In a development that alarmed press freedom advocates, a New Jersey court on July 9 not only upheld a prior restraint against a community newspaper but vastly extended the censorship order to apply…
The most consequential story of the day unfolded across the Middle East, where mysterious strikes targeted sites inside Iran following days of escalating hostilities between Washington and Tehran….
Bangladesh: Ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to return to Bangladesh in December with party colleagues to surrender, declaring, “If death comes, I want it to come on my own…
In a harrowing story of modern-day slavery, a domestic worker has been freed after 55 years of unpaid labor spanning three generations of a single family. The woman entered the household at the age…
In one of modern Greece’s most haunting cold cases, two suspects have been arrested in connection with the 2010 firebombing of a Marfin bank branch on Stadiou Street in Athens — an attack that killed…
Five new cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu have been confirmed in Australia, marking what health authorities describe as a “dramatic escalation” in the threat posed by the virus. The detections…
China achieved a significant space milestone on Friday, successfully recovering the first stage of a Long March 10B rocket during its maiden flight from the Hainan space center. The booster was…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals delivered moments of elation and despair in almost equal measure — and the fallout spilled well beyond the pitch.
France surged into the semifinals after…
A forest fire near Los Gallardos in Almería, Spain, has killed at least 12 people, with 23 others still unaccounted for. Preliminary investigations point to a downed electrical cable near Almocaizar,…
Today’s intelligence briefing from international investigative media.
Walter Murrow
