Kenyan police have uncovered dozens of bodies from graves connected to a Christian pastor, who is being investigated on allegations that he directed his congregants to starve themselves to death, according to the police and local media reports. The inspector general for Kenya’s police, Japhet Koome, told reporters that homicide detectives and pathologists had exhumed […]
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Boris Johnson Faces Inquiry Over Whether He Lied to U.K. Parliament
Facing a hearing that could curtail his political career, Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson denied lying to Parliament on Wednesday, but under sharp questions from lawmakers struggled to justify some of the misleading statements he made about lockdown-busting parties held in Downing Street. The session, before the powerful privileges committee in the House of […]
E.U. Lawmaker Arrested in Qatar-Linked Corruption Inquiry
BRUSSELS — The Belgian authorities arrested a European lawmaker on Friday in connection with a sprawling cash-for-favors investigation, the latest figure to be detained in a scandal that has ripped through the European Parliament since it came to light in December. A spokesman for the Belgian prosecutor confirmed the arrest of the lawmaker, Marc Tarabella, […]
4 Charged With Corruption in Bribery Inquiry Linked to Qatar
BRUSSELS — The office of the Belgian federal prosecutor announced on Sunday that it had charged four people with corruption and other crimes as part of a major investigation into suspected bribes from Qatar to current and former officials and lawmakers in the European Parliament. The prosecutor did not name any of those charged and […]
Live Updates: Ukraine Seeks Inquiry Into Killing of Dozens at Russian Prison Camp
The covered bodies on Friday of people killed when an explosion tore through the barracks of a prison camp in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. Credit…Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters As international outrage swelled, Ukraine on Saturday called on global organizations including the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to quickly investigate an explosion […]