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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.

Before Thursday’s long-awaited first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping since the US president’s return to office, officials from both sides have been working hard to shape the framework of a potential trade deal between Washington and Beijing, an agreement that could end months of global economic turmoil caused by the US-China trade war.

Voting is currently underway in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, and polls suggest that Geert Wilders’s anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV) could again be the frontrunner, although there’s little likelihood of it being part of the next government.

Boris Johnson approved China’s super-embassy proposal in 2018 and welcomed the fact it would represent “China’s largest overseas diplomatic investment” anywhere in the world, the Guardian can disclose.

This is the inside story of an extraordinary and chaotic trial that will further fuel alarm about the potential scale of financial abuse against the elderly across the UK.

Elon Musk launched Grokipedia – his version of Wikipedia – on Monday, as the richest man in the world further seeks to create an alternative information and media ecosystem molded to his views.

A doctor prohibited from practicing medicine in the United Kingdom for malpractice and sexual misconduct has been suspended in Spain following revelations from a joint investigation by Spanish outlet infoLibre and the OCCRP-led “Bad Practice” project.

The Hong Kong Customs Service seized over 150 tonnes of donkey skins in a major operation, intercepting two shipments, according to a statement released by the customs office late Monday.

Brigitte Macron’s daughter has informed a Paris court that false online claims stating the French first lady was born a man have negatively impacted her mother’s quality of life, making her constantly concerned about the clothes she wears and her posture.

A Kyrgyz court has labeled three independent news outlets as "extremist" organizations and banned their publications, marking the latest escalation in a crackdown on media outlets investigating corruption and criticizing the government.

A group of Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods three years ago has initiated legal action against two of Germany’s most polluting companies.

A new United Nations force has begun operating in Haiti amid a flurry of media messaging about its mandate to “neutralize” heavily-armed criminal gangs, which have seized control of much of the Caribbean nation in a murderous rampage.