The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto agreed to pay a US$15 million penalty to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the accusation that it had paid $10.5 million to a friend of former Guinean President Alpha Condé to retain globally important iron ore rights.

Pressed by two days of mass protests all across Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream party reversed course, announcing its intention on Thursday to withdraw the controversial “foreign agent” bill, which had been unexpectedly passed on first reading two days earlier.

A court in California sentenced a member of the notorious Riviera Maya Gang that skimmed ATM machines, cloned people’s credit cards and withdrew millions from them to more than seven years in prison and his wife to more than four, court officials confirmed to OCCRP on Thursday.

European rights lawyers have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to open an investigation into the Turkish government’s alleged crimes against humanity, including torture and persecution, committed both on Turkish ground and abroad.

Pakistan’s media regulating body banned the airing of speeches and press conferences by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, claiming he is targeting state institutions and encouraging hatred. The move is being heavily criticized by human rights and freedom of speech advocates.

Despite being under attack by Russia, Ukrainian police took part in an international operation that targeted a criminal group responsible for large-scale cyberattacks worldwide.

The United Nations have agreed on a common framework for establishing marine protected areas on the high seas in a move celebrated as a breakthrough in the fight to stop overfishing and preserve marine biodiversity.

Police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi on Tuesday as lawmakers passed on first reading the controversial “foreign agent” bill which many fear could be used to crack down on independent media and civil society.

A single father, who was arrested last week and then put under house arrest in Russia because his 12-year-old daughter Masha drew an antiwar picture in school, has not yet been reunited with his daughter, Russian media reported Monday.

A Greek court found former anti-corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki not guilty of dereliction of duty and abuse of power which she was accused of after her investigation into bribes paid by Swiss pharmaceutical producer Novartis to Greek top officials touched political allies of PM Kyriacos Mitsotakis.