All news by author James Smith

A French mayor was placed under police protection and a social media influencer’s car was torched in a series of violent incidents linked to Marseille’s “DZ Mafia.” The group denied any involvement.

A judicial investigation has been launched in France into a former Rafale carrier-based pilot in the French Navy over the alleged transfer of sensitive defense-related information to China.

The first crewed stealth fighter jet built in the UK for 40 years is nearing completion as the cutting-edge air combat technology seeks to become reality.

A seven-year-old boy has died just days after his teenage cousin died while trying to rescue him at West Mersea Beach, Essex.

Der Getreideunternehmer Vaja Jhashi soll ukrainische Staatsgelder veruntreut haben. Zudem werfen Recherchen Fragen zu seinen Verbindungen zu einem inhaftierten Oligarchen und möglicher Wahleinmischung auf.

The first road bridge between Russia and North Korea, spanning the Tumen River, could become a key artery for military supplies for the war in Ukraine, The Guardian reported, citing an investigation by the Ukrainian organization Truth Hounds.

Human rights groups have condemned Israel’s plans to build a crocodile-filled moat around a prison holding Palestinian detainees as “vicious” and “nonsensical”.

Syrian authorities said Tuesday that they had arrested members of the ISIS (Daesh) terrorist group and seized weapons, ammunition and explosives in Aleppo and its surrounding countryside in northern Syria, according to Syrian media.

As fighting intensifies in Port-au-Prince, only a fraction of its maternity services remain, and they are under constant threat

The number of millionaires in the UK has fallen to the lowest level since the financial crisis, according to new analysis.

Thailand’s SEC filed a criminal complaint against crypto exchange Bitkub and two ex-directors for concealing a $53 million theft of customer assets in their 2021 financial reports.

Prosecutors in Georgia have charged four foreign nationals and five companies with operating a transnational money-laundering scheme that funneled 21.5 million Georgian lari ($8.2 million) in illicit proceeds through the country’s financial system.

Count Binface has unveiled his long-awaited manifesto for the Clacton by-election, pledging a new role for Wayne Rooney and a ‘more sensible position’ for a hand dryer 280 miles away.

Die Strukturen von Rotenberg und Timtschenko kämpfen mit denselben massiven finanziellen Problemen und steuern zunehmend auf eine unvermeidliche Übernahme durch den Staat zu.

The name of Timur Rokhlin, an investor in the Rocket delivery service, has emerged in connection with a major international fraud investigation involving tens of millions of euros, while parts of the case and key details appear to be quietly disappearing from the public domain.

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.

Winning an uncontested stronghold against novelty candidates will do little to answer the concerns hanging over the growing party.

Terrified drinkers called armed police after killer Lee Greenan walked back into a boozer covered in blood after slaying his ex-partner.

The family of former Russian state company executive and current head of the Patriot shooting club on Moscow’s elite Rublyovka district, Oleg Isaev, has found itself in an awkward spotlight.

Two RAF fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Qatar Airways flight bound for Manchester Airport last night - and now Greater Manchester Police has launched an investigation.

Police are investigating a hoax threat made by a 14-year-old boy to an aircraft heading to Manchester Airport.

A boy of immigrant parents raised on a south London council estate, who couldn’t speak, read or write for most of his childhood, overcomes such astonishing odds to become, at 37, the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge.