Malaysia's former first lady, who has allegedly stolen public money, went on trial Wednesday for corruption for the first time since her husband lost power.

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe may have to step down from his post as the two leading candidates for upcoming Presidential election have declared that they will be dumping him first.

69-year-old Alan was elected as Peru's president twice, first as a firebrand leftist and then as a champion of foreign investment and free trade. In recent couple of years, he was alleged of doing corruption.

The Central government on Thursday curtailed the tenure of Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana, who had a bitter fight with ousted agency Director Alok Verma and who himself faces corruption charges, with immediate effect.

Irked over leaks to media in the highly-sensitive case of alleged corruption by CBI director Alok Verma, the Supreme Court on Monday said "None of you deserve a hearing."

The Congress on Wednesday targeted the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal saying its "boat of corruption" will sink after the Supreme Court asked for details of pricing and told the Centre to go public on the selection process of the Indian offset partner.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested on Wednesday to face fresh corruption charges related to scandal-hit state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the Malaysia's anti-graft body said.

The Haryana Police said on Tuesday they have sought permission from the state government to further probe the corruption case registered against Congress President Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and realtors including DLF.

A Brazilian court ordered that former president Lula da Silva, currently in prison, cannot stand as a candidate in the presidential election this year because of a corruption conviction.

The Delhi Waqf Board on Monday released a list of its "appointed members", indicating it will be reconstituted after the earlier body was dissolved over corruption allegations.