Law

Published: 19 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A small island in the Indian Ocean is at the centre of an escalating controversy over offshore online gambling, following allegations that businesses connected to a London-based family have helped establish a licensing pathway used by casinos operating outside established regulatory systems. The government of the Comoros, which includes the island of Anjouan, is seeking international assistance as...

Published: 19 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Four Canadian military personnel have been killed and dozens more seriously injured after a rapidly spreading fire swept through one of the country’s busiest military training bases in Alberta, prompting a major emergency response and an investigation into one of the most devastating peacetime incidents to affect the Canadian Armed Forces in recent years. Prime Minister Mark Carney...

Published: 19 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned what he described as “unbridled violence” after a wave of unrest swept across France, leaving public buildings damaged by fire, shops looted, streets barricaded and nearly 2,400 people arrested. The violence, which erupted alongside demonstrations over the cost of living and deteriorating public services, has triggered a political crisis, intensified scrutiny of...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A British father living in Thailand is facing an increasingly expensive struggle to bring his five-month-old son and his fiancée to the United Kingdom for Christmas after the Home Office refused his partner a visitor visa. The decision has put a planned family reunion in jeopardy, leaving the child's elderly great-grandfather in Lancashire uncertain whether he will ever...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The administration of US President Donald Trump has intensified its confrontation with California over election procedures, warning local officials that they could face criminal investigation and prosecution if they knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens in the upcoming midterm elections. The warning, issued by senior officials at the US Department of Justice, has heightened tensions between Washington and...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has reignited controversy over the legitimacy of American elections after falsely claiming that Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff was never legitimately elected in Georgia. Speaking at a campaign rally in north Georgia, Trump repeated allegations that the 2020 election in the state was fraudulent and challenged Ossoff’s electoral mandate ahead of a closely watched Senate...

Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Mexican court has sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for the murders of two Australian brothers and their American friend, who were killed during a surfing trip to the country’s Baja California region in April 2024. The lengthy sentences mark a significant development in a case that attracted international attention and...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom could potentially establish a much closer relationship with the European Union within months of making a political decision to deepen ties, according to a senior European parliamentarian who played a significant role in the Brexit negotiations. Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, has suggested that a “Switzerland plus” arrangement could offer Britain...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Survivors of sexual violence could be denied recognition and support as victims of human trafficking under proposed changes to UK immigration law, the country’s independent anti-slavery commissioner has warned. Eleanor Lyons has raised concerns that new credibility requirements contained in the immigration and asylum bill could make it significantly harder for survivors to have their experiences formally recognised,...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online One Nation has proposed a $2,000 subsidy for new parents in Victoria, putting maternity support at the centre of its election campaign while explicitly declaring that it will not seek changes to the state’s abortion laws. The proposal comes just one day after both Labor and the Liberal-led Coalition announced plans to remove out-of-pocket costs associated with abortion...