Abuse of Power

File - John Ashe, President of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, briefs journalists on the Assemblys high-level stock-taking event on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, taking place on 11-12 September, 10 September, 2014.

Antiguan ex-president of UN general assembly faces $1m corruption charges
The Guardian A former president of the United Nations general assembly turned the world body into a “platform for profit” by accepting over $1m in bribes and a trip to New Orleans from a billionaire Chinese re... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)

In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees hang out by their tents at the U.N.-run Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, northern Jordan. Growing numbers of Syrian refugees are returning to their war-ravaged homeland from Jordan because they can't survive in exile after drastic aid cuts.

Rising numbers of Syrian refugees return home as conditions in host countries worsen
Toronto Sun ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan -- Growing numbers of Syrian refugees are returning to their war-ravaged homeland from Jordan because they can't survive in exile after drastic aid cuts, can't afford to p... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh)

President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

Pro-Russian Social Democrats top Kyrgyzstan elections
Yahoo Daily News The Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK), linked to pro-Moscow President Almazbek Atambayev, topped the voting at Sunday's parliamentary election in the ex-Soviet state, with five other pr... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)

File - FIFA President in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a press conference concerning the Brazil World Cup, 28 June, 2013.

Blatter defies calls from FIFA sponsors to quit immediately
Jakarta Post Sepp Blatter defied calls from FIFA sponsors Budweiser, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Visa to quit immediately as president of world soccer's governing body on Friday rather than cling on until the emerge... (photo: ABr / Tania Rego)

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Pope Francis shakes the hands of the faithful after celebrating his final Mass in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015.

Pope’s encounter with US clerk in gay row not a form of support, Vatican says
The Times Of India VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Friday distanced Pope Francis from Kim Davis, the focal point in the gay marriage debate in the US, saying she was one of dozens of people th... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)

File - Ali Abbas Hasanie with Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and son of the late Pierre Trudeau, a long-serving former Prime Minister.

The Current Political Situation In Pakistan
WorldNews.com Article By WN.com Guest Writer Ali Abbas Hasanie, Political Scholar and Analyst, Montreal, Canada | Notwithstanding the Verdict of the Judicial Commission, the irregulari... (photo: via WN)

A man smokes marijuana outside the Congress where lawmakers debate a bill to legalize marijuana and regulate production and distribution in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Ohio bankers oppose marijuana-legalization plan because of conflicts with federal laws
The Columbus Dispatch Pot and banking don’t mix, the Ohio Bankers League said Wednesday in opposing a November election proposal to legalize marijuana. | “Our board of directors voted to o... (photo: AP / Matilde Campodonico)

Taliban fighters search passengers and civilian vehicles in a check point in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015.

Taliban triumph in capture of Kunduz
BBC News Capturing Kunduz is the most important victory for the Taliban since the fall of their regime as a result of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. | It is the ... (photo: AP / Photo)

File - A man has his temperature checked on a rival to a Community health Center. The National Ebola Response Centre started in Freetown a special operation in the Western Area to control the current rate of infection and stop the spread of the disease in the region.

Ebola is all but over, but the postmortem is just getting started
The Guardian Thousands died in west Africa, but the biggest victim could be the ineffectual World Health Organisation, which acted far too slowly to contain the outbreak | Smiles and ... (photo: UN / Martine Perret)

File - A boy plays with a soccer ball inside Zaatri refugee camp, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan, 7 December, 2012.

Can The GCC Do More For Syrian Refugees?
Huffington Post Rashid al-Mansuri, Consul General of the United Arab Emirates to Erbil, visits Syrian-Kurdish refugees as aid is distributed at a refugee camp in northern Iraq, on 4 Janu... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)

File - An Afghan Border Police member observes from the top of his vehicle for signs of an improvised explosive device before his convoy crosses a vulnerable point during Road Clearance Course training at Kabul Military Training Center, Afghanistan.

Why the Taliban takeover of Kunduz is a big deal
CNN (CNN)The loss of the major city of Kunduz to the Taliban is a stunning reversal for the Afghan government, deepening worries about the ability of its security forces to t... (photo: NATO / Capt Alexandre Cadieux, Canadian RAF)

File - Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner speaks at a political rally in Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago, Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

FIFA bans Blatter ally Warner for life over repeated bribery
The Malta Independent Four years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life on Tuesday for repeated acts of bribery related to Worl... (photo: AP / Anthony Harris)

Volkswagen dealers paralyzed by emissions scandal

The Los Angeles Times Lost in the flurry of corporate malfeasance and consumer outrage over the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal is another victim -- the Volkswagen dealer. | Neither empl... (photo: Creative Commons / M 93)