All news for 2026-04-07

Sources in Baku's oil sector report that Adnan Ahmadzada's detention is connected to Azerbaijani officials seeking to enhance the nation's global reputation concerning Russian oil

During the 1990s, bodybuilder László Kovács was employed by Igor Korol, one of the most powerful figures in organised crime in Budapest. Korol, in turn, was answerable to Semion Mogilevich, the leading figure in the Russian criminal world

This is the astonishing incident where a hooligan aimed a firearm at an astonished worker in a chicken shop after being given the incorrect sauce

Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to restrict American use of British airbases following Donald Trump's threat that "an entire civilisation" would perish if Iran disregarded his demands, remarks which Downing Street has not openly condemned

A Romanian court has removed all preventive judicial control measures, including required police reporting, against internet figure Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, as reported by The Telegraph

An unauthorised operation in California funnelled money to China and Nigeria, acting as a secret financial conduit for money taken from cybercrime victims

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has ultimately settled into his new residence on the Sandringham Estate, albeit not before disrupting his brother Edward and sister-in-law Sophie’s Easter holiday

Should the Tories secure victory in the forthcoming election, councils will be banned from allowing employees to work four-day weeks while receiving full pay

In the past, oil tankers used to navigate directly through the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. However, since 28 February, ships traversing the 21-mile-wide channel have had to take a different course

HMS Dragon, a destroyer sent to safeguard British airbases in Cyprus after a missile strike, is set to be moored because of a "small technical problem"

A company partially owned by Meta has compensated tens of thousands of individuals to train AI by sifting through Instagram accounts

Iran initiated a string of cyber assaults on the United States just hours after Donald Trump threatened to obliterate the nation's culture

A recent inquiry by Amnesty International uncovers that twelve casinos in Cambodia have direct links to fraudulent operations

Ben Roberts-Smith, the most highly honoured living soldier in Australia, has been detained at Sydney airport and accused of committing war crimes

Police have begun a murder inquiry after a man was killed by stabbing in Primrose Hill this evening

Ethiopian officials have apprehended the alleged orchestrator of an extensive human trafficking organisation, accused of illegally transporting thousands of migrants and exposing them to extreme violence and blackmail while on their way to Europe

Iranian military forces are employing satellite imagery enhanced by artificial intelligence to enhance their targeting of American bases throughout the Middle East

Fraudulent online schemes uncovered in an isolated area, a national identification scheme allegedly compromised by hackers, reports of cash-filled bags landing on private aircraft

According to an intelligence report, missing Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is unconscious and "incapable of participating in any decision-making process," weeks after he sustained serious injuries in US-Israeli attacks that resulted in his father's death and sparked the conflict

A company supported by Jeff Bezos has enlisted an xAI co-founder from OpenAI, as the billionaire's discreet start-up intensifies recruitment efforts to develop AI systems with the potential to revolutionise the industrial sector

JPMorgan Chase has obtained permission to build one of the tallest office blocks in Europe after addressing worries about its height in relation to its closeness to London City Airport

Homicide investigators have named a man who was killed in a machete assault, which has left two other individuals critically injured

A skydiver passed away after it seems their parachute did not deploy during a jump from an aircraft on Easter Monday