MOSCOW—Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny blamed President Vladimir Putin for his poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent and promised to return to Moscow to fight for political change in Russia. The opposition politician, who has accumulated an enormous online following with exposes of Kremlin-linked corruption, said he was poisoned with a new type of Novichok and … Read more
HONG KONG—A Beijing court sentenced an influential businessman known for his outspoken criticism of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to 18 years in prison, meting out harsh punishment in a corruption case that is likely to chill dissent within the Chinese political elite. Ren Zhiqiang, 69 years old, was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted of corruption, … Read more
Islamic State remains flush with cash despite setbacks in the past year, holding financial reserves and a range of revenue streams that U.S. and Western security officials warn could pay for a dangerous resurgence. The extremist organization and its affiliates have assets ranging into the hundreds of millions of dollars across the Middle East and … Read more
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he would clean up the country’s system from top to bottom, but two years into his term surveys show graft is increasing. Source link
MOSCOW—Last year, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny scored a rare win in his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, stirring enough popular discontent with corruption, rising poverty and failing public services to defeat Putin loyalists in the Moscow city election. Now, with Mr. Navalny seriously ill in Germany after an attempt on his life, his movement … Read more
The Trump administration on Tuesday blacklisted two former Lebanese government ministers it says have aided Iran-backed Hezbollah and are part of systemic corruption that the U.S. says is contributing to the country’s economic and political crises. The Trump administration said the action against Yusuf Finyanus, a former minister of transportation and public works, and Ali … Read more
Venezuela’s oil industry—rich in reserves, a crucial Allied resource in World War II, a founding member of OPEC—is grinding toward a halt. Venezuela has greater oil stores than any other country. But after years of corruption, mismanagement and more recently U.S. sanctions, its oil output has dropped to a tenth of what it was two … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron pressed Lebanon’s leaders to form a government and deliver long-delayed reforms, promising international aid in return that would help the tiny Mediterranean nation stave off an economic collapse. On Tuesday, Mr. Macron met with the country’s president, Michel Aoun, and was slated to meet with other political leaders, many of whom … Read more
WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities on Thursday moved to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts they said were used by North Korean hackers who stole an estimated more than $1 billion from exchanges around the world, including U.S.-based Algorand. The U.S. Justice Department said the accounts targeted in the civil forfeiture filing were used by the North Korean hackers and … Read more
MEXICO CITY—Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has made his political bones fighting corruption, found himself denying corruption allegations on Friday after two videos emerged showing his younger brother accepting an envelope and a brown paper bag stuffed full of cash in 2015 for the president’s political movement. The release of the videos comes … Read more