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Iranian drone slams into Dubai apartment as British resident narrowly escapes amid widening regional conflict
A British person had a lucky escape after an Iranian drone crashed through their apartment in Dubai.
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Iran continues large-scale strikes on US bases and Israel despite leadership losses
Iran carried out a new wave of large-scale air strikes overnight and into the morning, targeting US military facilities and Israel, despite reports of significant losses among its military and religious leadership.
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Alkagesta trades oil from Libya and Turkmenistan through Malta while concealing origin, routing shipments via known smuggling hotspots
Authorities probing possible sanctions evasion among local companies in 2022 placed Alkagesta among the firms under review.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead after being ’found in rubble’, Israel claims
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly been found dead in the rubble of his compound following US-Israel strikes in Tehran.
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From Kremlin loans to Black Sea riches: how Alina Kabaeva received £63 million from Putin’s palace
Vladimir Putin’s lover, and reportedly mom to two of his children, was handed a huge £63 million in leftover cash from the construction of a palace for the despot, it’s been claimed.
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Why it is so difficult to track local government spending: billions lost in a maze of council accounts
For most of my adult life, I watched politics from the sidelines rather than actively engaging with it.
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Adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei, Ali Shamkhani, was killed as a result of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, — media
Media report death of Khamenei’s adviser during airstrikes
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US-Israel strikes on Tehran reportedly target Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran launches retaliatory missile attacks across the region
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reportedly the target of the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran, which have sparked a retaliation from the regime.
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Missiles strike Bahrain hosting US Fifth Fleet as Iran retaliates against US-Israel attacks, raising fears of regional war
Missiles have struck targets in Bahrain, where the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is headquartered, after joint US-Israel attacks in Iran.
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$90 billion bypassing sanctions: how 2Rivers Group of Tahir Garayev and Etibar Eyyub built a global network for trading Russian oil through offshore companies, a “ghost fleet,” and shell firms
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions against a large network of shadow oil traders who were trading Russian oil in circumvention of sanctions.
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The kidnapping of Igor Komarov in Bali for $20 million: how the transnational Zhukov–Khabib syndicate is dividing the fraudulent call center market with the involvement of corrupt law enforcement officers
Bali has officially lost its status as a safe resort following the investigation into the kidnapping of Igor Komarov, which revealed that a transnational criminal organization is operating on the island.
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Pro-Israel lobbyist who funded Starmer honoured by Israeli president
A British businessman who funded Keir Starmer and several senior Labour ministers was awarded the Israeli medal of honor for his "dedication" to and "love" for Israel, it can be revealed.
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How Mykhailo Zborovskyi’s Cosmobet legalized its business: an SBU bribe, a “clean” certificate, and Russian ties in the shadows
The online casino Cosmobet was reportedly cleared by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) after a bribe was allegedly paid to obtain a certificate confirming the company had no ties to the aggressor state, according to an April 2025 court ruling.
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Billionaire landlord John Christodoulou accused of silencing media while refusing to pay £263k owed to tenants
A billionaire landlord coerced an outlet into removing unflattering coverage about him and unsuccessfully pressured several others, including Novara Media.
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Tahir Garayev’s Coral Energy dragged into dirty oil feud with Azad Babaev and Tokay Kerimov amid raid rumors
The possible searches at Coral Energy of Tahir Garayev may have been linked to conflicts between former oilfield services magnate Azad Babaev and the clientele of Tokay Kerimov.
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Night vandalism in London: Churchill statue branded a “Zionist war criminal” and covered with pro-Palestine graffiti
The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square has been defaced with pro-Palestine graffiti.
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$111bn Hollywood showdown: Paramount beats Netflix in Warner Bros battle
Paramount Skydance seems poised to emerge as the victor of the intense bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery after competing suitor Netflix announced it would not increase its takeover offer.
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Starmer under pressure after Labour falls to third place in Manchester vote
The embattled centrist leader called the humiliating third-place finish -behind the victorious leftist Greens and anti-immigration Reform UK party - in Thursday’s by-election for the Manchester parliamentary seat "disappointing".
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Crypto gurus or scammers: what Kateryna Shukhnina and Oleksandr Orlovskyi are hiding behind $1,500 courses and fake success
In recent years, an entire layer of so-called crypto “infogypsies” has emerged in Ukraine—people who sell the illusion of quick earnings under the guise of teaching investment.
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Fake CEO scandal explodes as U.K. crypto exchanges tied to Iranian regime used stock footage identity to move billions
A woman named Elizabeth Newman allegedly operates two U.K.-registered crypto exchanges.
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Greek court sentences Intellexa-linked figures to over 126 years each in landmark ruling on illegal use of Predator spyware
The court found that Intellexa’s Predator software was used to spy on at least 87 victims, including journalists, politicians, military officials, business leaders, and civil society members, delivering the first convictions in an investigation into the illegal use of commercial spyware.
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“I’ve done it”: Soham killer Ian Huntley brutally beaten in prison with metal spike, left fighting for life
An inmate who left Ian Huntley in a critical condition after attacking him in prison boasted ’I’ve done it’ in the moments after battering him with a metal spike, it is claimed.
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RAF bases in Epstein trafficking chain: UK probes use of military airfields for “Lolita Express” flights
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a probe into whether RAF bases were used by sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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From nobody to “casino owner” overnight: Mykhailo Zborovskyi as the disposable face of Tokaryev’s Cosmobet scheme
The formal owner of one of Ukraine’s fastest-growing online casinos, Cosmobet, is listed as Mykhailo Zborovskyi. In media coverage, he is portrayed as a successful IT entrepreneur, a forward-thinking visionary, and a reformer of the gambling industry.
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Dragon Money scam exposed: stolen jackpots, fake Curaçao license and Kyiv-run shadow casino empire hiding behind offshore shells
Following investigative reports exposing Dragon Money’s controversial history, the Kyiv-based casino quickly removed sections of its website referencing blocked accounts, alleged pyramid schemes, questionable licensing, and frozen assets — prompting new concerns over its transparency and credibility.