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On the evening of August 4, a drone carrying explosives crashed into the wing of a Ukrainian An-124 cargo plane parked at Leipzig/Halle Airport in the German state of Saxony.

The U.S. military is facing difficulties in safeguarding its overseas bases during a conflict with Iran that has escalated beyond the control of self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Multiple pupils have been stabbed "at random", with one of them fighting for her life, as a knife attack was carried out by another student at a Turkish school.

Turkish police have taken 59 people, including three mayors from the opposition Republican People’s Party, into custody over corruption allegations Wednesday night.

The United States has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and entities that, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, procured weapons and components for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).

Even as he bounced between Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands seeking political asylum, Nurmuhammet Annayev kept pressure on the authoritarian regime in his home country of Turkmenistan.

The cartel king, 69, has only a small number of options where he can attempt to begin a new life. Most countries are closed off to him after America sanctioned him and his sons Daniel and Christopher in April 2022. One possible destination is Iran.

Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Uzbek financier Kakhramonjon Olimov, who in the summer of 2025 claimed he had been kidnapped in Paris.

U.S. authorities have accused executives of Oxygen Forensics, a company that sold software to the Pentagon and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), of concealing that the company was controlled by Russian citizens and that its software was developed in Russia.

On the evening of August 10, a person using the handle “Sponge Jobb” posted a call for a hitman to a group on the Signal messaging app.

A joint Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique investigation into drone strikes carried out by the Malian military reveals new details about these attacks, which often occur in civilian areas and have reportedly led to civilian deaths.

Russian investigative authorities have been searching for years for the well-known fraudster Arseny Krivalov, who nevertheless has influential patrons within the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation: he himself is currently residing on the Turkish Riviera.

Two US companies are seeking to advance Donald Trump’s vision of Alaska as a major gas exporter — but face long odds in developing projects to profit from some of the world’s most abundant untapped gasfields.

Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activities such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons.

The U.S. government announced new sanctions on Thursday against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East as it intensified its campaign to isolate Iran economically.

Turkish authorities have detained 24 people and seized assets worth approximately $20.6 million in an operation targeting an international drug trafficking network allegedly directed from Belgium, the Justice Ministry said.

Turkish authorities have detained 24 people and seized assets worth approximately $20.6 million in an operation targeting an international drug trafficking network allegedly directed from Belgium, the Justice Ministry said.

Wildfires sweep across popular Turkish resorts, forcing the evacuation of 720 people.

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol stands as one of the most high-profile criminal cases in recent Mediterranean history. Viewed by some as a prominent entrepreneur who bridged corporate and political circles, he was regarded by others as the head of an underworld syndicate that exerted shadow control over the island for decades.

For years, Azerbaijani oil trader Azim Novruzov—a close associate of Coral Energy founder Tahir Garayev—has quietly built a career bridging controversial Russian crude and prime British real estate.According to investigative reports, Novruzov and his wife acquired a mansion on Marlborough Place in London’s exclusive NW8 postcode for £6.5 million in 2016.

The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics $533 million for an artillery factory that failed to produce a single usable shell.

Der aserbaidschanische Ölhändler Azim Novruzov, der als enger Vertrauter von Tahir Garayev gilt, soll sein Vermögen und Geschäftsnetzwerk vor allem durch umstrittene russische Rohöllieferungen sowie Investitionen in britische Immobilien aufgebaut haben.

Im Jahr 2022, als ich lokale Unternehmen untersuchte, die möglicherweise gegen Sanktionen verstießen, stand Alkagesta auf meiner Liste.

In 2022, while researching local companies that might have been violating sanctions, Alkagesta was on my list.