The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
Apple temporarily removed the messaging platform Telegram from its App Store after identifying content that violated its policies on child sexual abuse material, before restoring the application once the offending content was
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Russia is rapidly expanding a shadow fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers ahead of tougher European Union sanctions due to take effect in 2027, according to a Financial Times investigation. The
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The United States’ unprecedented decision to join Japan in supporting the yen marks a significant shift in Washington’s approach to foreign exchange markets, according to the Financial Times. Led by US Treasury
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Malaysia’s Chinese-backed Forest City development is facing renewed scrutiny after police uncovered an alleged scam operation employing hundreds of foreign nationals and authorities ordered the closure of a US-founded technology community. According
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A Financial Times investigation reveals how Google has built one of the largest infrastructure financing programmes ever assembled to support the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, bringing together technology companies, private credit
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The Trump administration is set to meet leading artificial intelligence developers, including Meta, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, to review a voluntary cybersecurity framework that would give the US government early access to
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North Korea’s state media has renewed its long-standing promotion of dog meat soup as a traditional remedy for extreme summer heat, encouraging citizens to consume the dish as soaring temperatures affect both
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Colombian prosecutors are investigating allegations that executives linked to a Chinese state-owned contractor demanded cash payments from a local subcontractor in exchange for approving invoices on Bogotá’s metro project, South America’s largest
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The Spanish government has denied allegations that it overlooked intelligence warnings ahead of the mass arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in the North African exclave of Ceuta, as authorities continue
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A group of independent United Nations human rights experts has called on Canada to strengthen protection for Sikh activist Moninder Singh following repeated official warnings of credible threats to his life. The
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Former federal prosecutor Jay Clayton has been sworn in as the United States’ Director of National Intelligence following a divisive Senate confirmation process that centred on his refusal to directly acknowledge President
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The United States has awarded contracts worth more than US$3 billion to accelerate production of key components for Patriot and THAAD air defence systems as rising demand from conflicts in Iran and
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna from her post in Washington as part of a broader reshuffle of senior government and diplomatic positions. While Stefanishyna described her departure as
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India has warned Meta that it could lose the legal protections available to online intermediaries after the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook reel, with Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications
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The publication of the first official images of detained former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi since Myanmar’s 2021 military coup has drawn renewed international attention to her prolonged detention, health, and
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