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Georgia’s internal security service said on Saturday that it had arrested three Chinese citizens in the capital Tbilisi for attempting to illegally purchase two kilograms of "nuclear material" uranium, Georgia’s Interpress news agency reported.

Fresh US measures against Russian energy giants are tightening the seaborne supply of oil, pushing Brent higher as traders price in risk.

The left-wing independent candidate Catherine Connolly is on track to win Ireland’s presidential election, according to early vote tallies.

Turkey is likely to be excluded from the 5,000-strong stabilization force that is to be established inside Gaza, as Israel made it clear it did not want Turkish troops involved.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Ilya Sorokin, a prison doctor exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL’s “Schemes” program in July as having systematically humiliated, tortured, and denied medical assistance to Ukrainian prisoners of war.

The Pakistan Navy’s seizure of narcotics in two major operations in the Arabian Sea this week is one of the largest in history and a crucial step in curbing drug trafficking routes across the region, an expert told OCCRP on Friday.

Both platforms now have time to respond to the findings or face a penalty of up to 6% of their global annual revenue.

The case sent shockwaves through France and reignited a heated debate over the country’s immigration policies.

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.

The Trump administration plans to redirect a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump towards paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

Donald Trump has announced an immediate end to “all trade negotiations” with Canada over a television advertisement opposing US tariffs that quoted the former US president Ronald Reagan.

Virgin Australia has become the first Australian airline to welcome pets in the cabin on flights between Melbourne, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast.

Anthony Boyd, 54, has been executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama for his role in the 1993 murder of Gregory Huguley, who was burned alive over a $200 cocaine debt.

Women in Australia’s defence forces launched a class action lawsuit Friday alleging widespread and systematic sexual violence, harassment, and discrimination.

Russian national Semen Kuksov was sentenced last year in the U.K. for his role in an international ring that laundered funds for criminals.

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on several Balkan-based crime figures and gangs linked to “illegal migration to the U.K.,” and members of an international network financing people-smuggling operations.

A woman has been found dead on a beach in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday warned Israel against annexing the West Bank, calling lawmakers’ preliminary vote to extend sovereignty in the occupied area and the surge in settler violence there a “threat to peace.”

Twenty-three people were arrested after an hours-long standoff with Irish police, whose members were directly struck with fireworks, stones, and other debris on a third consecutive night of disorder in Dublin.

The cost of creating convincing synthetic media has collapsed – and so has society’s ability to distinguish between real and fabricated information. So what are Europe’s rising startups doing about it?

The company Agro Gas Trading (AGT), which is a subject of investigation by NABU and SAPO regarding corruption schemes at the Odesa Port Plant (OPP), has submitted an official application to participate in its privatization.

A knife-wielding con got close enough to Diddy to press a makeshift blade to his throat, the rapper’s best friend has exclusively told.

The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a sharply worded resolution condemning what it called an “escalating wave of repression” in Serbia, urging targeted sanctions against senior officials accused of violence and human rights abuses amid mass anti-government protests.