by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2017 | World
Bangkok- Hundreds of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra had gathered outside the court, on Friday, where about 4,000 police had been deployed waiting for her arrival to be tried in a corruption case. After Yingluck failed to show up, the Supreme Court...
by Nazir Majli | Aug 8, 2017 | Middle East
Tel Aviv – Two thirds (66 percent) of Israelis want their Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign if indicted for corruption and Likud party will come out ahead of any political party in elections if it was presided by another person, according to a poll by...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 10, 2017 | World
Russian law enforcement agencies have detained a senior official at state technology corporation Rusnano on suspicion of misusing company funds, an investigative committee said on Saturday. Andrei Gorkov, a managing director at Rusnano’s investment division, is...
by AlMunji alSaidani | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East
The referral of a businessman to trial before a military court, and the incommunicado detention of seven other men in undisclosed locations, is a threat to human rights in Tunisia, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Authorities arrested the well-connected businessman,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 10, 2017 | World
Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to appear before Judge Sergio Moro on Wednesday as he faces five criminal cases against him, part of the biggest corruption probe in the country’s history. When Lula and Moro meet for the first...
