News Headlines - 05 April 2016

▽Iceland PM resigns over Panama Papers leak — FT.com

Iceland’s prime minister resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first casualty of the leaked revelations over offshore companies.
For the second time in a decade, the island of just 320,000 people has become the centre of global attention over financial excesses, even as it remains deeply divided over the collapse of its banks in 2008.

▽South African president Jacob Zuma survives impeachment vote | The Guardian

The South African president, Jacob Zuma, has survived an attempt to impeach him after the African National Congress party gave him its backing. But his long-term future is still in doubt after a string of influential figures called on him to step down.

▽Former top China military official 'took huge bribes' - BBC News

The military in China say a former top military official, Guo Boxiong, has confessed to taking "huge bribes" in return for promotions.
Gen Guo, 74, stepped down as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission in 2012. The government began investigating him last July.

▽Russia police raids target Japan Aum Shinrikyo cult - BBC News

Russian police have raided 25 premises in Moscow and St Petersburg linked to the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult... Ten people were detained in the St Petersburg raids, Itar-Tass news agency says. And 44 Russians expelled from Montenegro are under investigation.

▽China Censors Mentions of ‘Panama Papers’ Leaks - The New York Times

But in China, where the names of relatives of several top leaders have been found in the leak of millions of pages of documents from a Panamanian law firm that expose the murky world of offshore companies, most citizens will never hear of the news, which the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released on Sunday.