Corruption

Saudi Arabia releases corruption detainees, others to stand trial

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has released 23 of the 200-or-so powerful individuals detained since November on… Read More

Iranian director facing jail for film highlighting corruption

TEHRAN: It is not easy to lead a good and virtuous life in Iran if… Read More

Americans perceive more corruption in Trump era: survey

WASHINGTON: Americans believe US society has become markedly more corrupt in the year since President… Read More

NAB requests SC to defer Hudabiya Mills proceedings till prosecutor appointment

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday filed an application to the Supreme Court seeking… Read More

Turkey detains 17 in graft case as Erdogan denounces US plot

ANKARA: Turkey has detained 17 suspects in an investigation into a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who… Read More

Brazilian mayor who ran town via WhatsApp jailed for 14 years over corruption

SAO PAULO: A Brazilian mayor, who is quite known in the country to run her… Read More

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu, corruption

JERUSALEM: About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against government corruption and Prime… Read More

Nawaz’s ideology is corruption, says Imran Khan

HAFIZABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Friday said ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's… Read More

Vast majority of suspects in graft probe agreeing to settle, crown prince says

DUBAI: The vast majority of about 200 businessmen and officials implicated in a sweeping crackdown… Read More

Israel’s Netanyahu grilled for sixth time in graft probe

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned by police for a sixth time on… Read More

NAB orders corruption probe into 56 companies under Punjab govt

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Saturday called for an… Read More

FIFA bribery trial kicks off in New York

NEW YORK: Three South American former soccer officials were blinded by greed and accepted millions… Read More

‘We don’t feel safe’: Afghan anti-graft officials demand protection

KABUL: A series of deadly attacks on Afghan anti-corruption officials has highlighted the dangers of… Read More

Saudi graft purge ‘raises a few concerns’ for US ally

WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia's mass purge of elite figures accused of corruption "raises a few concerns",… Read More

Saudi Arabia says 201 people held in corruption crackdown

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Thursday 201 people are being held for questioning over an estimated… Read More

Saudi Arabia faces battle to repatriate assets after corruption crackdown

DUBAI/ZURICH: Saudi Arabia has announced it will confiscate money and assets held by dozens of… Read More

Saudi Arabia makes fresh arrests in anti-graft crackdown: sources

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian authorities have made further arrests and frozen more bank accounts in an… Read More

China aims to set up state anti-corruption unit next year

BEIJING: China aims to pass a national supervision law and set up a new commission… Read More

‘Nawaz Sharif not returning Pakistan to face trial’

ISLAMABAD: Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has dropped plans to return to Pakistan ahead of… Read More

Shahbaz says load-shedding gift of former rulers

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the former corrupt rulers looted… Read More