All news for 2025-10-29

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani met with UK Secretary of State for Defense HE John Healy and his accompanying delegation during their visit to the State of Qatar.

A former policeman has been found guilty of second-degree murder after the fatal shooting of a woman in the US.

When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.

Sophisticated criminal networks are dumping millions of tonnes of waste in the British countryside every year, costing the UK an estimated £1 billion annually, according to a House of Lords inquiry.

Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity.

A cruise passenger in her 80s, who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour around Australia, was found dead after being left behind on a tropical island.

Police forced entry into two properties in Digbeth following reports of illegal money-laundering operations.

Eric Trump was in Dubai on family business. Meeting with a Chinese businessman and his associates on the sidelines of a cryptocurrency conference in May this year, the son of US President Donald J. Trump ran through his usual talking points about the inefficiency of traditional banks and his own famous father’s conflicts with financiers.

A 67-year-old woman from Tenby will appear in Crown Court this November for two historic offences of benefit fraud.

Drake has been sued for making "deeply fraudulent" gambling promotions.

A North London midwife who fraudulently received £2,000 after forging GP sick notes been suspended despite her “deep regret”.

A criminal gang member who falsely claimed he was the father of eight Albanian children to get them UK citizenship has been jailed.

New rules that will make phone networks block scam texts from reaching potential victims have been proposed by Britain’s communications watchdog.

Portuguese police searched the premises of Novo Banco, the country’s fourth-largest bank, as well as the local unit of auditing firm KPMG on Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspected corruption linked to the sale of the lender’s assets, prosecutors said.

The Criminal Court has sentenced two employees of the Public Authority for Civil Information and an expatriate representative to five years in prison.

Polish prosecutors are seeking to charge Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro with misusing public funds and purchasing Israeli spyware Pegasus, allegedly to target opposition politicians.

British tourists have been advised to remain indoors after Storm Melissa completely submerged towns in Jamaica.

The tale of Bakytgul Khamenova is more than just a typical bribery case. It mirrors the entire Kazakhstani system, where for many years integrity and professionalism have been eclipsed by personal loyalty, networks, and demonstrations of allegiance.

A man crushed to death by a retractable urinal was responsible for his own death, his company has claimed.

A record number of people have been arrested as part of a government crackdown on illegal working in the UK.

Under repeated assaults from hundreds of excavators and artisanal miners, the Offin River is now a shadow of its former self.

One child has died after ‘a hazardous materials incident’ broke out in a flat in east London.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday, after devastating western Jamaica on Tuesday.