The jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to an additional 15 years after he was found guilty of abuse of power, in the biggest trial yet in the multibillion-dollar fraud scandal related to the state fund 1MDB. Najib’s conviction substantially increases the six-year prison term he is already serving for a […]
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Bangladesh opposition leader Tarique Rahman returns after 17 years in exile | Politics News
BREAKINGBREAKING, The acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is considered top a PM candidate in February’s election. Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The heir to Bangladesh’s longtime ruling family and leader of the country’s powerful opposition, Tarique Rahman, has returned to the […]
Years before Epstein came under investigation in Palm Beach, local police got tip about Maxwell
Nearly four years before Jeffrey Epstein came under investigation for allegedly luring minor girls to his Florida home for illicit massages — a local police report was opened to investigate claims that Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell was recruiting young women from a nearby college to answer phones at Epstein’s house, according to a police report newly disclosed by the […]
‘London’s most prolific Grindr gang’ jailed for over 8 years
Josh Parry,LGBT & Identity reporterand Neil Henderson,Courts producer, in London Met Police Mohammed Hotak, left, and Rahmat Mohammadi were convicted at an earlier hearing in November 2025 Two men who were part of what police have called “London’s most prolific Grindr gang” have been jailed for a combined eight-and-a-half years after using the gay dating […]
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years | Denmark
The Danish postal service will deliver its last letter on 30 December, ending a more than 400-year-old tradition. Announcing the decision earlier this year to stop delivering letters, PostNord, formed in 2009 in a merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services, said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes […]
After years of speculation, DOJ faces Friday deadline to release remaining Epstein files
After years of legal battles and online speculation, the Justice Department on Friday faces a deadline to release the remainder of its investigative files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whose connection to the rich and powerful and 2019 death by suicide has generated scores of conspiracy theories. Congress last month passed the Epstein […]
Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia
A Briton who fought in Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s office has said. Hayden Davies, a former British soldier who Russia has called a mercenary, was reportedly captured in Ukraine’s Donbas region in late 2024 or early 2025 while serving with the country’s foreign legion. He […]
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years | Wildlife
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century. It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensun at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk. It […]
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
Dominic Casciani,Home and legal correspondentand Tom McArthur EPA Jury trials in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years will be scrapped, the justice secretary has announced. The reforms to the justice system include creating “swift courts” under the government’s plan to tackle unprecedented delays in the court […]
Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia | Tulip Siddiq
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of […]