Politics

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  Israel's Netanyahu defiant says he will complete his term and be re-elected in 2019

  

  In an impassioned 10-minute rebuttal to police recommendations to indict him on bribery and breach of trust charges, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation on Tuesday night that not only will this government complete its term, but he will again be re-elected in 2019.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Another blow for Oxfam: chairman Fuentes arrested for his time as Guatemala finance minister

  

  The chairman of the charity Oxfam International, Juan Alberto Fuentes, has been arrested in Guatemala. Fuentes was detained as part of an investigation into a corruption scandal dating back to his time as Guatemala's finance minister, but no charges have been brought so far.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 07:10 UTC

  The Wall Street Journal: “Inflation stalks Macri in Argentina”

  

  The Wall Street Journal has published a piece on the political situation of Argentine president Mauricio Macri, battling inflation, an undelivered electoral pledge, and allegedly very much aware of a long standing spell: no non Peronist president has been able to complete the mandate for which he was elected.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  Oxfam members sexual misconduct in Haiti imperil UK government funding

  

  The deputy head of Oxfam has resigned over what she said was the British charity's failure to adequately respond to past allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff in Haiti and Chad.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Barclays Bank PLC charged of “unlawful financial assistance” by UK's serious fraud office

  

  The United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays Bank PLC with “unlawful financial assistance” related to billions of pounds raised from Qatar in 2008. The same charges were brought against Barclays PLC in June last year.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 08:01 UTC

  UK OTs address oceans and plastic pollution at Council of Environment Ministers

  

  Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (OTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) travelled to the Isle of Man last week to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the third Council of Environment Ministers of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place in Douglas, on 6th and 7th February. Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015 and continued in Alderney in 2017.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 16:13 UTC

  British government project to prevent corruption in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

  

  The British Government is supporting a project to encourage municipalities from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to adopt practices which can prevent corruption. The initiative, under the “Islands of Integrity” concept, aims to address the root causes of corruption by encouraging free-market policies and enhancing efficiency.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 16:08 UTC

  Argentine ambassador and Sukey Cameron at Capt Rick Jolly funeral

  

  Hundreds have attended the funeral of a Royal Navy medical officer who saved hundreds of troops during the Falklands War. Surgeon Capt Rick Jolly, who reputedly saved the life of every British serviceman he treated, died aged 71 on 13 January.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 16:01 UTC

  Temer talks of “diplomatic confrontation” with Maduro over exodus of Venezuelans

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer criticized the government of neighboring Venezuela for leading that country into a crisis that is causing an exodus of refugees into northern Brazil. Brasilia has called for democratic reforms by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has consolidated power as his country’s economic crisis deepens with shortages of food and medicine.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 15:56 UTC

  Federal Police chief questioned for comments denying alleged bribery involving president Temer

  

  Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luis Barroso asked for the head of the Federal Police to clarify comments he made in a Reuters interview published a day earlier regarding an investigation of President Michel Temer.