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Malaysia’s Former PM Najib to Be Charged with Money Laundering
Malaysia’s embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged on Wednesday under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad…
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Zimbabwe Police ‘Hunt for Opposition MDC Officials’
Zimbabwean police are searching for nine senior officials of the opposition MDC Alliance following disputed elections, media reports say.
They are wanted for allegedly inciting their supporters to stage an illegal protest last Wednesday.…
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Robbers in Malaysia Swipe 50kg of Drugs from Customs
Police in Malaysia have arrested two customs officers and three other suspects after a gang of thieves stole about 50 kilograms of narcotics, ketamine and heroin, from a customs storage facility in a heist on Sunday.
The thieves targeted…
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Trump Admits Son Met Russian for Information on Opponent
US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 "to get information on an opponent", but argues it was legal.
Donald Trump Jr's meeting with Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower could…
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Tourists Flee Indonesia’s Lombok Island after Earthquake Kills 98
Scenes of destruction greeted rescue workers across Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok on Monday, after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 killed at least 98 people and prompted an exodus of tourists rattled by the second powerful quake in a…
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South Sudan Government and Rebels Sign Peace Deal
South Sudan's government has reached a power-sharing agreement with the country's main rebel group.
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed the deal in neighbouring Sudan.
The deal, which will see Mr Machar return to…
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Emmerson Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe Election
The historic elections in Zimbabwe officially finished in the early hours of Friday morning with Emmerson Mnangagwa, the ally turned enemy of Robert Mugabe, declared the winner by a narrow margin.
But the outcome leaves an already…
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Zimbabwe Opposition in Court after Election
Members of Zimbabwe's defeated opposition party were due to appear in court Saturday, accused of involvement in the deadly violence that followed this week's historic elections.
The appearance by 24 people arrested in a police raid at…
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103 Survive Mexico Plane Crash
An Aeromexico flight crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames and injuring 97 people, officials said onTuesday.
The Embraer 190 aircraft, which was operating between Durango and…
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Zimbabwe Police Seal Off Opposition MDC Headquarters, Election Result ‘Very Soon’
Police sealed off the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party and troops cleared the streets of the capital on Thursday, one day after protests over a disputed presidential election ended in deadly violence.
The security forces…
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