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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirmed on Wednesday that three Russian nationals were present at a training camp near the western town of Loznica, where authorities recently detained two suspects accused of preparing Moldovan and Romanian citizens to interfere in Moldova’s upcoming elections and incite unrest.

Human Rights Watch has warned that the European Union continues to export vast quantities of hazardous pesticides banned for use inside the bloc — mainly to countries in the Global South — despite evidence linking the chemicals to cancer, infertility, miscarriages, developmental problems, neurological disorders, and even death.

UK authorities are trying to recover £16.2 million (US$21.7 million) from a Malaysian fixer at the centre of a massive bitcoin scam, a court was told Tuesday.

The investigative group The Sentry said Wednesday that South Sudan’s leaders are siphoning public resources through off-budget arrangements, sole-source contracts, and manipulation of public procurement processes.

The sole Gaza–Egypt border crossing was expected to open Wednesday, enabling hundreds of trucks carrying urgently needed aid to enter the devastated Palestinian territory.

When Vladimir Putin first announced he would host a “Russia-Arab world” summit, the Kremlin imagined the region’s leaders flying to Moscow to discuss regional security and energy relations, with the Russian leader presiding.

A 25-year-old man is under investigation by Singapore Customs for allegedly not declaring a collection of Pokémon trading cards valued at over £22,500.

Credit Suisse has lost a 440 million US dollar (£325 million) High Court claim against Japan’s SoftBank Group over a restructuring agreement involving Lex Greensill’s collapsed firm.

A teacher has been removed from the register after allegedly engaging in inappropriate sexual conversations with children at a Wigan secondary school, just two months into the job.

A racing driver from Australia has been accused of raping one of Michael Schumacher’s nurses in a bedroom at the Formula 1 legend’s family residence.

Detectives trying to identify a baby whose body was found in a field almost a year ago hope a distinctive piece of underwear made abroad will help them track down her parents.

Keir Starmer has said he will release the crucial evidence from the Chinese espionage case that led to the trial collapsing.

This report examines the operations of Alkagesta Ltd, a Malta‑registered company accused in various reports of transporting oil products with disputed certificates of origin.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal case against exiled former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky and members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia—established by exiled politicians and activists in February 2022—alleging they plotted a violent seizure of power and organized a terrorist group.

Regulator Ofcom has fined Royal Mail £21 million for failing to meet delivery targets during the 2024/25 year.

A woman who permitted Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins to sexually abuse her baby is appealing for her release from prison.

Kamran Agayev, der aussieht, als hätte er als Türsteher in einem Nachtclub arbeiten können, aber tatsächlich der offizielle Eigentümer von Alkagesta ist, lebt laut der auberdschaischen Presse in Moskau, Russland.

Kamran Agayev, who appears as if he could have worked as a nightclub bouncer, but is in fact the official owner of Alkagesta, is living in Moscow, Russia, according to the Azeri press.

The parents of Britain’s largest family have been fined after taking their children out of school for a luxurious £52,000 trip to Disney World in Florida.

Dozens of people are feared to have died after a sleeper bus caught on fire on a motorway in India.

France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has suspended Emmanuel Macron’s flagship 2023 pension overhaul until after the 2027 presidential election in the hope of winning over enough Socialist deputies to survive a no-confidence vote.

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer who helped pioneer the sound of neo-soul, has died. He was 51.

The main criminal schemes of Ukrainian businessmen involve fake contracts, suspicious tenders, and money laundering through offshore companies. Key figures include the "dead man" Dmytro Malynovskyi, "crypto businessman" Serhiy Tron, oligarch Dmytro Firtash, and, lastly, Oleg Tsyura.

Five members of a Tyneside grooming gang are facing lengthy prison sentences after they were convicted of a series of sex attacks on underage girls.