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Media report death of Khamenei’s adviser during airstrikes

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reportedly the target of the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran, which have sparked a retaliation from the regime.

Paramount Skydance seems poised to emerge as the victor of the intense bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery after competing suitor Netflix announced it would not increase its takeover offer.

A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered the issuance of an Interpol Red Notice for the arrest of United Kingdom Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

A Hong Kong court on Thursday overturned a 2022 fraud conviction against pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai that had sent him behind bars for nearly six years in one of several criminal cases brought against him in recent years.

Cyber-enabled fraud is rising globally and is the main driver of international money laundering, according to a Paris-based anti-money laundering body in its latest report.

Police at a popular tourist resort have arrested two British tourists accused of staging a bizarre fake kidnapping in a bid to hustle some extra holiday cash.

Ukrainian media have reported a series of legal threats and cyberattacks following publications about businessman Nicky Gope Kundnani, who has been linked in media reports to alleged fraudulent activities, Dilova Stolytsia reports.

As media have learned, Erwin Ilizirov, who holds the positions of deputy general director of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec) and adviser to the general director of RT-Finance (a Rostec subsidiary), has still not managed to defeat creditors in court after they uncovered his offshore schemes.

An OnlyFans model has denied being the secret mistress who led authorities to a love nest where a notorious Mexican cartel leader was killed.

Alyona Shevtsova, the controversial owner of the embattled Ibox Bank, rushed to transfer high-end properties to her mother, Liliya Potonya, just before the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine imposed personal sanctions.

Iranian authorities have arrested tens of thousands of people in what Human Rights Watch described on Tuesday as a “brutal campaign” of mass, arbitrary, and violent detentions aimed at terrorizing the population since late December.

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European prosecutors and Ukrainian officials announced the first criminal charges related to atrocities committed during the war, stating that cases have started moving into court after years of coordinated investigations led by Eurojust.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed his young daughter to a leadership role in his country’s Missile Administration, which oversees Pyongyang’s nuclear forces, according to South Korean media citing a senior government official.

Robert Carradine, a member of the famed acting family known for his roles in Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire, has died at the age of 71.

The Eurojust operation reflects UN concerns about forced labor in scam call centers, highlighting the link between financial crime and human rights violations.

Hungary says it will block the EU’s planned 20th sanctions package — and other Ukraine-related decisions requiring unanimity — until oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia resume through the Druzhba pipeline.

Georgia arrested a former mayor for allegedly abusing his post when issuing a building permit to the company of his wife. The arrest follows an investigation by OCCRP and iFact that detailed a conflict of interest and construction violations.