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Four arrested under Tokyo’s strict yakuza gang laws – but not for the reason you think

Four arrested under Tokyo’s strict yakuza gang laws – but not for the reason you think

May 20, 2025
Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in Tokyo for a more mundane crime – operating a yakuza office too close to a library. The suspects, ages 55 […]
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First major piece of Bayesian superyacht recovered from seabed

First major piece of Bayesian superyacht recovered from seabed

May 20, 2025
Salvage crews have recovered the boom from the $40 million Bayesian luxury yacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in August 2024, killing seven people, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah. The boom, which was connected to the 72-meter (236-foot) mast — one of the tallest on any sailboat—is […]
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Ukraine, Russia say drone strikes continue after Trump-Putin call

Ukraine, Russia say drone strikes continue after Trump-Putin call

May 20, 2025
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of launching attack drones on one another overnight, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his US counterpart Donald Trump – and again refused an immediate ceasefire. Russia launched 108 Shahed drones and “various types of decoy drones,” Ukraine’s Air Force said on its Telegram channel […]
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Indian YouTuber who documented her travel to Pakistan arrested for allegedly spying

Indian YouTuber who documented her travel to Pakistan arrested for allegedly spying

May 20, 2025
Indian police have arrested a travel vlogger on suspicion of spying for Pakistan, as tensions between the two countries simmer following a dayslong conflict between the two neighbors. Jyoti Malhotra, an influencer from the northern state of Haryana, has been accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan, a senior police official told reporters Sunday. Arrests […]
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Secret nose job allegations, ‘Rolexgate,’ and the curse of the Peruvian presidency

Secret nose job allegations, ‘Rolexgate,’ and the curse of the Peruvian presidency

May 19, 2025
Allegations of a secret nose job are threatening Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s grip on power – and that’s only the tip of her problems. The Latin American leader, whose popularity has cratered to among the lowest in the world – with a disapproval rating of 93%, according to a recent Datum Internacional poll – is […]
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Romania’s pro-EU candidate has lead over hard-right nationalist, preliminary election data shows

Romania’s pro-EU candidate has lead over hard-right nationalist, preliminary election data shows

May 19, 2025
Romania’s pro-European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan has the lead in the country’s election on Sunday after more than 80% of the votes were counted. Hard-right candidate George Simion, who opposes providing military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU, looked on track to win the election after he swept the first round […]
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Having Trump’s ear is the new frontline in the Russia-Ukraine war

Having Trump’s ear is the new frontline in the Russia-Ukraine war

May 19, 2025
Make no mistake, the real battle in the Ukraine war right now isn’t in the skies over Kyiv or Dnipro where Russian drone strikes have intensified, dramatically, in recent days. Nor is the slow, grinding progress being made by the Russian army on the brutal frontlines of eastern Ukraine how the conflict, now in its […]
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Colombian model’s murder, just days after Mexican influencer shot on live stream, sparks condemnation of femicide

Colombian model’s murder, just days after Mexican influencer shot on live stream, sparks condemnation of femicide

May 19, 2025
The murder of a 22-year-old model and influencer in Colombia has sent shock waves through the country and drawn parallels to the killing of a Mexican influencer last week, highlighting the high rates of femicide in Latin America. Maria Jose Estupinan, a university student in Colombia’s northeastern city of Cucuta, close to the Venezuela border, […]
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Israel begins extensive Gaza ground operation after intense airstrikes kill more than 100 overnight

Israel begins extensive Gaza ground operation after intense airstrikes kill more than 100 overnight

May 19, 2025
Israel launched an extensive ground operation in Gaza Sunday in addition to an intense air campaign that health officials in the territory say killed over 100 people overnight and shuttered the last functioning hospital in the enclave’s north. The Israeli military’s ground operation in northern and southern Gaza comes as international mediators push for progress […]
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These dragon’s blood trees exist in only one place on Earth. Now their survival is under threat

These dragon’s blood trees exist in only one place on Earth. Now their survival is under threat

May 19, 2025
On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s blood tree — a species found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra that is now struggling to survive […]
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Polish centrist and nationalist presidential candidates to face off in 2nd round

Polish centrist and nationalist presidential candidates to face off in 2nd round

May 19, 2025
Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, the electoral commission said based on votes from 100% of electoral districts. Trzaskowski, from the ruling Civic Coalition (KO), got 31.36% of votes in the first round of presidential election on […]
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Portugal’s ruling center-right alliance wins election, but far-right makes record gains

Portugal’s ruling center-right alliance wins election, but far-right makes record gains

May 19, 2025
Portugal’s ruling center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won a snap parliamentary election on Sunday but again fell short of the majority needed to end a long period of instability as the far-right Chega gained a record share of the vote. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said the election result was a vote of confidence in his party, […]
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Tanzanian opposition leader appears in court for treason trial

Tanzanian opposition leader appears in court for treason trial

May 19, 2025
Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu told his supporters to have no fear as he appeared in court on Monday for the first time since his arrest on charges that include treason. Lissu refused to participate in a hearing on April 24 because authorities conducted a virtual, rather than an in-person trial, with him appearing […]
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Iran warns US nuclear talks will fail if enrichment demand stands

Iran warns US nuclear talks will fail if enrichment demand stands

May 19, 2025
An Iranian official has warned that nuclear talks with the United States “will not actually get anywhere” if Washington insists Tehran abandons enrichment of uranium – a process that can also be used to make a bomb. “Regarding zero enrichment, we said from the beginning that if this is their (American) position, it is natural […]
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UK police make second arrest in connection with fires linked to PM Starmer

UK police make second arrest in connection with fires linked to PM Starmer

May 18, 2025
British police said they had arrested a second person in connection with a series of arson attacks at properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in North London, a day after a Ukrainian man was remanded in custody over the fires. Police said in a statement on Saturday that a 26-year-old was arrested at London’s […]
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