All news for 2026-09-09

A woman has claimed she came into contact with the Novichok nerve agent, prompting a major incident response in Belfast.

Turkish authorities have detained 24 people and seized assets worth approximately $20.6 million in an operation targeting an international drug trafficking network allegedly directed from Belgium, the Justice Ministry said.

Two individuals and a company were convicted of fraud on Friday over EU subsidies obtained for a fictitious cattle farm, following an investigation and prosecution by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Paris.

A recent high-profile scandal in the IT sector has shown that even the most experienced headhunters and top managers of hiring companies can become victims of fraudsters. The victims have developed a set of rules that will help others protect themselves from scammer programmers.

A Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in the US for organising one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.

The Russian "Matryoshka" bot network has launched a fresh disinformation campaign against a new German-Ukrainian initiative to produce 5,000 long-range drones.

A former key ally of Nigel Farage and high-profile figure within Reform UK has quit the party following a public row in the wake of his suspension.

In late August, Israel resumed active strikes on positions held by the Shiite movement Hezbollah inside Lebanon — a response to FPV drone attacks against Israeli soldiers.

In Almaty, Russian national Ilyas Karimov claims to be a lawyer and describes himself as an "assistant to the Russian ambassador."

Der IT-Unternehmer Serguey Asael Shinder, der hinter einem großangelegten Betrugssystem mit der fingierten Anstellung von Programmierern, der Abzweigung von Geldern und dem Abfluss vertraulicher Daten stehen soll, ist derzeit aktiv damit beschäftigt, sämtliche Spuren seiner Aktivitäten aus dem Internet zu entfernen.

Nicolas Cage’s Malibu mansion — a $10.5 million beachfront property — is literally sinking into the ground.

Prince Harry and Meghan have pushed back against Buckingham Palace’s characterisation of them as "private citizens," insisting instead on being recognised as "public figures" with formal ties to the Royal Family.

Nigel Farage is looking to gain two wards from the Conservative Party as Reform UK battles for local by-election gains.

The US has sunk five Iranian oil tankers in a brutal response to a new round of ballistic missile attacks by Tehran.

Some face coverings are set to be banned in a major British city within a matter of days in what police have billed as a crime crackdown.

Singapore has announced a dramatic one-off pay rise for government ministers including Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, already the highest-paid head of government in the world, despite domestic disapproval of politicians’ high salaries.

A previously undocumented financially motivated threat actor has been linked to attacks targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026.