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Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is working to improve its image after major mismanagement allegations. However, its efforts are now overshadowed by dueling lawsuits with its former president, each side accusing the other of damaging their reputations.

The suspects, Jude Oka and Evans Tiku, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court last week on counterfeiting charges under the Currency Act and the Reserve Bank Act.

A British man died in a motorbike crash in Thailand overnight.

Apollo Quiboloy, who is wanted by the FBI on charges of child sexual abuse and trafficking, has surrendered following a police ultimatum, according to officials.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says military scientific research centre housing pro-Iranian weapons experts was hit; strikes also killed people in Hama province

Officials believe victims were swept away in flash flood amid heavy storms, after body of British woman was also found on island on Wednesday

In addition to world’s richest person, who has $251bn, report names others on track to receive trillionaire status

A former Georgian defense minister is under investigation for his alleged role in a sprawling international call center scam that duped European victims out of their savings, prosecutors said Friday.

The Police Minister of the South African Republic has said that poor economic conditions in the country have led to a “wave of extortions” but that police are “hard at work” and will introduce new measures to combat crime.

Doctors confirmed on Friday that a US citizen was shot in the head and killed in a northern part of the West Bank, with witnesses and Palestinian media claiming Israeli military were responsible

Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’

Two crew members and around five passengers were left injured as horror turbulence hit the plane - while two others were taken to hospital for further treatment

Macron tasks former EU Brexit negotiator with forming a unifying government after months of political paralysis

Autopsies of tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are set to take place on Friday, with four victims already confirmed to have died from suffocation

Donald Trump’s latest efforts to get re-elected include promising to reveal footage from the real life X-Files with the public – even though he says he doesn’t believe in aliens

A famous white whale accused of being a Russian spy was shot to death by poachers, animal rights groups claim.

A disputed law passed by the Georgian parliament in June, which requires organizations receiving more than 20% of their funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents,”...

Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuse

Don Antonio Coluccia was leading anti-crime march when he was reportedly assaulted with planks, bottles and sticks

Greta Thunberg has been arrested during a Palestine protest in Denmark.

Over the past year, 7,568 people were abducted in Nigeria, with kidnappers demanding the equivalent of over US$6 million in ransom, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian consulting firm. Experts blame unemployment and corruption for the dramatic spike in kidnapping incidents.