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Spanish judge orders prime minister's wife to face corruption trial and surrender her passport

A judge on Saturday ordered the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to face trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption, and to surrender her passport.

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Russia frees 24 Filipinos after Marcos talks with Putin

Russia has freed 24 Filipinos detained for months without charges in Siberia

Who Is Vivek Aggarwal, 1st Indian To Serve As Global Terror Watchdog FATF's Veep

Currently serving as secretary, Ministry of Culture, Vivek Aggarwal is recognised for his expertise in fiscal management, public administration and policy implementation.

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Ghost of far-right paramilitaries hovers over Colombia’s presidential runoff vote

Colombians will choose on Sunday between two men whose lives have been very differently shaped by the militias, and whose visions for the country are poles apartWhoever wins Sunday’s presidential runoff vote in Colombia, the country’s next leader will have a personal history intertwined with one of the criminal forces at the heart of a decades-long armed conflict that claimed nearly half a million lives.The lives of Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella have, in very different ways, been shaped by their relationship with Colombia’s paramilitaries – private armies originally established by rightwing landowners, drug traffickers, businessmen, mining magnates and politicians to fight leftwing guerrilla groups. Continue reading...

Zelenskyy returns Poland's highest honor after Polish leader revokes it in a spat over history

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned Poland's highest state honor, after the Polish president stripped him of the award as a politically charged dispute over World War II history resurfaced.