Lawyers for jailed ex-Pakistan leader Imran Khan mount legal challenge
The cricket star-turned prime minister was convicted on charges he's always insisted are politically motivated, and which bar him from seeking a new term.
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The cricket star-turned prime minister was convicted on charges he's always insisted are politically motivated, and which bar him from seeking a new term.
Khan was shifted Saturday evening to a high-security jail in Punjab's Attock district that is notorious for its harsh conditions.
Israel's opposition leader testified that Netanyahu twice tried to persuade him to back a law that would have given a movie mogul millions in tax breaks.
Ken Paxton, the embattled attorney general of Texas, was decisively impeached Saturday by the state House. The 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton included accusations of bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of the public trust.
Following the dramatic arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on corruption charges, protestors and police have clashed across the country. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
A second former Fox executive, who headed the Latin America affiliate, was acquitted of charges.
Larry Householder was convicted in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors called the largest corruption case in state history.
Packers Sanitation Services paid $1.5 million in fines for violating child labor laws. The Labor Department said it had more than 100 children working at meat processing plants and using dangerous chemicals to clean saws.
The Supreme Court ruled that ultra-Orthodox party leader Aryeh Deri, Netanyahu's ally in a power-sharing government, must go due to the recent conviction.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is returning to power for a record sixth time after his government was officially sworn in Thursday morning. Ramy Inocencio is tracking developments from London.
Eva Kaili, a Greek member of the European Parliament, has been charged in an alleged bribery scheme involving Qatar. She was one of four people arrested in connection with the probe and has been stripped of her role as one of the parliament's 14 vice presidents. Her lawyers have said she denies any involvement with the alleged scheme. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the investigation.
Formerly one of the vice presidents of European Parliament, Kaili remained in detention Wednesday as her hearing was postponed by a judge.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas and is facing U.S. charges in what a federal prosecutor calls "one of the biggest financial frauds in American history." He was scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill. Scott MacFarlane reports.
The Trump Organization has been found guilty of fraud and other charges by a jury in New York. Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general, joins John Dickerson to discuss the verdict, what we've learned form the trial, and the potential ramifications for former President Donald Trump.
The disgraced founder of the failed blood testing company Theranos was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in federal prison. Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of fraud and conspiracy earlier this year for misleading investors and endangering patients with a bogus blood-testing technology.
Israeli voters headed back to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the country's fifth general election in less than four years. Current Prime Minister Yair Lapid's centrist-leaning bloc is up against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab discusses.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be the next president of Brazil. He defeated incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election Sunday night, but Bolsonaro has yet to concede. Eric Farnsworth, vice president for the Council of the Americas, joined CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Jericka Duncan to discuss.
Sources tell CBS News Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, is under federal criminal investigation in New York. Five years ago, he avided conviction on corruption charges in an alleged bribery scheme. Three men have been convicted of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. And mortgage rates are up again this week, passing 7% for a 30-year loan.
A former San Antonio police officer has been charged in the shooting of a teenager who was eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald's parking lot. The 17-year-old, Erik Cantu, remains on life support, according to his family.
CBS News has exclusively obtained text messages and documents that connect the plan to divert millions of dollars in welfare funds to pet projects of NFL legend Brett Favre. Omar Villafranca reports.
Leonard Francis was boarding a flight to Cuba when he was taken into custody, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to CBS News.