A Jakarta court on Thursday sentenced former Indonesian Deputy Manpower Minister Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes linked to the issuance of workplace safety certificates.

An unsealed indictment alleges that Castro and others were involved in a conspiracy to kill Americans, among other charges.

Kyrgyzstan has entered a new period of political uncertainty after authorities charged former security chief Kamchybek Tashiev and seven others with allegedly plotting to seize power from President Sadyr Japarov.

A former World Bank president has told the BBC that China should stop hoarding food and fertiliser to ease a global supply crisis caused by the Iran war.

Italian authorities have launched a major investigation after a former Italian ambassador was arrested over allegations linked to the illegal sale of Schengen visas to Russian citizens.

South Korea's martial law scandal is set to loom large over local elections in June that will test whether ​opposition conservatives can rein in the power of the ruling party of President Lee Jae Myung.

Editor’s note: Dr Afshar Soleymani is a former Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, as well as an analyst and researcher in political and international relations. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az.

Former British ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has been arrested by London police on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following revelations over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.