prominent lawyer and activist Khaled Ali with a bail worth…

China killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources from 2010 to 2012, hobbling U.S. spying operations in a massive…

An Egyptian criminal court upheld on Thursday the acquittal of Mubarak-era business tycoon Hussein Salem on…

Former interior minister Habib El-Adly has lost an appeal against a seven-year prison sentence that he was handed…

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday he would keep organising large anti-Kremlin demonstrations…

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring…

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who is under investigation over an increase in his personal wealth since…

Two days before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was fired, President Donald Trump tried to call the high-profile New…

A Cairo Criminal court has ordered the arrest of Egyptian steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz and former chairman of the…

South Korea's special prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it will charge Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee and four…

Mubarak-era chief of staff Zakaria Azmy and his brother-in-law Gamal Halawa were found not guilty on Saturday by a…

An Egyptian court has rejected an appeal by the country's former top auditor, Hisham Geneina, against his removal…

U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the position of national security adviser. He has…

Romania's government is to hold an urgent meeting to scrap a decree that would have shielded many politicians from…

Romanian capital, Bucharest, has seen one of its largest ever anti-governmental protests after a decree was passed…

Egypt fell two points in the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index compared to the previous year with a score of…

A senior Egyptian official and four civil servants at a Real Estate Registration Office in Qalioubiya governorate…

China's anti-corruption agency says it is going to watch its officials more closely, after uncovering corruption…

The former leader of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, has gone on trial for corruption. Mr Tsang pleaded not guilty to…

Dozens of lawmakers split from South Korea's ruling party on Tuesday over the corruption scandal involving…

U.S. intelligence officials now believe with "a high level of confidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Tens of thousands of mourners are flocking to pay their respects to J Jayalalitha, one of India's most influential…

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said that she has asked parliament to help her find a way to stand down.…

South Korean prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for two former aides of President Park Geun-hye as part of an…

Egypt's parliament approved on Tuesday the appointment of Major General Mohamed Ali El-Sheikh as supply minister…

Two defendants accused of corruption in the infamous wheat supplies case were granted release after paying huge…

Egypt purchased Tuesday its first imported wheat cargos in 2016 after the government decided to allow up to 0.05…