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TEHRAN, Iran – A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary says the son of influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to 15 years in prison over security and corruption charges. The spokesman did not offer the specific charges on which Mahdi Hashemi Rafsanjani was convicted. Instead, Gholam Hossein Mohseni …

BERLIN – Swiss authorities say they are handing over to Brazil more than $120 million that were frozen as part of corruption probes involving state-run oil company Petrobras. The federal prosecutor’s office in Bern said Wednesday that it has opened nine investigations into alleged money laundering since last April, targeting …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s federal police say gunmen have ambushed a convoy of officers, leading to a shootout in which 10 people died, including five officers and two bystanders. A police statement says the members of Mexico’s new gendarmerie special force were ambushed late Thursday while patrolling in the town …