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The campaign of revenge by Donald Trump against CIA officials is "blinding" the US to the threat posed by Russia, former intelligence officers have warned.

Poland has accused Russia of sending several drones into its territory, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying the country is the closest it has been to armed conflict since the Second World War.

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro has been jailed for 27 years and three months after being found guilty of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election.

The incoming president of the Oxford Union, George Abaraonye, has been accused of making light of the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Five of the drones were on a "direct path" to the base in a move Volodymyr Zelensky said was aimed at slowing supplies of air defences to Ukraine ahead of winter.

A Jewish tourist couple have been assaulted by a group of 10 migrants in the latest in a series of anti-Semitic attacks in Europe.

Turkish authorities on Thursday seized Can Holding, a powerful conglomerate with major interests in media and education, as part of a sweeping investigation into alleged money laundering, tax evasion, and organized crime.

Human rights activists, lawyers, LGBT people, children, and women have all faced repression in Egypt’s decades-long human rights crisis. In the latest escalation, authorities have since July 2025 been targeting social media influencers, including TikTokkers, vloggers, belly dancers, and tattoo artists, citing “family values” and “public morals.”

As the military in Nepal engages in negotiations with protesters, journalist Rajneesh Bhandari talks with OCCRP about the widespread corruption that has enraged Generation Z.

The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found.

Reports suggest the Russian drones shot down over Poland yesterday were believed to have been aimed at a NATO base.

A furious Qatar has accused Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “narcissistic saboteur-in-chief” determined to wreck the chances of peace in the Middle East, after Israel bombed the Qatari capital on Tuesday.

Authorities in the US were still searching on Thursday for a suspect in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, hours after the close ally of Donald Trump was killed at a Utah university, sparking condemnation from both sides of politics and grave threats from the president.

Ireland will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026 if Israel takes part, broadcaster RTE has announced.

President Donald Trump has said he is "not thrilled" about Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, which promises to give him a fresh diplomatic headache in the Middle East.

A joint operation between several central European countries has identified an alleged Belarusian spy ring that reportedly included a former deputy head of Moldovan intelligence.

The Trump administration led a “campaign of retribution” against a group of decorated FBI agents who were seen as opponents of the White House agenda, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a Washington, D.C., federal court.

A U.S. senator unveiled legislation today intended to force the Treasury Department to release financial documents containing names of women and girls potentially trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender

A Ukrainian man accused of leading a global ransomware network has been placed on the European Union’s Most Wanted list.

The US tech billionaire Larry Ellison has surpassed Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after shares in Oracle, the business he co-founded, soared in early trading on Wednesday.

Harry Potter legend Stuart Craig has died aged 83 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

A court in South Korea has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for biting off part of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault, after she challenged the ruling, inspired by the country’s #MeToo movement.