Investigative Stories

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A devastating shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, has left three children and a teacher dead, prompting renewed grief across the local community and intensifying concerns about gun violence in American schools. The suspected gunman, a 16-year-old boy, was also killed after a community member intervened during the attack, while two other victims remained in critical...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Saudi Arabia is facing renewed international criticism over its use of the death penalty after human rights organisations warned that Youssef al-Manasif, a young man convicted over alleged offences committed when he was between 15 and 17, could be executed imminently. His case has intensified concerns about the treatment of juvenile defendants, the fairness of criminal proceedings and...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online French police are facing mounting scrutiny after several teenagers sustained severe injuries during school protests, prompting lawyers and human rights organisations to question the use of police weapons, the treatment of detained children and the authorities’ response to a growing youth movement. The allegations have intensified a national debate over the right to protest, police accountability and the...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened in efforts to remove the protected status of a historic Belgrade building earmarked for a proposed $500 million Trump-branded development, according to an investigation based on interviews and leaked documents. The allegations have intensified scrutiny of the Serbian government, raised questions about the handling of a controversial property deal and placed renewed...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian Defence Force member has been identified as a person of interest in an investigation after a video recording device was discovered in a women’s shower facility aboard Royal Australian Navy vessel HMAS Leeuwin. The discovery has triggered serious concerns about privacy, sexual misconduct and the safety of female personnel serving in the military, prompting senior naval...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A friend of former Australian police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a court that he allegedly asked her to dispose of a mobile phone by throwing it into a body of water, days after he was accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The testimony has emerged during a closely watched murder trial in New...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as one of the most closely watched figures in Israel’s election campaign, presenting voters with an alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that is built less around ideological transformation than around personal character, military experience and a promise of more restrained government. The former Israeli military chief of staff has been described by supporters...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A widening crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in Senegal has pushed members of the community into hiding, restricted their movements and prompted some to leave the country, amid reports of hundreds of arrests, forced HIV testing and growing difficulties in accessing legal representation. More than 320 people have reportedly been arrested and detained since February on allegations linked to...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. At least 27 students, most of them younger than 13, have died after the roof of a privately run school collapsed during classes in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, in a disaster that has left families searching anxiously for children still believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. The collapse occurred at the al-Khair Education Center while lessons were under...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for charities and volunteers who help asylum seekers reach Britain to face possible criminal prosecution, intensifying an already divisive debate over migration, humanitarian assistance and the responsibilities of organisations operating across the English Channel. His remarks, made during an interview with a right-wing American political commentator, have raised questions about the...