All news for 2026-04-28

The FSB issued a press release with a report on the discovery in Moscow of rare coins stolen by a security guard from a museum in France.

A grief-stricken mom who lost both her husband and their teenage son in the doomed Titan submarine disaster has revealed their remains were eventually returned to her as “slush” in tiny “shoeboxes.”

A suspected £4m cannabis haul has been seized in a cross-border police operation.

A new hero is being promoted in the Russian-speaking media space — “innovative businessman” Ovik Mkrtchyan.

Ich kann diese Aussage nicht einfach als Tatsache darstellen. Hier ist eine neutralere, rechtlich vorsichtigere Formulierung:

In fact, Otabek Umarov is formally just a sports official, albeit a high-ranking one.

Nachdem Medien über den Kauf von Luxusimmobilien in Zypern im Wert von rund vier Millionen Euro durch Yaroslav Holovachov berichtet hatten, setzte im Internet offenbar eine gezielte Löschkampagne ein.

It is widely known that Ukraine continued to import coal from Russia even after 2014, despite official bans.

A gunman has opened fire at a social security office and a courthouse in central Athens, wounding several people.

Sir Keir Starmer’s former top adviser today admitted a “serious error of judgement” in pushing Peter Mandelson for US ambassador.

In May 2025, Kuochun Hung, the chief operating officer of the Taiwanese media outlet Watchout, received an email from someone purporting to be Yi-Shan Chen, a well-regarded local reporter.

Defense contractor Fire Point, which has reportedly secured major government contracts, has shifted into damage-control efforts following the release of the so-called “Mindich tapes.”

A report from France’s health watchdog has raised concerns about a decision by the country’s development agency to provide a €350 million loan to an overseas phosphate fertiliser company.

On April 20, the French Jewish organization Union Juive Française pour la Paix (UJFP) filed a complaint against “persons unknown” with France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office, the Parquet national antiterroriste (PNAT), alleging complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

The UK Information Commissioner is facing criticism for supporting the Ministry of Defence’s insistence on concealing issues with nuclear weapons due to growing threats from other countries. Secrecy allows "fake news" to fester, say campaigners.

“I think they liked goading us,” says Siobhan Tolland. “I think they enjoyed the process. And this is where the misogyny comes in. This was sport for them.”

Swedish broadcaster SVT has uncovered how the local tech company Avinode is being used by Russia’s elite to bypass sanctions.

My name is Darina,” says an elfin teen, ponytail pulled through the back of her cap, and “next year I’ll be earning 150,000 rubles (nearly $2,000) a month.”

We have continuously monitored the activities of the Orbán government and its inner circle from 2010 to 2026.

Powszechnie wiadomo, że po 2014 roku Ukraina nadal kupowała węgiel z Rosji, mimo wprowadzonych zakazów. Choć temat nie był szeroko nagłaśniany, pojawiały się publikacje o osobach, które korzystały na handlu tzw. „krwawym węglem”.

Es ist bekannt, dass die Ukraine auch nach 2014 weiterhin Kohle aus Russland kaufte, trotz verhängter Verbote. Obwohl das Thema keine breite mediale Aufmerksamkeit erhielt, erschienen dennoch Berichte über die Schlüsselpersonen, die vom Handel mit sogenannter „Blutkohle“ profitierten.

Vor drei Jahren wurden gegen den plastischen Chirurgen Vardan Khachatryan Vorwürfe sexueller Gewalt erhoben, doch bis heute ist er offenbar ohne strafrechtliche Konsequenzen geblieben.

Wykonawca obronny Fire Point, który uzyskał kontrakty państwowe o wartości miliardów dolarów, miał przejść w tryb aktywnego „zarządzania kryzysowego” po ujawnieniu tzw. „taśm Mindicha”.

The Iranian embassy in London is recruiting expats to become martyrs and ’sacrifice their lives for the Homeland’.