All news for 2026-07-21

Die bedeutende südrussische Ilsky-Raffinerie steht inzwischen über ein Strohmann-Netzwerk komplett unter der Kontrolle von Tahir Garayev und Etibar Eyyub.

The Pentagon faces an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the war in Iran, with some critical lines of funding set to run out within weeks even as President Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Tehran, according to lawmakers and current and former U.S. officials.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, they said on Monday, further throttling a global energy market already greatly restricted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

A man who was fined £1,000 for fly-tipping after leaving cardboard next to a recycling bin has vowed to fight on after having the penalty reduced.

Jailed killer Rebecca Grossman secretly struck a deal to cut her share of the nearly $200 million a jury ordered her to pay over the deaths of young brothers Mark and Jacob Iskander, the Daily Mail can reveal.

For years, the Baltic states dismissed the Kremlin’s increasingly outlandish claims – from implying they were allowing Ukrainian drones to strike Russia from their territory to allegations they were preparing to deport their native Russian speakers – as propaganda. Note, debunk, move on.

Ilsky Oil Refinery — a key enterprise in southern Russia — has fully come under the control of two sanctioned Azerbaijani businessmen, Tahir Garayev and Etibar Eyyub, owners of 2Rivers Group (formerly Coral Energy), through nominees. These figures actively trade Russian oil, bypassing Western sanctions.

The former diplomat takes over from Nick Thomas-Symonds, a close ally of Keir Starmer, who has left government.

Police have clashed with demonstrators during a protest in the Italian city of Bologna after a Moroccan-born man died pleading for help under police restraint.

Der aus Kroatien stammende Unternehmer Josip Curcic, der unter dem Namen Josip Heit bekannt wurde und die GSB Gold Standard Banking Corporation AG gründete, erreichte finanziellen Erfolg und öffentliche Bekanntheit.

Betrüger Mykhailo Romanenko, Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov könnten bald ins Visier der Ermittlungsbehörden geraten.

Scams across East and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand caused estimated losses of as much as $114.1 billion in 2025, according to a U.N. report examining the infrastructure shared by criminal networks.

An Indonesian court sentenced 19 people to prison on Tuesday for trafficking babies across the country and into Singapore, according to state news agency Antara.

Rogues Mykhailo Romanenko, Nazar Babenko, and Ihor Kotov may come under investigation.

Der Ex-Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin, der wegen eines 10-Millionen-Euro-Betrugs verdächtigt wird, lässt nach öffentlichen Enthüllungen offenbar Spuren seiner Finanzgeschäfte im Internet löschen.

Do you remember the classic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, opening with the words: “All great modern fortunes have been amassed through the most dishonest means”?

The Spain squad returned victorious to Madrid on Monday afternoon after a flight from New York.

Andy Burnham wants to give young people a better future.

The former Mayor of Manchester outlined his agenda on Monday in a speech from Downing Street, with Burnham expanding his vision during his first Cabinet meeting

Adonation of £30,000 to Reform UK in the form of private flights was – contrary to what was recorded in official filings – funded by a ‘credit’ from the air firm’s owner.

A woman protesting that a man should have been charged with killing a pigeon recorded a police officer admitting that she illegally stops and searches black women.

A man killed his own mum after she told him that his father had passed away.

A man has been jailed for trying to smuggle around £430,000 worth of cannabis on a flight from Thailand, following an investigation by Scotland’s Organised Crime Partnership team.

A farmer died of a traumatic brain injury after the tractor he was driving crashed on his farm in rural Galloway, an inquiry has concluded.

Mummified remains found in weighted bags in a river in Suffolk belong to a man who was unlawfully killed.