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That diplomatic alarm was echoed in criminal courts and federal filings in recent months. In Oslo over the summer, prosecutors put a former security guard at the U.S. Embassy on trial after accusing him of offering building floor plans and security routines to both Russian and Iranian operatives in return for euros and cryptocurrency; an example of how even low-level …

Police in Spain have arrested 30 people who allegedly abandoned their children, telling them to pose as lone child migrants so they would be taken into state care. Officials in the Balearic Islands said previously they were seeing a “new phenomenon” of parents from Africa flying to the holiday destination and dumping their youngsters. A welfare council chief in Menorca …

During the preparatory period for China’s next five-year plan, President Xi Jinping stressed the country needed to stick to its strategy of “focusing on doing its own work” and seizing the initiative amid an uncertain external environment, according to a report by the state-run news agency Xinhua. During the symposium, Xi called on the country to “closely monitor and accurately …

One UAV struck a civilian vehicle in Russia’s Byransk Region, Aleksandr Bogomaz has reported A Ukrainian drone strike on a moving civilian vehicle killed a woman in Bryansk Region, Russia, Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz reported on Friday. The attack was one of several conducted overnight by Kiev. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that it downed 138 Ukrainian UAVs across multiple regions, …

China and the United States should refrain from weaponising more aspects of their relationship, a Chinese scholar has urged, as the world’s two largest economies prepare to hold a fresh round of negotiations to cool down a recent flare-up in tensions. “It’s very important that the two sides need to have some kind of self-restraint,” said Da Wei, director of …

At least 25 people died following a horrific crash between a passenger bus and a motorcycle. The fire tore through the bus within minutes as screaming passengers were heard begging for help. The rampant fire trapped dozens of passengers as it sped along a highway near Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh state, senior police official Vikrant Patil said. A motorcycle …

OPINION / FINE PRINT — “We have asked the Mexican government to also step up their involvement in stopping these cartels and stopping the huge amount of drugs that are coming across. If the Mexican navy saw a group of American fishermen that they thought were suspicious of potentially moving drugs and they moved in to kill the 15 American …

Washington could expand military operations against drug cartels linked to the country, the US president has said President Donald Trump has signaled that the US could extend its military actions against drug smuggling groups that it links to Venezuela from sea to land operations. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Trump touted what he described as great success in …

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s analogue AI chip could work 1,000 times faster than Nvidia GPU: study Chinese scientists …

Belgium’s demand for robust legal guarantees has reportedly stalled plans to provide Kiev with a loan financed by Moscow’s funds EU leaders have failed to reach an agreement on whether to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine through a controversial loan scheme, after Belgium demanded stronger legal safeguards, several media outlets reported. The matter is expected to return to …