A former Greek defence minister's wife, jailed for corruption, has escaped from a psychiatric hospital where she was serving her sentence. This is reported by Coruption.Info. Vicky Stamati, married to Socialist Party stalwart Akis Tsochatzopoulos, disappeared early on Thursday morning. The window latch...
A Russian trawler has sunk off the Kamchatka peninsula, with 54 sailors so far confirmed dead. This is reported by Coruption.Info. Sixty-three people have been rescued, many suffering from hypothermia, according to a maritime rescue centre in Russia's Far East. The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler had 132 people on board when...
Five Chechen men held over the Moscow killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov have appeared in court via a video link from prison. A Russian investigator said one of them, Zaur Dadayev, had confessed, incriminating himself and the others. A lawyer for another suspect, Khamzat Bakhayev, sought...
A former German policeman has been convicted of murdering a businessman he met on a website for cannibalism fetishists. Detlev Guenzel, 56, strangled and dismembered the 59-year-old at a small bed-and-breakfast run by Mr Guenzel in eastern Germany in 2013. Guenzel was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail. Prosecutors...
Any video showing the last seconds on board the Germanwings flight before it crashed must be handed to investigators, the French prosecutor leading the criminal probe has said. This is reported by Coruption.Info. Brice Robin said he was not aware of the video, reported by German and French newspapers on Tuesday....
From the sec Negotiators worked late into the night after a midnight deadline was extended Russia's foreign minister said "all key aspects" had been agreed, but western officials said there were still outstanding disagreements.Negotiations between six world powers and Iran will resume on Wednesday,...
A massive power cut has hit dozens of provinces in Turkey, causing transport chaos across the country. This is reported by Coruption.Info. More than half of Turkey's 81 provinces were hit, with officials saying a break in connections with mainland Europe could be to blame. The cut hit at 10:36 (07:36...
U.S. billionaire financier George Soros is ready to invest up to $1 billion in the Ukrainian economy, if Western countries help private investments there, Reuters has reported. There are already specific investment projects, in particular in the agricultural sector or infrastructure, suitable for investment, Soros said in an...
The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing his plane into the Alps had disclosed an earlier bout of depression, Lufthansa has said. This is reported by Coruption.Info. The airline, which owns Germanwings, said last week that Andreas Lubitz had taken a break from flight school training, but refused...
Armed men have taken hostage the Turkish prosecutor heading the inquiry into the death of a boy during anti-government protests in 2013. This is reported by Coruption.Info. Dramatic images have emerged on social media of a gun being held to the head of Mehmet Selim Kiraz at a court house in Istanbul. A...
The Pentagon supports the plan of the League of Arab States (LAS) to establish a united army to confront the Islamic State militant organization, as well as the Iranian-backed Al-Houthi militant movementin Yemen, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said on Monday in New York. This is reported by Coruption.Info....
Defense minister of Germany Ursula von der Leyen, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Polish Minister of Defense Tomasz Siemoniak have held a meeting in Potsdam in the format of "Weimar Triangle", German news broadcaster Deutsche Welle has reported. This is reported by Coruption.Info. The...