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Added to the prison sentence is the imposition of a fine of 47 million euros for abuse of power and money laundering. Malaysia's Federal Court on Tuesday upheld the 12-year prison sentence for corruption against former Prime Minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of the state fund 1MDB. The judges of the court have unanimously rejected the former president's appeal against the conviction issued in July 2020 and confirmed by an appeals court in December of the following year for the misappropriation of 42 million ringgit (9.9 million dollars or €8.8 million) from the 1MDB while ruling the country. The former leader, who ruled the country from April 2009 to May 2018 and pleads not guilty to the accusations related to the 1MDB, will also have to pay a fine of 210 million ringgit (46 million dollars or 47 million euros ). The crimes that are imputed to the former leader are abuse of power and trust, and money laundering for the diversion of millions to his private...

The USA and South Korea are preparing for a conflict with North Korea with military exercises. The government in Seoul expects a clear reaction from North Korea. The US and South Korea are holding their largest joint military maneuvers in five years. As a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry said, the exercises had started as planned. He did not provide any information on the number of soldiers involved or the military equipment. Training for soldiers from both armies is to be combined with computer simulations, joint field exercises and a major civil defense exercise by South Korea by September 1 under the name Ulchi Freedom Shield. The government in Seoul expects a clear reaction from North Korea to the eleven-day maneuver. North Korea regularly accuses the United States that the maneuvers with South Korea served to prepare for an attack.  Judge Initiates Release Of Documents Relating To Donald Trump Raid Washington and Seoul deny this, emphasizing the drills were inte...

The US Attorney General refuses to release documents on the search of the former President. A court could now ensure more transparency. A Florida judge has ordered the partial release of documents authorizing a search warrant for ex-President Donald Trump's home . Judge Bruce Reinhart, at a hearing, directed the Justice Department to make redaction proposals next week, US media unanimously reported from the courtroom. Several media had requested publication. The Department of Justice, however, had argued that this could affect future investigations and the cooperation of witnesses. Jay Bratt, the department's head of counterintelligence and export control, told the judge releasing the statement was not in the public interest because it could harm the ongoing investigation. Lapid and Scholz Criticize Palestinian President Abu Mazen For Accusing Israel of Committing "50 Holocausts" In Berlin It is considered very unlikely that the entire documents will become public. Th...

This is how the Palestinian leader answered in Germany the question about the Palestinian attack against Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. The president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Abu Mazen, has exhausted much of the credit he still had among Israelis after he accused Israel of committing "50 holocausts" in Berlin on Tuesday during the press conference before a surprised Olaf Scholz, who hours later, strongly condemned his words. Criticism and widespread discomfort in Israel and Germany , to which the United States joined, for what they consider "banalization of the 'Shoah' and false comparison" have forced Abu Mazen to clarify this Wednesday that he has not denied the existence of the Holocaust that defines it as "the most despicable crime in modern history" and has indicated that his intention was to speak of "the massacres of the Israeli forces against the Palestinian people since the Nakba".  "Mahmoud Abb...