South Africa probes state attorneys as Ramaphosa graft crackdown widens
South Africa will probe allegations that state attorneys defrauded government of billions of dollars by deliberately losing cases, the justice minister said on Tuesday, the latest crackdown on corruption under President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Moscow ready to discuss its newest strategic weapons with U.S.: RIA
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday Moscow was ready to discuss its newest strategic weapons with the United States even though they were not part of the INF arms control treaty, Russian state news agency RIA reported.
Billions hinge on Malaysia Mahathir’s bid to woo project concessions from China
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrives in China on Friday seeking to renegotiate, and perhaps cancel, billions of dollars worth of Chinese-invested projects entangled in domestic graft probes.
Singapore says it has 1MDB-linked jet but no Malaysian request for its return
Singapore police said on Tuesday an aircraft linked to an investigation into a multi-billion scandal at Malaysian state fund 1MDB is parked at the city-state’s Seletar Airport.
Bomb kills two in crowded Baghdad market: police
At least two people were killed and six wounded when a bomb went off at a crowded market in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
Erdogan says Turkey will boycott U.S. electronic products
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey would boycott electronic products from the United States, which has imposed sanctions and raised tariffs against Ankara in a dispute about the detention of a U.S. evangelical pastor.
U.S. pastor in Turkey appeals for release, lifting of travel ban: lawyer
An American Christian pastor standing trial in Turkey on terrorism charges has appealed again to a Turkish court to release him from house arrest and lift his travel ban, his lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday.
‘Hazmat’ suit statue near site of Japanese nuclear disaster sparks uproar
A statue of a child wearing what appears to be a hazardous material suit unveiled near the site of a Japanese nuclear disaster has drawn a barrage of criticism from residents and forced the sculptor to apologize.
U.S. warns on Russia’s new space weapons
The United States voiced deep suspicion on Tuesday over Russia’s pursuit of new space weapons, including a mobile laser system to destroy satellites in space, and the launch of a new inspector satellite which was acting in an “abnormal” way.
Man arrested, pedestrians injured as car hits barriers at UK parliament
A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building on Tuesday and the driver was arrested, police said.
