Romania did not extend the exploitation license of a gold-mining company whose once significant shareholder was Beny Steinmetz, an Israeli billionaire and mining magnate sentenced for organized crime and corruption.

Human rights organizations welcomed the decision of Iran’s supreme court to overturn the death sentence of popular rapper Toomaj Salehi and order his retrial, saying even a short jail sentence would be too much for what he has done.

An international anti-money laundering body that took the United Arab Emirates off its “gray list” will review findings from a recent investigation by OCCRP and media partners, which revealed that convicted criminals, fugitives, and sanctioned individuals own property in Dubai.

As Greek authorities investigate allegations that fireworks launched from a superyacht sparked a brush fire, information obtained by OCCRP shows that prominent Kazakh citizens were on board, and left the country the following day by private jet.

Unknown attackers brutally assassinated veteran Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran, a husband and father of six, who has over the past two years covered the rise of militancy and terrorism in the country. He became the seventh media worker to be killed in Pakistan this year.

Tell enough kids at school they can’t play with you anymore and soon enough you’ll be the one left out.

The Nigerian government has raised alarm over the recent rise in contaminated palm oil into which middlemen are allegedly adding dye, transformer oil or other harmful substances to increase their profit. Such products can cause severe health complications such as cancer, diabetes, heart diseases and even death.

The U.S. sanctioned on Tuesday two individuals and a network of companies that have been enriching Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and his family, saying he has robbed his own people for years while threatening their safety with his constant rhetoric about a secession of the Bosnian Serb controlled part of the country.

Despite suffering a series of international sanctions against its energy sector since launching its invasion against Ukraine, Russia has endured thanks to the efforts of its ‘Shadow Fleet’, which has continued trading oil at sea and away from prying eyes, experts say.

India will be prosecuting award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy for saying 14 years ago that Kashmir has never been part of India. The move is being criticized by the opposition as an “atrocity” and an “abuse of power” by the government of recently re-elected right-wing leader Narendra Modi.