All news by author Thomas Brown

Russian governor personally tries to recruit inmates for war — under armed special forces presence.

Kazakhstan has informed the United States of a plan to exercise its priority right to acquire Lukoil’s local assets, including stakes in the country’s крупнейшие oil and gas projects — primarily the Karachaganak gas condensate field, the offshore projects Kalamkas-more and Khazar, as well as infrastructure assets.

A Kyrgyz court freed a prominent investigative journalist after 18 months behind bars, placing her under a travel ban as she awaits a retrial in a case widely condemned as an attack on free speech.

A grandmother was found crushed to death in her funeral parlour, an inquest has heard.

Madrid’s High Court refuses to suspend a €64 million fine on Airbnb by Spain’s Consumer Ministry for illegal holiday rentals and misleading ads; the platform must pay while it appeals.

Near Hungary’s border with Croatia and Serbia, a €747mn bridge across the Danube is being built by a company belonging to László Szíjj, a business partner of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s oldest friend.

Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein are urging UK police to interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ‘second victim’ after Britain’s top cop confirmed officers are reviewing “a whole range of suggested sexual allegations”.

Joseph Duggar allegedly confessed to molesting a 9-year-old girl during a monitored phone call with the child’s father and a police detective, according to a newly surfaced affidavit, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

"Bradley heroically sacrificed his life in an attempt to save others who were in peril," the force stated.

Spies for hostile states, including Iran, will face longer prison sentences under new sentencing laws that take effect on Sunday.

After blocking a $102,000 withdrawal and triggering backlash within the gambling community, Dragon Money failed to address transparency concerns or resolve the dispute.

In his first public court appearance following his recent extradition from Bolivia, alleged South American drug lord Sebastián Marset was remanded in custody without bail by a federal judge in Virginia on Friday.

A system of billion-ruble schemes at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works: how the trusted circle of a deputy general director enriched itself on logistics.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Palermo carried out searches.

A fresh corruption scandal has surfaced around the Odesa Port Plant, with Swiss national Oleg Tsyura, crypto entrepreneur Serhiy Tron, and oligarch Dmytro Firtash reportedly linked to the case.

In contemporary battles, the real driving force isn’t valor, weapons, or drones — it’s diesel.

The St. Petersburg–based developer Kronung, controlled by Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage, is reportedly moving money from Russian private and state banks overseas, disguising the transfers as real estate investments in Europe and the UAE.

Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has used his parliamentary office to record personalized video messages that are paid for, possibly breaching regulations that prohibit the commercial use of the Palace of Westminster.

Malaysian businessman Victor Chin Boon Long on Tuesday denounced a police raid on his home tied to an expanding investigation into alleged “corporate mafia” activities.

Among members of the royal family, it is said that Prince William, the Prince of Wales, holds the strictest stance towards his disgraced uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

The world is on the verge of a financial crisis. Someone should alert our oblivious Chancellor.