Union Home Minister Amit Shah, addressing a rally in Tirunelveli on August 22, 2025, accused DMK president M.K. Stalin and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi of focusing only on dynastic politics. He alleged that Stalin’s primary agenda was to make his son Udhayanidhi the next Chief Minister of Tamil

Former First Lady Kim Keon-Hee, wife of impeached ex-President Yoon Suk-Yeol, has been arrested on multiple corruption-related charges, including stock manipulation, bribery, and influencing party candidate selections. The arrest follows a court-approved warrant citing the risk of evidence tampering after prosecutors submitted an extensive dossier outlining her alleged

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has alleged that over half of the country’s top bureaucrats are preparing to relocate abroad by securing foreign residencies through property investments in Portugal. His comments, made via a social media post, have triggered significant public backlash and reignited concerns over corruption and capital flight from the nation’s

Germany has expressed concern over Ukraine’s recent legal changes that weaken the independence of its anti-corruption agencies. Berlin warned that such reforms could hinder Ukraine’s progress toward joining the European Union. The criticism comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law allowing the prosecutor-general to reassign cases and staff in the

U.S. President Donald Trump has stirred fresh controversy by publicly calling for the cancellation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial, denouncing it as a politically motivated “witch-hunt.” Trump’s remarks, shared via social media, also floated the idea of a presidential pardon, portraying Netanyahu as a wartime leader being persecuted