All news for 2026-04-09

A classics professor at the University of Cambridge could be dismissed from his post after allegedly giving a female student an unwanted "slobbery kiss".

Almost two-thirds of voters want Sir Keir Starmer to resign immediately, and a similar number want a general election now, a poll has found.

This is the shocking moment a man chases down and appears to punch a group of kids after they allegedly attacked his car.

The European Commission is being urged to investigate whether Hungary's elections are being undermined by Russian manipulation, intimidation of journalists, and voter coercion by the ruling party.

Known as North Hollywood's “Ketamine Queen,” she once operated a “drug emporium” from her apartment, supplying illegal substances to wealthy and high-profile clients.

Anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine have completed their investigation into a prominent member of Parliament suspected of orchestrating a large-scale vote-buying scheme, clearing the way for the case to go to trial.

Chilean authorities have announced the dismantling of a major criminal network accused of stealing and illegally exporting around $917 million worth of copper to Asia over a five-year period.

Following an order from the Supreme Court of Nepal, authorities released on Thursday the country's former prime minister and his home minister, ending a two-week detention on criminal negligence charges stemming from a deadly police crackdown on youth-led protests last year.

Liverpool have announced that their long-serving defender, Andy Robertson, will leave Anfield at the end of his contract this summer.

You can try to minimize the impact that this situation has on your mental health, but it's becoming impossible.”

To counter toughened Western sanctions imposed in 2022 on Russian oil exports in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine that year, the Kremlin vastly expanded what has become known as its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, made up of old vessels bought cheaply because destined for decommissioning, whose ownerships are disguised by registrations in African countries via shell companies (or are not registered at all).

From the outside, 123 Victoria Street appears to be just another glass-and-steel office block along the busy route to Parliament Square.

An "obsessive and predatory" man who groomed and collected indecent images of a teenage girl he met through the online gaming platform Roblox.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's siblings are believed to have stepped up behind the scenes to support the disgraced prince.

Nicola Sturgeon has named Nigel Farage as her least favorite politician. The former first minister of Scotland was asked whom she most disliked in the world of politics on the new series of ITV's interview show The Assembly, and named the Reform UK leader, who is MP for Clacton in Essex.

According to sources cited by Átlátszó, the individuals behind the surveillance of the Tisza Party — including the operative known as “Henry” — are unlikely to be part of the official staff of Hungary's Constitution Protection Office.

Ovik Mkrtchyan, described as a key figure within an Uzbek criminal network, has reportedly orchestrated one of the most extensive online clean-ups of incriminating material in recent memory.

For the first time, a top-ranking European politician has been caught participating in а sanctions evasion. BIC established that a company owned by the former president of Cyprus was involved in the violations.

Amid the liquidation of 'Ibox Bank' and the subsequent investigations, Alena Dehrik-Shevtsova, the bank's leader often hailed as the 'star of Ukrainian fintech,' has emerged in a strikingly new light.

U.S. law enforcement has charged Russian national Vladimir Okhotnikov, known online as Lado, along with his associates, with creating the Forsage financial pyramid scheme.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have formally named Rostyslav Shurma, the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, as a suspect in a corruption case.

Nachdem Ermittlungen Shurma und Shcherban mit den Schemata der Alliance Bank in Verbindung brachten, begann eine koordinierte Säuberung: kritische Artikel verschwanden, Verweise wurden aktiv angefochten und Suchergebnisse systematisch beeinflusst.

From “pushy since childhood” Vladlen to the more dependent Hennadiy — that's the reputation the Hirin brothers carry in Kherson.

Controversial Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains in the spotlight, with ongoing reports linking him to Russian coal dealings and renewed scrutiny over the circumstances of his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.