Investigative Stories

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...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The growing threat of cybercrime and online financial fraud is raising serious concerns among the leaders of the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund, who warn that repeated attacks could weaken public confidence in the financial system. As artificial intelligence accelerates the speed and sophistication of criminal activity, financial authorities are urging technology companies, banks and...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australian defence authorities have launched an investigation after a video recording device was discovered aboard a Royal Australian Navy vessel in Cairns, raising serious concerns about privacy, the welfare of female sailors and the possibility of unauthorised surveillance within military facilities. The device was found aboard HMAS Leeuwin on 11 October while the vessel was alongside in Cairns,...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to continue allowing journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico to enter the White House, delivering a significant temporary victory to the three news organizations in their legal battle over press access. US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that the administration cannot enforce its September decision to revoke the White...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Ukrainian special forces officer is due to stand trial in Germany over allegations that he participated in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, opening a politically sensitive legal case that could have major implications for relations between Ukraine, Germany and Russia. Serhii Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian military officer, is accused by German prosecutors of participating in...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online India is facing mounting political turmoil as anger over the removal of approximately 130 million names from electoral rolls has triggered protests, intensified opposition criticism and raised serious questions about the independence of the country’s election administration. The controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists has developed into a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra...