Abuse of Power

Vladimir Putin ally tells Americans: Elect Donald Trump or face nuclear war
The Times Of India MOSCOW: Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to ... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)

Gianni Infantino UEFA secretary general, foreground, listens as fellow FIFA candidate South African Tokyo Sexwale, left, speak at a press briefing in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016.

FIFA: Gianni Infantino battles 'forces that don't want change'
CNN (CNN)Some say it's a case of new president, same old FIFA, but Gianni Infantino is confident soccer's world governing body has "turned a page" and will overcome the "forces that don't want change." | ... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)

North Korea purges vice foreign minister: Report
The Times Of India SEOUL: North Korea has purged its vice foreign minister as punishment for the recent defection of the nuclear-armed country's deputy ambassador to Britain, South Korean media reported Wednesday. | The... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Kissimmee, Fla.

Split Republican party grapple with Trump nomination
Deccan Herald The Republican leadership appeared bitterly divided over the kind of relationship it should have with the party's presidential candidate Donald Trump after a series of audio and video tapes surfaced i... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)

Top Stories

more Headlines »

President Tsai Ing-wen attended the first committee meeting of the National Presidential Committee on Pension Reform

Taiwan president says won't bow to Beijing, calls for talks
Boston Herald TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's new president, Tsai Ing-wen, said Monday her self-ruled island will not bow to Chinese pressure and that Beijing should recognize her governme... (photo: Creative Commons / KOKUYO)

Greece's Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras waits his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Monday, April 11, 2016.

Tsipras, Mitsotakis clash in Parliament over corruption
Kathimerini Launching a parliamentary debate on corruption on Monday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the opposition parties of perpetuating graft that brought the Greek econom... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)

File - Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, addresses the Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping, 28 September, 2015.

No power can stop us from supporting freedom struggle of Kashmiris : Sharif
Deccan Chronicle Islamabad: Needling India over Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said India will be "mistaken" if it equates the "freedom strug... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)

Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov addresses a rally marking the 13th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Russian region of Chechnya, in the regional capital of Grozny, Russia

Public humiliation: Chechen leader's simple strategy to control social media
The Guardian Ramzan Kadyrov is punishing ordinary people who criticise his rule with televised shamings, as well as detentions and abuse | Aishat Inaeva, a social worker from a small ... (photo: AP)

Melania Trump, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.

Melania Trump Divorce? Republican Candidate’s Wife Urged To Dump Donald After Scandalous Tape Emerges
Inquisitr Melania Trump could soon divorce Donald in the wake of the bombshell tape in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women and cheating on his then-pregnant wife. | At... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump speaking to supporters at an immigration policy speech at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, 31 August 2016

Donald Trump has hired very questionable people to run his buildings
Business Insider Donald Trump. | NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after George Gjieli left federal prison, where he'd been sent for trying to break out a triple murderer, Donald Trump gave him... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)

Former President Bill Clinton walks across the tarmac as he arrives with President Barack Obama on Air Force One, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as they return from attending the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.

Bill Clinton: Asset or distraction?
CNN (CNN)The Secretary of Explaining Stuff sometimes explains stuff a little too well. | Bill Clinton, who earned his nickname from President Barack Obama after making a reso... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva listens as Rio de Janeiro mayoral candidate Jandira Feghali speaks during a rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazil’s once-popular President Lula faces new corruption charges
Japan Times Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faced new corruption charges Wednesday connected to a construction project involving his nephew in Angola, in the la... (photo: AP / Leo Correa)

File - Afghan residents of the Roghani Refugee Camp in Chaman, a Pakistani border town.

Afghan exodus from Pakistan could be 'catastrophic' without urgent aid
The Guardian With political tension forcing half a million people to return to Afghanistan, the World Food Programme warns the freezing winter could prove deadly | Global development ... (photo: UN / Luke Powell)