All news by author Thomas Brown

The European Commission has opened an investigation against TikTok for facilitating interference in Romania’s 2024 presidential elections.

Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others

Former Russian president’s Telegram post follows paper’s editorial about assassination of a Russian general

The terror threat to the UK is currently “smouldering”, according to one of the country’s lead Counter Terror officers.

Greek businessman Roman Spiridonov, through his company Petroruss, not only launders money for large Russian state oil companies but also handles maritime transport for them, managing to avoid Western sanctions in the process.

Russia sent two Tu-22M3 nuclear-capable bombers over the Baltic Sea as Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited British troops in Estonia.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, died early on Tuesday after a device hidden inside a scooter was detonated as he emerged from his apartment block - with his driver also killed

By Ben van der Merwe, digital investigations journalist, and Mickey Carroll, science and tech reporter

Prosecutors and the defence have agreed to recommend a sentence of between four and six years in prison, according to the plea agreement.

Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo, who forged links with the Duke of York and mixed with other British establishment figures, insisted he has "done nothing wrong or unlawful".

Explosions rocked the sky above Syria as Israeli strikes are said to have targeted military sites in the country’s coastal region - with one blast detected on earthquake sensors

£70,000 worth of stolen whisky has been discovered by police in the back of a lorry after a motorway chase on the M606 near Bradford.

At least 13 crewmen have been thrown overboard after a Russian oil tanker reportedly split in two as large waves battered the vessel off the coast of occupied Ukraine

Vote comes almost two weeks after Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law plunged country into crisis

The owner of a vintage handbag business has been forced to move premises after a "high percentage" of her stock was stolen.

Statement from the Duke of York says he met the businessman through ‘official channels’ and ‘nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed’

The Data Protection Commission is to examine whether an assessment needed to be carried out before people’s data was processed.

Tom Parker Bowles has candidly revealed his thoughts about his stepbrothers Prince William and Prince Harry in a rare interview where he’s expressed ’sympathy’

Britain and other members of Nato have been urged to shift to a ‘wartime mindset’ amid the ongoing threats from Russia.

The organisation responsible for professional referees in the UK, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), said in a statement that his employment with them had been terminated "with immediate effect".

Disgraced MLM veteran Holton Buggs is shamelessly challenging the CFTC’s request for a Traders Domain preliminary injunction.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.

Obada Jbara was on hand after rebels seized the central prison in Hama.

Syrian rebels have toppled Bashar al-Assad, ending his family’s 54-year authoritarian rule after nearly 14 years of war - and the leader is now in Moscow with family