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Police take Bolsonaro into custody due to flight risk
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» BRASILIA - Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken from house arrest into police custody on Saturday to prevent him from escaping as he appeals a conviction for a failed coup attempt, the Supreme Court said.
Argentine court orders assets worth $500 mn seized in ex-president Kirchner's graft case
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) - An Argentine court has ordered nearly $500 million in assets seized from ex-president Cristina Kirchner and other beneficiaries of a corruption scheme for which she is serving a six-year sentence.
Mega church gathers in Manila to protest Philippine corruption
Bloomberg, Published on 16/11/2025
» Thousands of members of an influential religious group started gathering in Manila on Sunday for a rally to call for accountability in the Philippine government over a widening corruption scandal.
Zelensky sanctions associate as corruption scandal engulfs Kyiv
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered sanctions on an associate and former business partner at the heart of a massive corruption scandal that has sparked outrage in a nation exhausted by nearly four years of war.
Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial law, dies at 101: daughter
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» MANILA - Juan Ponce Enrile, a shrewd political operator who helped usher in the darkest repression of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said.
Ukraine ministers resign over major corruption scandals
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine's energy and justice ministers resigned on Wednesday over their alleged involvement in a sweeping corruption scandal in the country's energy sector.
DR Congo ex-rebel leader Lumbala's war crimes trial opens in Paris
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS — Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.
Indonesia grants national hero status to late strongman Suharto
Reuters, Published on 10/11/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia awarded the title of national hero on Monday to late President Suharto, who was forced out of office in 1998 by violent protests that ended a three-decade rule marred by accusations of mass human rights violations, corruption and nepotism.
Typhoon Fung-wong rips Philippines with high winds, floods
Bloomberg, Published on 10/11/2025
» Super typhoon Fung-wong hit the Philippines’ northeast late on Sunday and is forecast to cause widespread damage and flooding rains across Luzon as it moves west.
Philippines braces as strengthening Typhoon Fung-Wong approaches
Reuters, Published on 08/11/2025
» MANILA — Philippine disaster agencies and local government units started preparing for the arrival of Typhoon Fung-Wong, with the pre-emptive evacuation of residents from vulnerable areas and the storing of equipment and relief supplies.