Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan faces the death penalty in a trial that began Tuesday over alleged fraud amounting to $12.5 billion — nearly 3% of the country’s 2022 GDP and Vietnam's largest financial fraud case on record. The 66-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat allegedly used “thousands of ghost companies,” paid bribes to government officials and violated banking regulations, according to a government document. Another 85 people are being prosecuted in connection, including a former State Bank of Vietnam official accused of accepting $5.2 million in bribes.
Heavily armed gangs in Haiti are increasingly coordinating their actions and choosing once unthinkable targets like the Central Bank.
In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.
One of the generals on conference call about Ukraine may used non-secure line to dial in, says defence minister
It’s reckless, if not insane, to deploy an open-top, unarmored all-terrain vehicle—a heavy-duty golf cart—in combat just a quarter mile from the the front line.
The French president is on a visit to Prague to clarify his country's standpoint on a Czech plan to buy weapons outside Europe for Ukraine.
Kojima is accused of several incidents of harassment, including touching a colleague’s breasts and patting women workers on their heads.
According to Ukraine's military intelligence, the ship suffered damage to its stern and on its left and right sides. Sergey Kotov was reportedly located near the Kerch Strait when it was attacked by domestically-produced Magura V5 naval drones.
Three cables under the Red Sea that provide global internet and telecommunications have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a Houthi missile attack set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden, but caused no injuries. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in the Houthi campaign, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Darren Woods tells Fortune consumers not willing to pay for clean-energy transition, prompting backlash from climate experts
At least three men were promised well-paying jobs in the Middle East, only to be led to Russia, where their families claim they have been forced to fight in the Ukraine war.
(Reuters) -Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, described Ukraine on Monday as part of Russia and said what he called historical parts of Russia needed to "come home." In a bellicose presentation that suggested Russia's military goals in Ukraine are far-reaching, Medvedev, who was Russia's president from 2008-2012, praised the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union and said Moscow would prosecute its "special military operation" until the Ukrainian leadership capitulated.
Recordings of calling women 'property' are expected to be released.
Iranian intelligence operative is believed to be plotting to assassinate current and former U.S. officials, including one-time Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
British and American officers chased down a speedboat as its crew tried to dump its drugs into the water near the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said.