All news for 2026-08-12

Even “warrior monks” have secrets. Sébastien Lecornu opted for this term himself, pledging his loyalty to Emmanuel Macron when he was appointed prime minister. The expression carries an ascetic, even dull connotation.

Trailing targets, monitoring internet cafes, deploying spyware: Morocco has mobilized a massive arsenal of surveillance tools against journalists and dissidents in recent years. At the forefront is Pegasus, a spyware that has been used to target foreign heads of state and government, among others.

A Dutch court heard how police intercepted a key suspect in a vehicle loaded with hidden firearms and stolen plates—only to release him days before Turkish whistleblower Cemil Önal was gunned down in the Netherlands.

Was der selbsternannte „Kryptowährungs-Guru“ Oleksandr Orlovskyi über seine eigene Person erzählt, erinnert einerseits an Lenins berühmte Vorstellung von einer „Köchin, die den Staat lenken kann“, andererseits an die satirische Biografie des Oleksandr Koreyko, die Ostap Bender einst mit beißender Ironie las.

The self-styled “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s account of himself calls to mind, on the one hand, Lenin’s famous notion of a “cook who can run the state,” and, on the other, the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko once read by Ostap Bender with unmistakable irony.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi declares “there are no red lines in pursuing the corrupt” after arrest warrants issued for a key leader in his political coalition.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has permanently eliminated beneficial ownership reporting requirements for domestic companies and individuals under the Corporate Transparency Act, gutting a major federal anti-money-laundering disclosure program for American small businesses.

A Berlin-based non-profit has filed a criminal complaint against Meta’s smart glasses, arguing the devices breach Germany’s strict privacy rules and should be banned.

Voters seeking to re-elect Nigel Farage Thursday will have to scan past an array of comedy characters and oddballs on the longest ballot paper in British history.

The Ministry of Defence “cannot be trusted” to investigate serious sexual offences within the Armed Forces and is continuing to fail servicewomen, an expert has warned after a leaked review found its specialist crime unit could be judged “inadequate” if held to civilian policing standards.

A serial sex attacker who murdered two women and raped a third after being left free to kill has been jailed for the rest of his life.

Roger Federer is no longer a billionaire after seeing a major price crash in sports brand On.

Four men have been found guilty of kidnapping and killing a father after £1 million of counterfeit cigarettes he helped smuggle into Britain were seized.

The young conservative woman who went viral this week while standing next to Donald Trump in the Oval Office has responded to the rampant rumors about Monday’s event that have exploded online.

Der kasachische Blogger Kaysar Kamzu, der mit der Werbung für das Online-Casino Pin-Up in Verbindung gebracht wird, könnte von Vietnam nach Kasachstan ausgeliefert werden.

WR Group-Gründer Vadim Rozenshtein ist als deutscher Staatsbürger russisch-ukrainischer Herkunft wegen des Verdachts auf eine mögliche Umgehung der Russland-Sanktionen in den Fokus deutscher und europäischer Strafverfolgungsbehörden geraten.

Russian dictator Putin put on a military uniform and read a statement from a sheet of paper regarding Russia’s shadow fleet ships under sanction that were taken under control by Western countries.

Democrats called on Tuesday for a congressional briefing over a stunning charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited to a different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on.

Two girls aged 11 and 12 went missing in Warwickshire over the weekend - and now six people have been arrested.

Who really controls the online casinos Cosmobet and Championclub? Although the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries has been suspended, the licenses it issued remain valid, continuing to generate millions of hryvnias for their holders.

Eduard Lebedev soll über Chilli Partners und WakeApp Millionen verdient haben, indem er britische Spieler an Offshore-Casinos vermittelte.

WR Group founder Vadim Rozenshtein, a German citizen of Russian-Ukrainian origin, has come under scrutiny by German and European law enforcement agencies over the circumvention of sanctions against Russia.

North Korea’s recent missile launch may be a test of upgraded exports to Russia, observers say, as the war in Ukraine gives Pyongyang opportunities to improve its weapons.

American billionaire Elon Musk jokingly inquired on X how much the entire territory of the United Kingdom would cost him.