Two on Trial for Killing Ukrainian Woman Suspected of Planting a Bomb that Injured a Businessman in Monaco
Two Ukrainians stand accused of silencing the prime suspect in the attempted assassination of a sanctioned Ukrainian businessman.
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$10 Million in a Storm Drain: Iraq Cracks Open ‘Integrated Network’ in Massive Oil Scandal
A drainage-pit discovery pushes total asset seizures from former Deputy Oil Minister Adnan al-Jumaili past $120 million, exposing what lawmakers call a highly coordinated, systemic…
Ukraine Accuses Russian Prison Doctor of War Crimes Following OCCRP/Schemes Investigation
Following a joint OCCRP and Schemes investigation, Ukrainian authorities have issued formal notices of suspicion against a Russian prison medic and his enforcer, accusing them…
South Sudan: UN acts ahead of drought to protect thousands
As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take…
World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps, warning in a Friday report that many developing countries are…
How Fear of Nuclear Armageddon Leads Me to Protest
It was May 20, 2026, at one minute past midnight. I and two colleagues stood in front of the main gate of Vandenberg Space Force…
The Data Is In on GOP Budget: Rural Americans Are Losing Health Insurance Coverage
When the GOP slashed funding for federal health insurance assistance, rural residents were disproportionately hit.
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Seven-Country Operation Nets 28 Child Abuse Suspects
Authorities across seven countries have rescued three children and arrested 28 people in a Europol-coordinated operation targeting child sexual exploitation.Led by Norway, the investigation ran…
Diplomats go virtual to witness Gaza displacement site up close
Representatives from 12 countries carried out a “virtual diplomatic field visit” to a displacement site in the Gaza Strip and heard from some of the…
Use of explosive weapons ‘must stop’ in eastern DR Congo: Türk
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to…