Investigative Stories

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The world’s rivers experienced another year of severe disruption in 2025, with large areas recording below-normal flows and global freshwater reserves continuing to come under pressure, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s latest assessment of the planet’s water resources. The report points to an increasingly unstable global water cycle in which drought and flooding are occurring with greater...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency after a sharp increase in infections raised concerns about the country’s ability to contain a rapidly changing epidemic. The Pacific island nation, home to fewer than one million people, is facing one of the fastest increases in new HIV infections recorded globally, according to UNAIDS. The emergency declaration was announced by...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Turkish authorities have expanded a nationwide investigation targeting LGBTQ+ organisations, activists and associated venues, with dozens of people detained or placed in pre-trial custody and journalists also caught up in the crackdown. The operation, which began with coordinated raids in several Turkish cities, has triggered street protests, the use of tear gas by police and growing criticism from...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Young people across Britain face sharply different employment prospects depending on where they live, with a new analysis highlighting a sixfold gap in the number of online job vacancies available relative to the local youth population. The research, produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), places Rotherham at the bottom of its Local Youth Opportunity Index,...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A long-running attempt to develop an oilfield at Horse Hill in Surrey has entered a new phase after the company that spent years pursuing the project sold its interests for £1m, while the new owners have renewed efforts to secure planning permission for oil extraction. The sale marks a sharp change in the fortunes of the Horse Hill...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption has continued examining financial and political relationships surrounding property developer Jean Nassif, with Liberal factional figure Jeremy Greenwood facing detailed questions about payments, consultancy work and his dealings with the collapsed Toplace development company. Greenwood returned to the ICAC inquiry on Wednesday as counsel assisting the commission, Peggy Dwyer SC,...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Iranian security forces operated through a coordinated system of repression during the nationwide protests of 2022, involving unlawful killings, torture, sexual violence and arbitrary detention, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International based on leaked state documents, testimonies and other evidence. The findings shed further light on the scale and organisation of the crackdown that followed the...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged seven noncitizens in a series of cases involving alleged illegal voting in federal elections or false claims of US citizenship, as the Trump administration intensifies its focus on election eligibility ahead of the country's next federal elections. The cases were announced by Ryan Raybould, the US attorney for the Northern District of...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The company that spent more than a decade pursuing oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey has sold its interests in the controversial site for £1m, after the project became the subject of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on climate impacts. The sale marks a major change in direction for the former UK Oil & Gas, which has...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Violence involving Islamist extremist groups in Africa’s Sahel region is on course to reach its highest recorded level this year, according to figures compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project, or Acled, highlighting the continuing expansion of militant activity across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The latest figures come 25 years after the 11 September...