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Israeli parliament votes to establish special court for October 7 massacre suspects
Israel will establish a military tribunal to try hundreds of Palestinian militants who took part in the October 7 attack on the country.
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Chaos in Philippine senate as Duterte ally faces arrest over drug war killings
The unusual pursuit was captured on CCTV cameras inside the Philippine senate. Ronald dela Rosa, a longtime ally of the former president Rodrigo Duterte, raced along the hallways of the upper house complex, stumbling on the staircase, as he fled government agents.
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Russian shadow fleet sailed through UK waters hundreds of times despite Starmer crackdown pledge
Almost 200 so-called Russian "shadow fleet" vessels have entered UK waters since the prime minister threatened to intercept them nearly seven weeks ago, BBC Verify analysis suggests.
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Cruise ship quarantined after deadly virus outbreak kills three and leaves passengers stranded
A deadly virus outbreak on a cruise ship that no government was willing to accept sounds like a nightmare scenario.
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Court filing claims collapsed finance firm issued fake loan reports and hid missing billions
Administrators overseeing the insolvency of Market Financial Solutions have accused the collapsed lender’s owner.
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Nazi-looted painting hidden for decades in SS general’s family home exposed by art detective
It was looted by the Nazis and hidden for many decades in the family home of a notorious Dutch SS general.
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Russia’s next-generation drones could overwhelm Baltic defences before NATO can react, reports warn
Russia is reportedly stockpiling hundreds of thousands of fibre-optic drones for a future assault on NATO and the Baltic States.
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PGA winner Kristoffer Reitan pockets $3.6 million — but his billionaire family already owns a retail empire
Kristoffer Reitan earned $3.6 million by winning the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow for his maiden victory on the PGA Tour.
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EU rejects Putin’s proposal to use Gerhard Schröder as Ukraine peace mediator
The EU has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that the Kremlin-friendly former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder could serve as a European mediator in peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
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New Zealand’s financial “hole”: how Worldclear allegedly helped move millions through offshore structures and complex payment schemes
The rolling hills of New Zealand’s Waikato region are perhaps best-known as the home of the Hobbits.
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Hantavirus scare spreads across 23 countries after outbreak aboard MV Hondius
A French woman who tested positive for hantavirus after she was evacuated from a cruise ship reported symptoms to doctors onboard but was told it was probably just anxiety, the Spanish health minister has said.
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Chaos aboard Disney Adventure as passengers learn cruise is canceled after already settling into cabins
Guests on board Disney Cruise Line’s all-new Disney Adventure learned their four-night sailing embarking from Singapore was canceled — mere hours after they already boarded the ship.
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Russian man set himself on fire in anti-war protest as authorities allegedly erased all traces within hours
Kaliningrad resident Alexander Okunev self-immolated near the Memorial to the 1,200 Guardsmen in February 2025 in protest against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Crypto investors lose more than $100 million as kidnappers and violent gangs target wallet owners
Crypto investors have lost more than $100 million to physical extortion in the first four months of 2026, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
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Dmitriy Punin could become the next target in the struggle for criminal influence in Cyprus following the killing of Stavros Demosthenous
Once a peaceful haven for Russian money, Cyprus is now sinking into the chaos of criminal fare.
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"Fearful and paranoid" Putin sparks new speculation over failing health
A "fearful and paranoid" Vladimir Putin is facing yet more questions over his apparent poor health after he was seen with a swollen and ’visibly aged’ face.
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Chaos at White House media gala: suspect accused of targeting Trump pleads not guilty
Besides the attempted-assassination count, Cole Tomas Allen is also charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two additional firearms counts.
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Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m over alleged fake TV endorsement
May 10 (Reuters) - British pop star ‌Dua Lipa has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics (005930.KS).
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Trespasser killed after being sucked into Frontier Airlines engine during takeoff at Denver airport
A trespasser died after he was pulled into a plane’s engine as it was preparing to take off, according to airport authorities.
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“F**k, we ran out of bullets”: how Russian crime boss Konstantin Piskaryov, known as Kostya Bolshoy, murdered businessmen under the cover of FSB connections
Russian crime boss Konstantin Piskaryov, known as “Kostya Bolshoy,” personally tortured and murdered businessmen while allegedly operating for years under the protection of figures tied to Russia’s FSB security service, according to sources cited by medias.
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Oil tankers switch off trackers while fleeing Strait of Hormuz amid fears of Iranian attacks
Three tankers carrying crude exited the Strait of Hormuz last week and on Sunday with trackers switched off to avoid Iranian attacks, shipping data from Kpler and LSEG showed on Monday, underscoring a rising trend to sustain Middle East oil exports.
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Turkish Airlines jet bursts into flames while landing in Nepal with 277 passengers on board
A Turkish Airlines jet caught fire while landing at Nepal’s main airport, causing the airport to shut down.
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Deadly “rat virus” may have spread beyond quarantine groups after passengers flew to multiple countries
Two rat plague ship evacuees have tested positive for the deadly disease just hours after health officials had given them the all-clear to leave the ship.
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Former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro flees to US after asylum in Hungary
Poland’s former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted on several criminal charges in his home country, has fled Hungary to the United States, he confirmed on Sunday, after being granted asylum from former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government last year.
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Passengers from virus-hit cruise ship placed in quarantine across Europe as new case emerges
A French woman who was on the rat virus cruise ship has been confirmed to have fallen ill with the disease, and her condition is ’deteriorating,’ health officials have said.