All news for 2025-07-17

Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic doctor. Reporters set out to unmask him.

An individual purported to be a Balkan mob hitman was shot dead in Barcelona in what seems to be a gangland execution.

Fellows urged the academy to respond to the Tesla owner’s involvement in the Trump administration’s actions against research

Offshore companies, mystery lenders, and a flat near a Belarus-linked tycoon’s business—investigations reveal how Lithuania’s prime minister secured public loans, undeclared real estate, and private backing—all while denying any wrongdoing.

According to the police, Indonesian authorities have arrested 12 people accused of running a baby-trafficking ring between Indonesia and Singapore, according to police.

In the spring of 2024, banks in the UAE began freezing the accounts of companies allegedly linked to the Russian shadow fleet.

Luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is eliminating up to 500 management positions in the UK, an action described as a ’personal embarrassment’ for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Watch the moment an Australian model has her phone stolen out her hand for the second time in three months - and she chases the masked thieves.

Two ringleaders of the Rochdale grooming gang scandal could soon be deported as part of a ’deal’ with Pakistan after the UK lifted a ban on direct flights to the south Asian country.

The controversial businessman, possessing multiple passports - the master of offshore dealings?

Over the past year, thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register as part of a crackdown on corporate entities suspected of facilitating criminal activities in the UK and abroad.

Shops are legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children just weeks after single-use vapes were banned in an effort to reduce their use among young people, Trading Standards has warned.

Clintons shuttered 38 stores, resulting in the loss of over 300 jobs in the past financial year.