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Shortly after the Swiss Supreme Court ordered the confiscation of funds tied to the notorious Magnitsky tax fraud, the money quietly vanished.

When Iraqi anti-corruption authorities moved to arrest one of the country’s top oil officials and his associates last week, they uncovered more than just a paper trail of graft.

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be released from the rest of his prison sentence after receiving a royal pardon, ending his parole months before it was due to expire in September.

A Lorry driver caused a massive pile-up in the south of France after falling asleep at the wheel.

Conspiracy theories are circulating online after President Donald Trump went without any public engagements for the seventh consecutive day, sparking fresh health concerns as he nears his 80th birthday.

Palestinians in Gaza, confined to increasingly smaller areas, are receiving less than half of the aid trucks promised as part of a ceasefire agreement and are urging the British government to take more action to protect them.

Complaints from EU lawmakers about the various indignities of the monthly trek to Strasbourg for plenary week aren’t rare.

Despite criminal cases in the West, he was given a grand reception in the Russian capital

The U.S. has asked Australia to extradite Ian Taylor, a business registration agent whose family set up firms used by organizations including the Islamist militant group Hezbollah, and Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel.

President Donald Trump reportedly lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a fiery phone call, where he told his Israeli counterpart that "everybody hates you" and suggested he would keep him out of jail.

Yesterday, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recitals

The Egyptians had their pyramids. The Anglo-Saxons had their barrows. And the Americans have their presidential libraries – the chief difference being that the leaders the US venerates are usually still alive at the opening.

This is the shocking moment a woman falls down a manhole on her way to work just hours after two men allegedly tried to steal the cover.

For three months, the Strait of Hormuz has remained closed. Iran shut the narrow passage between its coastline and Oman after the outbreak of war with Israel and the United States on 28 February

In a dimly lit television studio, one of Hungary’s richest men is on the verge of tears. It is early May, weeks after the general election that ended Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power, and the advertising mogul Balásy Gyula has an announcement to make.

Russian air raids on major Ukrainian centers including Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv have killed at least 11 people, injured dozens, and left others trapped.

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup less than two weeks away, authorities across North America are raising alarms over a surge in fraudulent job offers linked to the tournament

France intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet on Sunday with UK support, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.

Former child star Foster Sylvers has died aged 64. The musician shot to prominence during the 1970s, performing alongside his family in their band The Sylvers.

The men of my tribe [extended family] threw my relative Kawthar Bashar al-Husayjawi, 15, into a pit and covered her body with a bit of dirt.

A United Airlines plane heading to Spain from Newark Liberty International Airport turned back mid-flight on Saturday due to a potential security threat.

A fresh tranche of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US is set to be published today.

Whitehall officials fear that Ireland has become a “back door” to Britain for Russian spies because of its generous visa programme, an Irish politician has said.

The government came under increasing pressure this week after authorities searched the Socialist Party’s Madrid headquarters.