Power and Influence

Iliana Yotova, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), has been linked to a public relations company which provided her...

Legal activist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison Sunday after being convicted of disturbing public order, a...

By Vlad Lavrov It was around 2 a.m. on Dec. 11 when, alarmed by reports of an upcoming attack by the riot police, I entered...

Crowd-sourcing is typically used to finance start-ups, political campaigns, and creative ventures. A new website, however,...

By Ana Baric In the market for citizenship in the European Union (EU)? It’s now up for sale at a mere US$877,000.

Former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman was cleared of corruption charges on Wednesday and will return to his...

By Sevgil Musaeva Serhiy Kurchenko is the latest Ukrainian gas-and-oil multimillionaire whose wealth is alleged to have...

Prosecutors have decided to indict former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy premier Suthep...

Russia's Investigative Committee announced Tuesday that Russian blogger and opposition figure Alexei Navalny faces new theft...

On Wednesday, an Italian court ordered former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing...

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's recent conviction was the culmination of China's highest profile court trial in...

Former Communist Party of China (CPC) Secretary Bo Xilai was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday. Bo, former chief of the...