The UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the Guatemala Special Prosecutor for Impunity , a division of Guatemala's public ministry, on Tuesday arrested former president Álvaro Colom and 10 former cabinet members on corruption and...

The Dutch senate on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation revising organ donor registration to make automatic registration for organ donor status the default. Under the bill, people would have to opt-out if they...

The Israeli police force said Monday that they have enough evidence to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who has allegedly accepted bribes in two separate cases and acted against the interests of the...

Two UN rights experts expressed serious concern on Tuesday regarding the arrest and detention of Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl who became famous for slapping an Israeli soldier during a physical confrontation. UN Special Rapporteur on the...

A new report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on Monday reveals that 11 of the 31 chief ministers of the various states and union territories of India, representing...

Four survivors of a church massacre that occurred during the Liberian civil war filed a civil suit in US court Monday against the commander of the armed forces allegedly responsible for the massacre. The suit, brought in the...

An associate of South Korea's impeached former president Park Geun-hye's, Choi Soon-sil, was sentenced to 20 years and fined 18 billion won (USD $17 million) for abuse of power and bribery, among other crimes. The sentence was handed...

A British judge upheld an arrest warrant for Julian Assange, who has spent more than five years hiding inside Ecuador's embassy in London. The WikiLeaks co-founder breached bail conditions and sought refuge at the embassy in...

The African National Congress (ANC) , the governing political party in South Africa, called Tuesday for South African President Jacob Zuma to step down. The call for resignation comes amidst corruption allegations against Zuma and social and...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday unsealed an indictment against five Venezuelan officials for allegedly participating in an international bribery and money laundering scheme involving Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), a state-owned oil and...