The Kremlin has denied claims that Asma al-Assad, the wife of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is seeking a divorce. Reports from Turkish media suggested she wished to leave Russia, where the couple has been granted asylum. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former president, contends that the UK’s recent sanctions labeling her a ‘notorious kleptocrat’ are politically motivated. In a BBC interview, she denied all allegations of corruption, claiming a lack of due process and…
The UK government has imposed sanctions on Kamlesh Pattni, a British-Kenyan businessman linked to the illicit gold trade and involved in Kenya’s notorious Goldenberg scandal. The sanctions will freeze Pattni’s assets and those of four associates accused of smuggling gold,…
