corruption
Navalny releases investigation into decadent billion-dollar ‘Putin palace’
World
January 21, 2021
Navalny releases investigation into decadent billion-dollar ‘Putin palace’
Even locked up in a detention center on the outskirts of Moscow, Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny continues to be a thorn in…
Iraq postpones date for early elections by four months
Middle East
January 20, 2021
Iraq postpones date for early elections by four months
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Cabinet voted Tuesday to postpone early elections for four months based on a recommendation by the…
Israeli prosecutors spell out allegations against Netanyahu
Middle East
January 4, 2021
Israeli prosecutors spell out allegations against Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors on Sunday released an amended indictment spelling out detailed charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast
Middle East
December 10, 2020
Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Ghassan Hasrouty spent most of his life working at the silos in Beirut’s port, unloading grain shipments…
Kuwait election delivers all-male parliament
Middle East
December 7, 2020
Kuwait election delivers all-male parliament
All of the female candidates in Kuwait’s parliamentary election lost their races. The unofficial opposition took nearly half of the…
Netanyahu rival threatens to end coalition, force election
Middle East
December 2, 2020
Netanyahu rival threatens to end coalition, force election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief governing partner on Tuesday said he would vote in favor of…
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms
Middle East
November 24, 2020
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened…
Government employee sets himself on fire in Tahrir Square over alleged corruption
Egypt
November 13, 2020
Government employee sets himself on fire in Tahrir Square over alleged corruption
Security sources in Egypt reported that a state employee set himself on fire in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest alleged…
Hundreds of disillusioned doctors leave Lebanon, in blow to healthcare
Middle East
November 12, 2020
Hundreds of disillusioned doctors leave Lebanon, in blow to healthcare
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fouad Boulos returned to Beirut in 2007 from the United States having trained there in pathology and…
Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
Middle East
September 8, 2020
Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington…