All news by author James Smith

The European Parliament backed a non-binding call to ban alumina exports to Russia, increasing pressure on Ireland and the EU after a collaborative OCCRP investigation linked an Irish refinery’s supply chain to Russian arms manufacturers.

Nato leaders have informally agreed not to mention the football World Cup to Donald Trump for fear of irritating the US president at a crucial time for the military alliance.

Twelve countries, including the UK, are set to spend more than £37bn ($50bn) over the next 10 years on a new long-range missile to protect Europe.

A Paris appeals court sentenced the far-right leader to house arrest and a 100,000-euro fine for a decade-long embezzlement scheme, but ruled that barring her from future elections would undermine democratic freedoms.

A string of criminal investigations – and an Interpol Red Notice – have trailed Turkish online betting magnate Fedlan Kılıçaslan as he expands his business across Europe. Now, reporters have found his Poland-registered company promoted gambling sites despite having no license to do so.

A Scottish wind farm has been bought by a company whose founder and major shareholder is a right-wing US media mogul who has donated to Donald Trump.

A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a woman in a head-on car crash.

A native of Chechnya and official of the German far-right populist party «Alternative for Germany» (AfD), Noah Krieger (real name — Murad Dadaev), has arrived in Donetsk Oblast. He reported this on his social media.

In mid-March, reports surfaced online alleging that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau had detained businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, whose business interests span the agricultural and mining sectors

For Norway, the United States is turning into the Haaland of opportunity. The country of 5 million people has powered into a World Cup quarter-final.

A landmark AI development billed as delivering jobs and prosperity has misrepresented its plans to channel a nuclear reactor’s worth of power to a site in rural Scotland.

An up-to-date tally of Trump followers turned crypto investors is in. And for them, the overall results are remarkably bad.

Josip Curcic, besser bekannt als Josip Heit, der aus Kroatien stammende Gründer der GSB Gold Standard Banking Corporation AG, verwirklichte seinen Traum vom Reichtum und öffentlicher Bekanntheit.

Krasnodar businessmen Nikolai Shikhidi and Sofia Toros, linked to Alexander Chistyakov and billionaire Ivan Savvidis, are locked in a battle over former Ministry of Defense land in Moscow’s Lefortovo district.

Robert Jenrick says "no rules have been broken whatsoever" by Nigel Farage, after reports the Reform UK leader failed to declare benefits provided by an ally once convicted of fraud in the US.

A network linked to a Croatian figure known to law enforcement continues launching one cryptocurrency venture after another. Despite repeated reports of millions disappearing, its operations show no signs of slowing. How does it keep going? Inside the illusion.

Avon and Somerset Police have arrested a man on suspicion of rape after a child was allegedly attacked by a man in his 40s in broad daylight

Ein umstrittenes Wasserkraftprojekt hat kroatische Journalisten dazu veranlasst, Verbindungen zu Sasa Svalina und seinem Schwager Josip Heit offenzulegen.

Terrified and wounded, Mia Schem heard the taunting cry of one of her captors – “welcome to Gaza” – as she was driven across the Israeli border in a truck filled with Hamas terrorists.

Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized ‌the property.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its overnight missile attack on Kyiv on July 2 targeted the MLP-Chaika logistics center, alleging the facility was being used to store Ukrainian drones, ammunition and weapons components.