All news by author Thomas Brown

Roman Novak (also known as Yavorsky and Tsaryov), a native of St. Petersburg, was convicted in Russia in 2020 on large-scale fraud charges (Part 4, Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced to six years in a penal colony.

Media says they have confirmed that two seemingly different figures — Vadim Polezhaev, a longtime Russian “black PR” political operative once close to Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, and Vadim Polezhaev, deputy head of the Moscow City Court’s press service — are in fact the same person.

Two teenage Afghan asylum seekers who kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl have received prison sentences.

Rachel Reeves’ promise to reduce household energy bills by £150 might be nullified due to the costs associated with nuclear energy, concealed green levies, and new charges being introduced by the energy regulator, according to reports.

New data shows that over one-third of the 222,000 people ICE arrested in Trump’s first nine months had no criminal record, despite claims of targeting violent offenders.

Allegations of fraudulent payment system transactions against Dmitry Lee, head of NAPP in Uzbekistan, led to quick article takedowns as the reporting newspapers came under pressure.

Authorities say the strain of the virus that has killed wild boars in Catalonia is one often used for experiments in secure facilities.

Adult star Bonnie Blue has reportedly been arrested after taking her controversial "Bang Bus" tour abroad. It’s not the first time the star has faced issues in a foreign country.

More than 15 months later, one of his feet was found washing up in Sweden, while his other foot appeared the same month on Winterton beach with a trainer and socks.

The ruling mandates the unsealing of documents from the 2006-2007 federal investigation into Epstein in Florida.

In a move that has sparked outrage among aspiring students, several British universities have halted or restricted admissions from Pakistan and Bangladesh, citing rising visa misuse and mounting pressure from the UK Home Office to curb fraudulent applications.

Documents recovered after the fall of former Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad show how Syriatel shared client phone data with an intelligence agency.

State-owned Romanian energy firm Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA has declared much lower-than-average carbon dioxide emissions figures despite burning heavily-polluting low-grade coal, raising questions of whether it has skirted hundreds of millions in EU carbon taxes.

A man who initiated an unprovoked knife attack on two strangers at a London tube station has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.

Meghan Markle’s father has had his left leg amputated below the knee in a life-saving three-hour operation to remove a blood clot as he remains in an intensive care unit.

This Black Friday, fraudsters once again made concerted efforts to target bargain hunters hoping to cash in on the shopping frenzy, but this year far fewer succeeded.

David Lammy has refused to rule out the prospect of Britain rejoining the EU as he admitted the union holds the potential to ’boost UK growth’.

A 31-year-old man has been charged with allegedly assisting Manchester synagogue terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie by driving him to a UK defense facility to carry out reconnaissance.

Nearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.

The victim, in her 20s, reported she had been attacked in Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, at around 4am on Tuesday.