Tag: bars

Brazil electoral court bars Lula from presidential race

BRASILIA: Brazil's top electoral court on Friday barred jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running in this year's presidential because of...

Mahathir bars scandal-ridden Najib Razak from leaving Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's new leader, Mahathir Mohamad, said Saturday that defeated scandal-tainted prime minister Najib Razak and his wife have been barred from leaving...

US watchdog says Pentagon bars data on Taliban in Afghan war

WASHINGTON: A US government watchdog said Tuesday the Pentagon has barred it from disclosing how much of Afghanistan is under Taliban control – a...

Lithuania issues 48 Russians under Magnitsky law, bars Kadyrov

VILNIUS: Lithuania has issued its first blacklist of 49 Russians banned for allegedly violating human rights or engaging in corruption and money laundering under...

Road rage puts alleged ‘Goodfellas’ mobster behind bars

NEW YORK: New York may have recorded a dramatic fall in crime this year, including the lowest annual murder total since the 1950s, but a sentencing...