Marine Le Pen will run for the French presidency after a court upheld her embezzlement conviction but shortened her ban from electoral office. She faces a dilemma over an electronic tag sentence but vowed to appeal, positioning herself as a tougher candidate than her protege Jordan Bardella.
Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong denied reports that fugitive businessman Jho Low secretly entered Malaysia last year for talks related to the 1MDB scandal. Low faces charges in the US and Malaysia for his alleged role in the misappropriation of billions from the state fund.
A preliminary SIT report on alleged embezzlement of Ram temple donations in Ayodhya points to senior functionary Anil Mishra's failure to enforce safeguards. The report cites nearly 70 instances of alleged pilferage captured on CCTV, implicating six suspects.
台灣高等法院推翻了便利商店員工因未支付75元燕麥拿鐵而被定罪的判決，認為員工因連續長時間工作而疲憊，無意竊取。法院強調應謹慎評估案件意圖，避免不必要的起訴。
Eight individuals arrested for allegedly stealing donations from Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple have been remanded to judicial custody until June 29. Investigators recovered Rs 79.85 lakh, and six accused were linked to a bank's outsourced cash management agency.
The CBI arrested IAS officer Pankaj Aggarwal for alleged misappropriation of Rs 60.54 crore from Haryana govt accounts. The funds were transferred to accounts opened in violation of guidelines during his tenure as Principal Secretary.
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, is barred from leaving Spain and must appear in court twice monthly as part of a corruption probe. The case involves allegations of embezzlement and influence peddling.
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, will stand trial on corruption charges including embezzlement and influence peddling. A judge has ordered her to surrender her passport and report to court monthly, barring her from leaving Spain.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath accused the opposition of 'double standards' regarding Ram Mandir donation controversies. He stated parties opposing the temple's construction are now concerned about devotees, referencing past actions by Congress and Samajwadi Party. An SIT probe has been initiated.
A US federal judge dismissed Elon Musk's xAI lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets for chatbots. The judge ruled xAI failed to prove OpenAI induced an ex-engineer to divulge confidential information. This is Musk's second legal loss against OpenAI recently.
The Kerala High Court has ordered a new investigation into alleged fund misappropriation by Travancore Devaswom Board employees concerning the sale of sacred ghee. The court found the initial report inadequate, deeming it to minimize the loss and seeking a senior officer to re-evaluate for corruption charges.
South Korea's special prosecutor has summoned former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min for questioning over alleged illegal diversion of 2.8 billion won in ministry funds to an unqualified company for the presidential residence relocation project. The probe also seeks to determine if higher-ups, including former President Yoon Suk-yeol, were involved.
South Korean special prosecutor's team intensifies investigation into alleged illegal budget diversion for presidential residence relocation, with top officials arrested and focus shifting to First Lady Kim Keon-hee's alleged involvement.
Jho Low, fugitive financier at the center of the $4.5bn 1MDB scandal, seeks a US presidential pardon for corruption and money laundering charges, prompting opposition from Malaysia's taskforce chair Johari Abdul Ghani.
The Delhi High Court granted interim relief to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, ordering the removal of AI-generated deepfakes and synthetic media across digital platforms. The court recognized Tharoor's enforceable personality and publicity rights, barring the misappropriation of his name, image, voice, and speaking style for any commercial, political, or malicious purpose.
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has withdrawn his appeal for house arrest, ending a legal dispute over whether an addendum order from the Pardons Board allowed him to serve his reduced sentence at home. His lawyers filed a notice of discontinuance on April 2, giving no reason for the withdrawal. Najib, 72, is serving a six-year jail term in Kajang Prison after his original 12-year sentence for misappropriating 42 million ringgit from SRC International was halved by the Pardons Board in 2024.
