April 4, 2016 Ex-Moldova PM named as having shares in 2 offshore companies An investigation into how politicians use offshore companies to hide their assets named a former Moldovan prime minister Monday as having shares in two offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands.
April 4, 2016 Putin's spokesman denies involvement in offshore accounts The spokesman for Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that the Russian president is involved in an offshore account scheme as a smear likely motivated by "Putinophobia." Documents published by more than 100 media outlets alleged that Putin's friends, including a leading cellist, were engaged in an offshore scheme involving a law firm in Panama.
April 4, 2016 Senegal takes in 2 Libyan prisoners from Guantanamo Senegal has agreed to take in two Libyans who spent nearly 14 years in custody at the U.S. base in Cuba without charge, becoming the second country in West Africa to accept former detainees, officials said Monday.
April 4, 2016 Leaked trove of offshore financial data kicks off global investigation amid claims Putin was 'main target' Russian President Vladimir Putin's office claimed Monday that the release of a vast trove of documents and data on offshore financial dealings of powerful people around the world is a deliberate attack on the Russian leader aimed at disrupting his country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
April 4, 2016 The Latest: Suicide attacks near Baghdad kill at least 10 The Latest on the interconnected conflicts in Iraq and Syria (all times local): 12:30 p.m.
April 4, 2016 The Latest: Russian media keep mum on offshore scandal The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local): 10:50 a.m.
April 4, 2016 US Navy: Weapons shipment from Iran to likely Yemen seized The U.S. Navy says it has seized a weapons shipment in the Arabian Sea from Iran likely heading to war-torn Yemen.
April 4, 2016 After Palmyra, Syrian troops take another IS-controlled town A week after taking back the historic town of Palmyra, Syrian troops and their allies on Sunday captured another town controlled by the Islamic State group in central Syria, state media reported.
April 4, 2016 Panama to work "vigorously" to investigate offshore accounts Panama's president says his government will cooperate "vigorously" with any judicial investigation arising from the leak of a vast trove of information on the offshore financial dealings of the world's rich and famous.
April 2, 2016 Trapped civilians slow Iraqi army's battle against IS in Hit As ground forces push west across Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group, civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire.
