U.S. Republicans on Friday repealed a securities disclosure rule aimed at curbing corruption at energy and mining companies and voted to ax emissions limits on drilling operations, part of a push to remove Obama-era regulations on extractive industries.

Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during Sunday night prayers, in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a "terrorist attack on Muslims".

Police said two suspects had been arrested, but gave no details about them or what prompted the attack.

Nigeria is seizing back one of Africa's richest oil blocs and will prosecute petroleum giants Shell and Eni in a $1.2 billion corruption scandal that has drawn investigators from the United States, Italy, France, Switzerland and Holland, according to a Nigerian Federal High Court document.

An investigating judge in Haiti has spent four hours questioning the president-elect, Jovenel Moise, about fraud allegations.

Mr Moise - who is due to be sworn into office next month - says he went to the court voluntarily without a lawyer.

The former banana exporter denies accusations of money laundering and receiving favourable loans before he entered politics.

The good news is that the world as a whole is not any more unscrupulous than it was a year ago. The bad news: The number of countries considered corrupt is on the rise.

The SEC on Friday announced that it was charging two New York City men on running an $81 million Ponzi scheme that deceived investors into buying blocks of tickets to high-demand shows including Adele concerts and the smash Broadway hit “Hamilton.”

The two men, Joseph Meli and Matthew Harriton, allegedly raised about $81 million from at least 125 investors in 13 states.

Two Honduran executives allegedly used a Panamanian business and a US bank to pay $2.5 million in bribes, suggesting that banks based in Panama and the United States may be involved in one of the biggest corruption cases in Honduras.

German-based lender Deutsche Bank has shut all National Bank of Kenya (NBK) accounts over suspected money laundering activities, Weekend Business has learnt.

Sources within the bank said the closure took effect towards the end of last week. The revelations come even before the dust settles after former chief executive officer Munir Ahmed and five other top managers were edged out over corporate governance issues within the lender.

Sweden is consistently ranked one of the least corrupt countries in the world, but htat is not to say that it is without the occasional corruption scandals. The last couple of days have revealed corruption at the National Property Board of Sweden and a scandal concerning suspected bribery in the form of hunting trips arranged by the forest industry company Holmen. 

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian police announced on Thursday that they were seeking the arrest of Eike Batista, the oil and mining tycoon who was once the country’s richest man, in an expansion of the vast corruption investigation that has ensnarled dozens of politicians and business leaders.