Hundreds attended on Wednesday the funeral of three young women who have worked for a TV and radio station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad and who were gunned down a day earlier in two separate terrorist attacks the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for.
Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras announced on Tuesday that it has so far recovered more than 5.3 billion reals (US$920 million) as part of a series of reimbursements related to the so-called Lava Jato Operation - the largest anti-corruption probe in Brazil’s history.
A U.K. court said Indian billionaire and diamond magnate Nirav Modi can be extradited to his native country which accused him three years ago of bank fraud worth US$1.8 billion, money laundering and interfering with an investigation.
Europeans with substance addictions have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic, yet the healthcare workers supporting them have generally responded with speed and flexibility, according to a report published Monday.
Journalists worldwide urged President Daniel Ortega to allow international organizations to enter Nicaragua and investigate human rights violations and attacks against local media and NGOs.
Romanian Police uncovered and dismantled Monday a suspected human smuggling organization believed to have tried to smuggle 30 illegal migrants further into the EU from Romania, according to a Europol press release.
A criminal organization allegedly duped Iranian nationals living in Australia into becoming drug mules who received and stored liquid methamphetamine before unknowingly handing it off to be distributed, according to a press release by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
A panel of experts from the United Nations called upon world governments to not only fight tax abuse and cross-border financial crimes, but to commit to reinvesting the billions of lost dollars into the COVID-19 crisis and international development goals for 2030.
Reporters without Borders (RSF) has filed a criminal complaint against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and other high-ranking Saudi officials for “a litany of crimes against humanity” against journalists, the watchdog announced Tuesday.
German police arrested eight people aged between 24 and 55 and searched dozens of premises throughout the country as part of a mega operation that targeted right-wing groups allegedly involved in drug and arms trafficking and money laundering.