Angolan ex-president’s son on trial in rare corruption case
The son of Angola’s veteran ex-president faced corruption charges before the country’s supreme court in a trial which opened on Monday, state news agency ANGOP said, the most high-profile case yet under the government’s anti-corruption drive.
Latvian oligarch hits back at corruption charges as U.S. clamps down
Latvian politician and oligarch Aivars Lembergs, sanctioned this week by the U.S. over alleged corruption, hit back on Tuesday, saying allegations against him were “fake news” and instigated by his political opponents.
Labour will not win UK election, says senior Labour figure in leaked recording
A senior member of Britain’s opposition Labour Party has dismissed the chances of the party winning power in Thursday’s general election, speaking in a private conversation leaked to the Guido Fawkes news website.
Chile Air Force says missing cargo plane with 38 aboard has crashed
Chile’s Air Force said on Tuesday one of its cargo planes had crashed with 38 people on board after going missing for more than 12 hours, and said that a rescue team was searching for possible survivors.
Two days before election, Algeria jails two ex-prime ministers
An Algerian court jailed two former prime ministers for corruption on Tuesday, two days before a presidential election which protesters want canceled.
Greece says Libya-Turkish deal invalid, in bad faith
Greece has lodged objections to the United Nations over an accord between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries as a violation of international law, the Greek government said on Tuesday.
Taiwan president says not ‘using’ Hong Kong protests for election
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that she was not “using” the anti-government protests in Hong Kong for electoral purposes, following criticism from her main opponent in next month’s presidential vote and from a Hong Kong student leader.
Local Chinese library burns books in clean-up drive
Government officials in a northwestern county in China face punishment after images of them burning books outside a library went viral, sparking concern on social media about the destruction of cultural and intellectual heritage.
Italian police search Atlantia unit offices, widen Genoa bridge probe
Italian tax police searched offices of Atlantia’s toll roads unit on Tuesday and said they were opening a new line of investigation into motorway safety barriers following last year’s deadly collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa.
Spitting volcano keeps search parties off New Zealand island, death toll rises to six
Fearing a volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on New Zealand’s White Island for eight people still missing on Tuesday, as police raised the death toll to six from the eruption a day earlier.
