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Pakistan sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and wife to another 17 years in prison for corruption

Asia / Pacific

'The government resigns': Bulgaria’s PM steps down after anti-corruption protests

Europe

Greyness and solitude: French ex-president Sarkozy describes 3-week prison stay

France

Former EU foreign policy chief Mogherini charged with 'fraud and corruption'

Europe

Israel’s Netanyahu seeks pardon to end corruption trial

Middle East

Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israeli president in corruption case

Middle East

Zelensky says his chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned after anti-graft raids

Europe

Zelensky dismisses top aid Andriy Yermak as corruption investigation widens

Europe

Massive corruption scandal embroils Kyiv: Andriy Yermak denies wrongdoing, vows full cooperation

Europe

Anti-graft officers search Zelensky's chief of staff's home

Europe

Ukraine’s anti-graft agency searches top Zelensky aide’s offices

Europe

After toppling a government, young Nepalis drive a new wave of voters and candidates

Asia / Pacific
Tête à tête

Ukraine’s ex-president Poroshenko: ‘Corruption scandal is the biggest danger for Ukraine'

Europe

Zelensky vows to reform Ukraine’s energy sector amid corruption storm

Europe

Anti-crime protests in Mexico City injure 120 people, most of them police

Americas

Ukraine justice, energy ministers resign over major corruption scandal

Europe

Trump sends letter to Israeli president asking him to pardon Netanyahu

Middle East

Ukraine suspends justice minister amid energy corruption probe

Europe

Ukrainian justice and energy ministers resign over corruption scandal

Europe

Zelensky must 'put on a credible demonstration of accountability' amid Energoatom kickback scheme

Europe

Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau probes large-scale energy sector scheme

Release of Sarkozy, pending appeal, 'isn't end of sentence: It's morphing into something else'

France
The Observers

Unfinished infrastructure, wasted public funds: Colombia's 'white elephants' exposed

Serbians stage mass rally to mark first anniversary of deadly train station collapse

Europe

French ex-leader Sarkozy's lawyer says has requested release from jail

France
Entre Nous

Sarkozy in jail: What are French prisons really like?

France

Will Darmanin's Sarkozy visit shed light on poor prison conditions: overcrowding, healthcare access?

'Unprecedented': Sarkozy imprisonment sets powerful 'precedent on need for probity in public office'

France's ex-president Sarkozy says an 'innocent man is being locked up' as he enters prison

As it happened
France

France's ex-president Sarkozy meets with Macron ahead of his impending imprisonment

France

China expels nine senior officials from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive

Asia / Pacific

Israel's Netanyahu says will run again for PM in 2026 elections

Middle East

‘Good luck George’: Trump commutes sentence of disgraced ex-Congressman Santos

Americas

Peru to impose state of emergency amid Gen Z protests

Americas

'Putschist playbook': Seize power, promise elections following two-year transition, postpone polls

Peru to impose state of emergency in Lima after Gen Z protests turn deadly

Americas

Gen Z revolution or coup against democracy? Madagascar's political upheaval harkens back to 2009

Africa

Top French court upholds ban threatening Marine Le Pen’s 2027 candidacy

France

Kenya's Ruto declares seven days of mourning for veteran opponent Raila Odinga

Africa
Focus

Flood funds embezzlement leaves Filipinos at mercy of climate crisis

Asia / Pacific

Shortages, sanitation issues and corruption: Morocco’s public hospitals at a breaking point

Gen Z anti-corruption protests sweep Morocco for ninth night

Africa

Moroccan PM calls for dialogue as protest death toll rises to three

Africa

A 'contagion effect' among GenZ protest movements, researcher says

Justice in the corridors of power: What the Sarkozy verdict reveals about judicial independence

France

Sarkozy Criminal Association conviction: William Julié on power, French justice, global reach of law

France

Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy remained a dominant force in French politics until justice closed in

France

Sarkozy 5-year sentence: In US & Brazil, prosecutions of political leaders often seen as politicised

France

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison

France

Nepal’s new PM says will only serve for 6 months, urges 'cooperation' after deadly protests

Asia / Pacific

Nepal appoints first female PM as interim leader following deadly protests

Asia / Pacific

Nepal deploys army as protesters look for interim leader

Asia / Pacific

Nepal protest movement 'hijacked by different interest groups', political scientist says

Asia / Pacific

Nepal's parliament burns as PM gives in to protesters' call to resign

Asia / Pacific

Serbian police use tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Novi Sad

Europe

Serbia's student demonstrators march in silent anti-graft protest

Europe

Corruption scandal threatens Argentina’s right-wing President Milei and his influential sister

Explainer
Americas

Argentina's Milei pelted with stones while campaigning amid corruption scandal

Americas

Serbia's police use tear gas as they clash with anti-government protesters in Belgrade

Europe

Serbia’s student-led protesters wanted accountability. Now they’re calling for elections

Interview
Europe

Rival protester groups clash anew in Serbia amid escalating political crisis

Europe

Ukraine anti-corruption bodies arrest four over drone procurement bribery scheme

Europe

Ukrainian parliament approves law restoring independence of anti-graft agencies

Europe

Ukraine will 'fix' controversial anti-graft law, FM says on eve of vote

Europe

‘CEO monk’ removed from China’s Shaolin Temple over ‘extremely’ bad behaviour

Asia / Pacific

Zelensky approves new bill restoring 'independence' of anti-corruption bodies after protests

Zelensky faces major protests after signing bill targeting anti-graft bodies

Europe

EU says Ukraine's blocks on anti-graft bodies 'a serious step back'

Europe

France's culture minister to face corruption trial linked to Ghosn case

France

EU probes alleged misuse of funds by far-right lawmakers including ex-Le Pen adviser

Europe

Turkey detains three more mayors as part of crackdown on opposition

Asia / Pacific

Equatorial Guinea files ICJ case against France over seized Paris mansion

France