Head of Vietnam's parliament resigns amid corruption probe

Vietnamese state media outlet VN Express reports that the head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, has resigned

Ukraine's farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains

A Ukrainian court has ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation

Ukraine court orders agriculture minister into custody for suspected corruption

A Ukrainian court ordered on Friday for Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky to be taken into custody over allegations of his involvement in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth about $7 million.

Here's why Spain's leader is mulling his future while denouncing a 'smear campaign' against his wife

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has left Spain in suspense after announcing he may step down because of what he called an “unprecedented” smear campaign against his wife

Spanish PM Sanchez considering resignation after wife's graft probe

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday he was "reflecting" on the possibility of resigning after a court opened an investigation into his wife Begona Gomez on suspicion of graft.

Judge to probe corruption accusation against wife of Spain's leader filed by right-wing group

A Spanish judge has agreed to probe allegations of corruption made against the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez by a private group with a history of filing lawsuits for right-wing causes

Australian trainer Darren Weir found not guilty on corruption charges - including 2018 Melbourne Cup

Weir already pleaded guilty to other charges.

North Macedonia to elect president after campaign focused on hot-button issue of EU membership

Voters are going to the polls in North Macedonia this week for the first round of the presidential election, the seventh such vote since the Balkan country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991

Trump in the Dock - Jury told of “criminal conspiracy” to pay hush money to porn star | BBC News

Prosecutors at the trial of Donald Trump in New York have told the jury he “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election”.The for...

English Premier League: Nottingham Forest hint at referee corruption after controversial decisions in loss to Everton

The relegation-threatened club were denied three penalties in their loss.

UK lawmaker won't run again after allegations of late night call for funds to pay off 'bad people'

A British lawmaker who allegedly used campaign funds to pay off people who were holding him hostage says that he won't seek reelection after the governing Conservative Party found his behavior fell below the standard expected of members of Parliament

12 jurors selected to serve in Trump hush-money case

Lawyers in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial on Thursday selected 12 jurors who will assess his guilt or innocence over the coming weeks in a case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.

UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker as sleaze allegations swirl over possible misuse of party funds

Britain’s governing Conservative Party suspended a lawmaker who is alleged to have misused campaign funds

How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe

South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago

German police target China-linked human smuggling gang with raids

More than 1,000 police officers have searched dozens of homes, stores and lawyers’ offices across western and southern Germany in a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang

Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that's a showdown between its president and prime minister

Croatia is voting in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centered on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister of the small European Union and NATO member

Auckland Council building inspector facing Serious Fraud Office bribery, corruption charges

A building company director has also been charged.

AP PHOTOS: What's on the voters’ minds as India heads into a 6-week national election

Raj Sud, 94, has voted in almost every election held in independent India, bearing witness to the eventful journey of a diverse, and now the world’s most populous, democracy over the last 76 years. Nearly 970 million people are eligible to...

The taxman cometh for India’s weakened opposition as Modi eyes election victory

The arrest of top Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal on corruption charges weeks before the general elections helped galvanise an opposition alliance against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party. But as the investigations and graft...

Belgium opens probe into Russian ‘interference’ in European Parliament

Belgian prosecutors have opened a probe into Russian “interference” in the European Parliament following allegations lawmakers were paid to spread Kremlin propaganda, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Friday.

Real estate tycoon's death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam's anti-corruption campaign

Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan's death sentence is a pivotal moment in Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive