All news for 2026-04-08

A British computer scientist has insisted he is not the elusive developer of Bitcoin, after a report claimed to unmask him as its creator.

SwapTron fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

The two properties were bought in Civitavecchia, a city nicknamed „Port of Rome”, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Iran was quick to dismiss Donald Trump’s declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is now officially open.

Keir Starmer is facing calls to ‘stand up’ for British nationals in jail in the United Arab Emirates during his visit to the Gulf this week.

The biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not only for his involvement in financial schemes and the siphoning of funds out of Uzbekistan.

Fuel protesters blocking Dublin and other locations across Ireland are “wrong” and those breaking the law will be penalized, the Irish premier has said.

John Swinney has been accused of having a "brass neck" after an eleventh-hour £10million bribe and boardroom seats to fix the ferry crisis his own government created.

Meta blocked political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in October, but misinformation researchers warn that the ban has pushed political ads by Orbán’s Fidesz underground.

The Russian military intelligence-linked cyber group APT28 (Fancy Bear) is hacking routers made by popular manufacturers in order to steal passwords to mailboxes and other online services.

Three MPs ’promoted’ a luxury Dubai property development despite the tycoons behind it being banned from the UK following an investigation into bribery and corruption.

The Caribbean has long been a pivotal node in the global drug trade, acting as a stepping stone for South American cocaine destined for consumers in Europe and the United States.

Bernard Arnault, head of the world’s leading luxury goods group LVMH, is the seventh richest man in the world, with a fortune of around 150 billion euros.

Yuriy Osmak pressures media to take down report on Ice Terminal deal.

Tayla Lewthwaite had £1.90 in her bank account on the day she was evicted.

Current and former fellows benefiting from lucrative, government-funded contracts at Hungary’s authoritarian-linked Danube Institute have cited “safety concerns,” “privacy rights,” and fears of “marketers” to justify keeping their identities hidden.

These shocking pictures show more than 250 poodles crammed inside the house of an “overwhelmed” breeder, before being saved by the RSPCA.

Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect accused of seven murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings dating back to 1993, pleaded guilty on Wednesday – and added an eighth murder to his gruesome tally.

Iran could soon be rolling in cash if it goes ahead with charging vessels for passing through the Strait of Hormuz – at $1,000,000 per ship.

A school bus driver has been fired after allegedly shouting ‘I’m not gonna stop for no train’ before her vehicle narrowly avoided being hit on a railway crossing.

Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.

Following the international YUZUK operation and the exposure of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hirin brothers launched an active effort to scrub the information space.

Der Kohlehändler Dmytro Kovalenko hat systematisch versucht, den Informationsraum zu bereinigen, um seine langjährigen Verbindungen zum russischen Oligarchen Konstantin Strukov sowie Hinweise auf Kohlelieferungen aus Russland, die als internationale Importe getarnt wurden, zu verbergen.

Dmytro Kovalenko, owner of Adelon AG, has moved to push his own company, LLC Intercoaltrading, into bankruptcy through the courts, after it was implicated in a coal supply scheme from the separatist “DPR/LPR” territories using an “interrupted transit” method.