Anti-government protests continue in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejected demands to hold new elections. Tens of thousands of red dressed demonstrators surrounded a military compound where the prime minister ha...
Sean Maroney | Islamabad 16 December 2009 Afghan security forces stand guard near a burnt fuel tanker in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 04 Sep 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama has begun sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan in an effort to...
The arrests of more than 40 prominent politicians and Jewish leaders in New Jersey and New York on corruption and money laundering charges have sent shockwaves through the close-knit Syrian Jewish community there. Federal investigators in New Jersey...
Indonesia ranks in the bottom of the corruption perception index in Asia, and its citizen often name graft as the main problem in their country. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is running for a new term in next month's presidential election...
The people of Albania are going to the polls in parliamentary elections that are seen as a key test for the Balkan country's ambition to join the European Union. Albania's incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha faces a tough fight in the national ele...
A group monitoring corruption levels around the world says illegal practices in poor countries are threatening the fight against poverty. In its just released report, Transparency International says foreign aid must be more focused and more carefull...
The long anticipated trial of African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on charges ranging from corruption to racketeering will get under way next week in KwaZulu Natal. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg the trial wi...
Court proceedings against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have begun, the first since he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, several other corruption investigations against the former leader, his...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 12 June 2008 U.N. officials say small-scale corruption hits poor people hardest and strangles economic growth across Asia. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. Poor people in countries around the Asia-Pacific region are bomba...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 13 March 2008 Iraqi officials say much work is needed to secure and restore the port of Umm Qasr in the oil-rich province of Basra. They charge criminals and corrupt officials have been working together to siphon off wealth wh...