Corruption

Decades of mismanagement, corruption pushed Iran toward water collapse - analysis

“What you see in Khuzestan, Isfahan, Sistan-Baluchestan, and many other places is the result of bad governance, chronic mismanagement," said water policy analyst Nik Kowsar.

Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Authorities in Tehran warned last week of possible rolling cuts to water supplies in the capital amid what officials call the worst drought in decades.
Maryam Ilyas

Trainee police officer who passed secrets to drug dealer boyfriend banned from force

Activists protest outside the home of President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, calling not to grant a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 30, 2025.

Israel needs to find a way to move on after years of Netanyahu corruption trial - editorial

THE ISRAEL POLICE conducts its high-level investigations through Lahav 433, the country’s ‘FBI,’ headquartered in this building in Lod.

Chief of Lahav 433 was 'illegally detained' for seven hours by Internal Affairs, says attorney


Hadar no more: How the Zionist establishment has betrayed the Jewish people - opinion

What took place at the 39th World Zionist Congress was not merely a procedural fiasco, nor a bureaucratic misstep; it was the exposure of a system decaying from within.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025

Ukrainian chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption police search home

Yermak confirmed that his apartment was being searched and said he was fully cooperating with the investigators.

Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak looks on, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2024.

Ukrainian investigators question key peace talk figure in corruption probe

Local media reported that Rustem Umerov was questioned as a witness by anti-corruption investigators, but authorities have not accused him of any wrongdoing.

Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov speaks during a press conference after the third round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, July 23, 2025

Senior local authority official detained at Ben-Gurion Airport amid Histadrut corruption probe

Per reports, the official, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, is suspected of election-bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

Israeli police and border guard officers deploy at Ben Gurion Airport on July 6, 2011 as part of preparations for the arrival of a "Pro-Palestinian Fly-In", organised by European and North American activists to travel en masse to the West Bank.

Netanyahu on witness stand: There were coverage requests, but they were inconsequential

Netanyahu argued that while he focused on creating a more “diverse” media environment, he never refrained from routine conversations with journalists about coverage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.

Netanyahu on witness stand: There were coverage requests, but they were inconsequential

Netanyahu questioned on Bezeq ties as bribery probe resumes in court.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.

Netanyahu trial: Court shortens Monday hearing as scheduling changes continue

The latest change follows several recent adjustments to the trial schedule.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.

Brazil's Bolsonaro detained over flight risk, damaged ankle monitor

Bolsonaro has been under house arrest for violating measures in a separate case involving allegations of courting US interference to aid in his criminal case.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes,  in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025.

UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds

UK inquiry finds Boris Johnson’s delayed lockdown and chaotic leadership contributed to around an additional 23,000 COVID deaths.

BORIS JOHNSON, one of many contenders for the Conservative leadership

Gen Z-styled protests spread in Mexico, fueled by mayor's murder

The public safety secretary also said 20 people were arrested and another 20 "referred for administrative offenses."

Demonstrators carry a Mexican flag, a black and white version of a Mexican flag and a One Piece flag as riot control agents are sprayed on them during a protest against insecurity and corruption in the country, on Mexico City, Mexico, November 15, 2025.

Parashat Chayei Sarah: Politics, power, perils of ambition

Politics, the haftarah reminds us, is not inherently corrupt. It becomes corrupt when it forgets that leadership is service, not self-promotion.

 SCRIBES FINISH writing a Torah scroll.