Investigative Stories

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A co-pilot accused of attempting to seize control of a passenger aircraft travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv allegedly intended to carry out a suicide attack against Israel’s main international airport, according to prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates. The disclosure has raised serious questions about aviation security, airline recruitment procedures and the international cooperation needed to identify...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed across New Delhi ahead of a planned mass demonstration over India’s controversial voter-list revision process, as authorities prepare for possible tensions surrounding Saturday’s protest. The demonstration has been called by several organisations, including the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party, or CJP, which is demanding accountability from India’s Chief Election Commissioner...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A major lawyers’ organisation in Pakistan has announced its full support for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s long march and political demands, adding fresh momentum to an increasingly tense national debate over democracy, constitutional rights and the rule of law. The All Pakistan Lawyers Action Committee has described the movement as a potentially historic effort to strengthen democratic...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK Conservative Party has come under scrutiny after a major policy document promoted by its leader, Kemi Badenoch, appeared to overstate the estimated cost of achieving net zero emissions by nearly £500 billion. The discrepancy, which appears to have resulted from a spreadsheet calculation error, has raised questions about the accuracy of the figures underpinning the party’s...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Brazil’s right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has secured the backing of Augusto Cury, the candidate who finished third in the first round of voting, strengthening his position ahead of a closely contested battle against incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Cury’s endorsement could prove significant as both leading candidates seek to attract voters whose preferred candidate...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online India’s relationship with Israel has grown increasingly close during the war in Gaza, highlighting a major shift in New Delhi’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While several Western governments have taken steps against Israeli officials over their statements and policies concerning Palestinians, India has continued strengthening its diplomatic, defence and commercial engagement with Israel, raising questions...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online India’s emerging youth-led political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has accused authorities of carrying out widespread detentions of its supporters and affiliated activists ahead of a major anti-government demonstration scheduled for Saturday in New Delhi. The allegations have intensified an already heated political dispute over a nationwide revision of voter lists, a process that opposition parties say...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Israeli government is promoting an online film that imitates the style of NAZA, an award-winning documentary examining allegations of mass killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, intensifying an increasingly bitter dispute over the war, public accountability and the power of documentary filmmaking. The rival production, titled *NAZA: The Real Story*, has been circulated by Israeli diplomatic missions...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A shooting involving a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in New York City has sparked public outrage, protests and renewed scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement after a man was shot and injured during an operation in the Bronx while a five-year-old child was reportedly inside his vehicle. City officials said the child was physically unharmed, while...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has been arrested by the country’s anti-corruption authorities over allegations involving the misuse of donated funds intended to support a children’s hospital. Rajapaksa, 73, was arrested at her residence in Colombo on Wednesday, two days after returning to Sri Lanka from Singapore, where she had been receiving medical treatment. She was...