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South Korean Prosecutors Lose Seized Bitcoin, Decline to Disclose Details
South Korea’s Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office has lost a significant amount of Bitcoin that was seized during a criminal investigation, according to multiple local media reports on Jan. 22. The case highlights a critical gap in how law enforcement agencies handle digital asset custody. Phishing Attack Suspected The prosecutors’ office recently discovered that Bitcoin held…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Seized Bitcoin Vanishes in Major Phishing Heist – Prosecutors Probe $300M Loss
The prosecutors of South Korea are looking into the loss of a substantial sum of Bitcoin, which had been confiscated as criminal funds following an internal audit showing that the funds may have disappeared during the time in the custody of the state. The case, believed by authorities to be a phishing attack, is now…
Read MoreWill the ferry link between Scotland and mainland Europe be restored?
Speculation is mounting about the return of a direct ferry crossing from Scotland to mainland Europe after a French port announced it was looking forward to a new service between Rosyth in Fife and Dunkirk. It has been nearly eight years since freight ferries sailed between Rosyth and Europe and more than 15 years since…
Read MoreIraq to begin proceedings against ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria
More than 10,000 members of the ultra-hardline terror group have been held for years in about a dozen prisons and detention camps guarded by the SDF in Syria’s northeast. Iraq‘s Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State (ISIS) detainees transferred from Syria, after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led…
Read MoreThousands protest rising crime in Arab sector, Ben-Gvir accuses leaders of ‘fueling violence’
“Tens of thousands in Sakhnin are marching together for the safety of all of us,” Hadash-Tal chairperson MK Ayman Odeh said. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in a mass demonstration through the northern city of Sakhnin on Thursday, rallying against police failure to curb organized crime in Israel’s Arab sector. Members of the secular…
Read MoreStartup airline Riyadh Air phases in cargo operations
Riyadh Air, a startup airline owned by Saudi Arabia’s PIF sovereign wealth fund, has established a cargo division to manage goods transport in the lower hold as it gears up to start flights for the general public this quarter. The national carrier began daily service from Riyadh to London Heathrow airport in late October for…
Read MoreThe 2026 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Been Picked
Wes Anderson (“The Phoenician Scheme”) Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”) Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”) Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”) First, the legally required boilerplate: by definition, the best movie of the year is the one that’s directed the best. Last year, I made the case for separating the two honors for the pleasure of spreading the…
Read MoreGermany alarmed by reports of IS militants escaping Syrian prisons
Reports of militants from the Islamic State escaping from prisons in Syria are causing concern among Germany’s security authorities. In recent days, Syria’s transitional government has advanced further into areas in the country’s north-east that were previously under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), prompting the SDF to withdraw from several camps…
Read MoreDeath toll in Sunday’s train crash in Spain rises to 45
The death toll from the serious train crash in southern Spain has climbed to 45 after the bodies of two more men were found in the wreckage, the Andalusian regional government reported on Thursday. The men are thought to be the two people who were still listed as missing after the accident, which occurred when…
Read MoreGermany expels Russian embassy staffer over links to Russian spy
Germany is expelling a Russian embassy staffer over links to a woman arrested on suspicion of spying for Moscow, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday. It comes after authorities in Berlin arrested a woman on Wednesday suspected of spying for a Russian intelligence agency and passing on information related to the war in Ukraine.…
Read More‘Last plane to leave Tehran’: Mossad’s final Iran chief Eliezer Tsafrir dies at 92
Eliezer “Geizi” Tzafrir, former Mossad chief for Iraqi Kurdistan and last before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, poses for a Maariv interview back in 2022. (photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/MAARIV) Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet official and Israel’s last station chief in Tehran before 1979, played a central role in Israel’s early regional…
Read MoreSociété Générale shares rise after announcement of 1,800 job cuts
French banking group Société Générale is planning to cut 1,800 jobs in France by the end of 2027 as part of a wide-ranging reorganisation, according to a statement from the CGT union, which says the plan had been presented to staff representatives without a dedicated support package. By Thursday afternoon in Europe, Société Générale shares…
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