A senior judge at Pakistan’s anti-corruption court denied on Sunday that he was blackmailed into convicting ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif of graft last year. The denial comes after Sharif's party showed secret videos alleging the judge was intimidated over the case.
As Pakistan continues to arrest corrupt officials under the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, some officials have slowed major programs in fear of being persecuted.
In the hopes of better protecting its judges’ identities, Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro State Court has initiated the creation of special “faceless” courts to prosecute cases of corruption and organized crime, local media reported Sunday.
For 50p (0.62 cents) an hour, Polish nationals were forced to work on farms, recycling centers and turkey factories in what British authorities are calling the country’s largest modern-day slavery enterprise.
American millionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was met with handcuffs when he disembarked from his private jet at New Jersey’s Teterboro airport on Saturday, while across the Hudson river FBI agents crow-barred their way through the tall oak doors of his Upper East Side townhouse, reportedly the largest private residence in New York.
Filming near the residence of Russian president Vladimir Putin may come at the cost of one's freedom, three journalists learned upon being detained Monday in Moscow, Russian media reported.
More people were killed in homicides during 2017 than were killed in armed conflict, a United Nations report published Monday revealed.
In a week filled with jubilant football news, star player Lionel Messi has come under fire from football bosses for questioning the integrity of the Copa America tournament on Saturday, according to ESPN.
A Federal Grand Jury in New York is investigating Elliott Broidy, a Republican fundraiser and vice chair of Trump’s inaugural committee, over his business deals with other countries, AP reported on Monday.
Brazilian police arrested on Monday two Italian mafiosi who are considered by European and American anti-drug authorities to be the world’s main cocaine brokers.