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The Caribbean island of Curaçao does not have any natural gold deposits. So why did dozens of tons of gold refined at a renowned Swiss refinery originate from the island? The evidence suggests they came from conflict areas in Venezuela — and the case underscores the shortcomings in gold industry regulations and standards that experts claim still exist today.

A journalist employed by the local news outlet Nashville Noticias was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nashville without a warrant, according to an emergency petition filed by her lawyers in federal court.

Ilya Eliseev, a former university classmate of former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, is not just a “wallet” holding the luxury assets of the inexplicably wealthy civil servant — he is also the owner of a firm that fulfills contracts for a sanctioned Russian company working in missile production, The Insider has found.

At the first meeting of his so-called Board of Peace earlier this month, Donald Trump proclaimed peace in the Middle East while at the same time threatening to throw the region into severe conflict by attacking Iran once more.

Israel’s military is aiming at the Iranian police state that severely crushed protests and resulted in the deaths of thousands, hoping to pave the way for a popular uprising to topple the Islamic government.

In early October 2023, a Russian historian based in Latvia was presenting a report on xenophobia at a European human rights conference in Warsaw.

Six months after protests fueled by anger over deep-rooted corruption brought down Nepal’s elected government, political parties are now campaigning for the March 5 general elections with a common message: each claims to be the best choice to combat graft.

Members of Iran’s ruling elite have been accused of blatant hypocrisy for allegedly using the state’s wealth to finance their adult children’s lives in the West, while overseeing increasing economic hardship and repression in their own country.

Tehran has rejected the US president’s statements during the State of the Union address regarding its missile and nuclear programs, as the Geneva talks are set to resume under military pressure.

Amirhossein Saedi’s father had advised him to remain at home. The protests spreading across Iran were becoming increasingly perilous by the day, and the 19-year-old computer science student was still recuperating from an illness.

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media tycoon from Hong Kong, has successfully appealed a fraud conviction from 2022, which had resulted in a nearly six-year prison sentence.

Iranian authorities have arrested tens of thousands of people in what Human Rights Watch described on Tuesday as a “brutal campaign” of mass, arbitrary, and violent detentions aimed at terrorizing the population since late December.

Roman Demurchiev, 49, is a senior officer, considered influential within the Russian military leadership. RFE/RL’s investigation stated that he has been invited to briefings with top commanders and was awarded a medal by Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.

Domestic violence is now permitted in Afghanistan under newly implemented Taliban laws, with ’obscene’ cases resulting in a maximum sentence of only 15 days in prison. The Taliban’s new 90-page penal code permits husbands to physically discipline their wives and children, provided the abuse does not cause "broken bones or open wounds."

According to a United Nations report published on Tuesday, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya—including young boys and girls—are experiencing "systematic and widespread human rights violations," including torture and rape.

Upon their arrival at Pre-Trial Detention Facility Number Two in the southern Russian city of Taganrog, the first Ukrainian prisoners underwent an ’unforgettable welcome reception.’

The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says.

According to new academic research, reporting by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists contributed to a shift in Beijing’s public position on Xinjiang — from denying the existence of a vast detention camp system to justifying it and, eventually, to partially dismantling it.

A BBC News Persian analysis of hundreds of videos and photographs taken during recent protests in Iran confirms the security forces’ use of a wide range of weaponry, including machine guns, sniper rifles, and shotguns.

Felipe Hernandez Espinosa spent 45 days at "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration holding center in Florida where detainees have reported worms in their food, toilets that don’t flush, and overflowing sewage. Mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere.

Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been given a 20-year prison sentence, concluding a lengthy legal struggle that has epitomized Beijing’s dramatic crackdown on the previously liberal financial center.

Well-connected billionaire Alexander Galitsky had the mother of his children, his ex-wife Aliya, jailed. Before that, he simply kidnapped the children. According to Russian sources, Galitsky was assisted in the "operation" by Alfa Bank’s security service through a "puppet" police department.

The cars were left abandoned at the roadside. Their engines were idling, and hazard lights were flashing, as reported by a witness who recorded a video of the incident on his phone.

Walter Josué Huete Alvarado had a minor infraction on his criminal record—a DUI from his teenage years—but that shouldn’t be significant in El Salvador. However, Alvarado’s U.S. passport didn’t stop the Salvadoran police from taking him away, accusing him of being an MS-13 gang member.