Crime

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the collapsed blood-testing company Theranos, is reportedly scheduled to leave federal prison for a halfway house in Texas next year, marking another significant stage in the legal aftermath of one of the most closely followed corporate fraud cases in the United States. Holmes is expected to be transferred to the Austin transitional center...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 37-year-old far-right activist has been arrested by police after allegedly filming himself slashing the side of a small migrant dinghy in the English Channel while a rescuer was reportedly on board, prompting an investigation into whether the incident endangered a person's life. Daniel Thomas, who is also known as Danny Tommo, was taken into custody on Wednesday...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The war between Ukraine and Russia is undergoing another major transformation as long-range drones become increasingly central to military operations, with both sides developing new systems capable of reaching targets hundreds or even thousands of miles from the frontline. What began as a conflict dominated by tanks and artillery has increasingly evolved into a war in which unmanned...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Paris court has sentenced Roberto Hamidovic, described by investigators as the leader of a long-running family network that exploited children to carry out pickpocketing operations, to eight years in prison for human trafficking and related offences. The case has exposed a complex criminal structure in which children were allegedly sent into some of Paris’s busiest tourist locations...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A far-right activist has been accused of using a blade to slash an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel while a rescue worker was still onboard, prompting condemnation from refugee organisations and a police investigation into the incident. Daniel Thomas, who is also known publicly as Danny Tommo, filmed himself approaching a small inflatable boat carrying asylum seekers...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Sri Lankan court has convicted 15 men for their involvement in the deadly Easter Sunday bombings of 2019, bringing a major terrorism trial to a close more than seven years after coordinated attacks on churches and hotels left hundreds dead and shook the country. The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in Colombo delivered its long-awaited verdict on Tuesday...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Jamaica has welcomed King Charles’s decision to refer a landmark petition concerning slavery and reparations to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, describing the move as a significant development in the country’s long-running effort to seek legal clarification over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring consequences. Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange announced the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reaffirmed her country’s “consistent support” for the International Criminal Court (ICC), following renewed criticism of the institution by US President Donald Trump and growing pressure within Japan for the government to defend the court more publicly. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Takaichi linked Japan’s support...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US Representative Veronica Escobar has accused federal immigration authorities of restricting her ability to conduct a congressional oversight visit at Camp East Montana, a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility located at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso and surrounding communities along the US-Mexico border, said she was prevented from...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. British mothers who return to the United Kingdom with their children after fleeing domestic abuse overseas could receive greater legal protection under a government review of international child abduction cases. The Ministry of Justice is examining how allegations of domestic abuse are handled in cases brought under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...