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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, on April 21, 2025.
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Netanyahu corruption trial to resume after Iran halt

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces renewed court hearings after Iran ceasefire allows judicial system to return to normal operations.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 April, 2026
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Israel president says hasn't decided on Netanyahu pardon after Trump jab

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 February, 2026
Netanyahu during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Jerusalem on 7 December 2025.
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Netanyahu rules out resigning in exchange for pardon

The New Arab Staff
07 December, 2025
Carla Bruni greets the crowd gathered near Nicolas Sarkozy's home before his departure for La Sante prison, in Paris, France, on October 21, 2025. (Photo by Henrique Campos / Hans Lucas via AFP)
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French court frees ex-president Sarkozy from jail pending appeal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 November, 2025
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at the Pentagon in Washington
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Sara Netanyahu presses Likud to back presidential pardon for PM

The New Arab Staff
23 October, 2025
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy exits a vehicle as he returns to his home in Paris, on October 13, 2025, following his meeting with prosecutors to be informed of the start of his jail sentence
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French ex-president Sarkozy to go to prison on October 21: sources

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 October, 2025
Lebanese protesters demonstrate against the monetary policies of Lebanon's Central Bank governor in the capital Beirut on January 25, 2023.
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Lebanon ex-bank chief released after posting record bail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 September, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, on April 21, 2025.
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Court rejects Netanyahu's call to postpone graft trial hearings

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 June, 2025
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French prosecutors seek 7 years in jail for Sarkozy in trial

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 March, 2025
Netanyahu aide on trial in new case troubling Israeli PM
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Netanyahu aide on trial in new case troubling Israeli PM

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 December, 2024
Mauritania ex-president in court for graft charges appeal
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Mauritania ex-president in court for graft charges appeal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 November, 2024
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$18bn railway corruption scandal rattles Iraq's political scene

Dana Taib Menmy
11 September, 2024
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US senator Bob Menendez to run as independent, irking Democrats

Brooke Anderson
05 June, 2024
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Arab states score low in TI's Corruption Perceptions Index

The New Arab Staff
30 January, 2024
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Libya orders Brussels envoy detention on graft charges

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 October, 2023
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Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for Netanyahu ouster

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 March, 2023
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Egypt's ex-top auditor released after serving five years

Thaer Mansour
15 February, 2023
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Will Turkey earthquake doom Erdogan's dreams of re-election?

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

13 February, 2023
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Former Saudi security chief gets 25 years for corruption

The New Arab Staff
28 December, 2022
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Lebanon central bank seeks out those who abused system

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 March, 2022
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Israeli minister to be indicted for fraud

The New Arab & agencies
15 August, 2019