Former South African President Jacob Zuma's supporters have voiced strong opposition to a court decision to jail him for 15 months for failing to appear at a corruption hearing.

South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, is handed down a 15-month jail term by the country’s top court for defying an order to appear at a corruption inquiry hearing earlier this year.

Palestinian Authority security forces and protesters have clashed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah after one of President Mahmoud Abbas's biggest critics died in custody.

Iran's president-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has pledged to fight corruption and serve the all of the Iranian nation after taking office.

Prosecutors in France have sought a six-month jail term for former president Nicolas Sarkozy over illegal campaign funding.

An independent panel has accused the Metropolitan Police of direct involvement in the 1987 murder of anti-corruption investigator Daniel Morgan.

Myanmar’s junta has filed a new corruption charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the latest in a series of allegations to have been leveled against her by the military rulers since she was toppled in a coup in February.

Peruvians will face a polarizing choice between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo when they elect a new president.

A Bahraini opposition protest movement denounces the latest decision by the United States to raise the LGBT flag over its embassy in Manama.

The 81-page complaint was filed over "suspicious" real estate purchases.