NEW DELHI, March 21 (Xinhua) — India\’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejrival on alleged financial irregularities in an Excise Policy scam that took pl
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70 New York Housing Authority employees charged with bribery, extortion
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — U.S. federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) with bribery and extortion in a corruption inves
Former Party chief of Guizhou arrested
BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — Sun Zhigang, former secretary of the Communist Party of China Guizhou Provincial Committee, has been arrested for alleged bribery-taking, China\’s top procuratorate announc
Former chairman of China Everbright Group arrested
BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — China\’s Supreme People\’s Procuratorate (SPP) has ordered the arrest of Tang Shuangning, former chairman of China Everbright Group, for alleged embezzlement and bribery.
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Suspected U.S. drone attack in E. Syria injures 2 Iran-affiliated fighters: war monitor
DAMASCUS, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Two members of Iran-affiliated militias were seriously injured in an attack by a suspected U.S. drone strike in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zour on Sunday, a wa
India\’s central bank gets bomb threat
NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — India\’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said it received a bomb threat through an email saying that its offices along with three other banks wil
5 wanted for alleged contravention of national security law in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — The National Security Department (NSD) of the Hong Kong Police Force said on Thursday that the police have put five people on the wanted list, who have absconded oversea
Portugal PM resigns over corruption scandal
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announces his resignation in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 7, 2023. (Photo by Zhang Ke/Xinhua)
LISBON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — Antonio Costa, prime minister of Portugal, re
Israel launches retaliatory missile against Syria
DAMASCUS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — Israel launched a missile attack overnight Sunday targeting several areas in Syria\’s southern province of Daraa in response to the alleged firing of rockets from Syria, a
India expels senior Canadian diplomat
NEW DELHI, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — The Indian government on Tuesday expelled a senior Canadian diplomat, asking him to leave the country within the next five days.
The move came after Ottawa expelled an