All news by author Sophia Martinez

Donald Trump has raised no concerns with me over defense spending, Sir Keir Starmer has insisted, just days after his defense secretary resigned and accused him of being unwilling to put enough resources into Britain’s struggling military.

A man who caused a woman to suffer “severe” psychological harm as a result of a two-day-long abduction, rape, and physical abuse ordeal has been jailed.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on Tuesday, causing intense shaking for over a minute.

Nach neuen Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal werden Informationen über den Ex-Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die ihm nahestehende belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina immer seltener in öffentlichen Quellen auffindbar.

Bruno Sala, 39, was jailed in November 2025 after grooming his victims though online dating apps before raping them and inviting other men to attack the women.

A cyber extortion group is targeting U.S. law firms by impersonating IT workers, stealing sensitive files, and threatening to publish the data if the firms do not pay, the FBI warned in a recent alert.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is experiencing his first total exclusion from Garter Day festivities in 20 years, six months after he officially lost his Knight of the Garter title.

Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.

The Royals have held their first Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle since disgraced Andrew was stripped of the honour.

How two savvy Ukrainian businessmen drove the powerful Intercoaltrading empire into collapse.

A Russian online sabotage network was behind a series of arson attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s family home and other targets linked to the UK prime minister, an FT investigation has found.

A 23-year divorce fight between an Indian-origin couple in the UK has concluded with a court awarding Varsha Gohil £6.6 million after years of litigation over a concealed £28 million fortune.

The $6.7 million fine ASB has agreed to pay for insufficiently vetting billions of dollars of transactions for money laundering is putting the spotlight on the law in New Zealand.

Oliver Tree’s final days before his tragic death in a horror helicopter crash have been revealed in heartbreaking videos.

Nigel Farage should take his “nasty hate, anger and division” elsewhere, a Cabinet minister has said, after the Reform UK leader published a long essay about Britain being a two-tier state against white people.

The UK’s new defence secretary has said he is “absolutely determined” to provide the armed forces with the funding needed.

Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen just hours before the King’s official birthday parade, with his mysterious bruise still noticeable.

Haji Najibullah appeared unbothered as he walked into Manhattan federal court earlier this week to learn whether he would face life behind bars for his role in brutal violence during his time as a Taliban commander – including the 2008 kidnapping of US journalist David Rohde.

SpaceX shares jumped 19% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, sending the company’s value past $2 trillion to make it the sixth-biggest U.S. company by value and turning Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire.

CCTV footage shows the man, dressed in dark clothes, approaching the house on Eastgrove Avenue, Bolton, on Wednesday evening, before pouring liquid on a cloth and setting it alight.

The council of London’s Southwark borough has repossessed a subsidized flat from Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone’s first lady, following a 12-month investigation launched after OCCRP and The Times last year revealed she had kept her tenancy at the property even after moving to the presidential palace in her home country.

A notorious Syrian-Lebanese trafficker widely known as the “Captagon King,” has been released from a Lebanese prison after completing a seven-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking. Judicial sources confirmed the release of Hassan Daqqou to Daraj, OCCRP’s Lebanese partner.

The message circulating on WhatsApp listed 26 locations in and around Belfast with an unambiguous instruction: “Forward to all men of the age 18 and over.