Criminal investigations

UK pays ‘substantial’ compensation to Guantanamo detainee, says lawyer

An entrance to the court compound on the base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Nov 5, 2023.

US Fed chief Jerome Powell warns of ‘intimidation’ after criminal subpoenas

US senators have blasted the investigation into Fed chief Jerome Powell (right), whom President Donald Trump has long pressured and criticised.

Crans-Montana fire: French owners of Swiss bar under scrutiny after New Year blaze

Forty people were killed and 119 injured when a fire ripped through the Le Constellation bar during a New Year's Eve party.

Swiss bar owners face criminal negligence probe after fatal fire

A photograph taken on January 1, 2026 shows flowers and candles laid on the ground near the bar Le Constellation following an explosion that ripped the venue in Crans-Montana, during New Year's Eve celebrations. Several dozen people are presumed dead and around 100 injured after a fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxury Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana, police said early January 1, 2026. (Photo by MAXIME SCHMID / AFP)

Whodunnit? Vietnam’s online sleuths step up their game, tracking true crime

The headquarters of the Market Management Team No. 4 in Lang Son province, Vietnam, the workplace of the alleged killer and the site of the killing in the Sang-Dat murder case.

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in an image released by the Department of Justice on Dec 19.

Taiwan police rule out ‘terrorism’ in metro stabbing

Taiwanese police officers keep watch near the crime scene of a knife attack in Taipei on Dec 20. The suspect was found dead after jumping off a nearby building.

Singapore police arrest ex-superyacht captain linked to alleged Cambodian scam kingpin Chen Zhi

Nigel Tang Wan Bao Nabil was taken into custody on Dec 11 after he returned to Singapore, said a police statement on Dec 18.

Britain’s Duke of Marlborough charged with intentional strangulation

Goa nightclub owners who fled after fatal blaze detained in Phuket

The owners of Goa’s Birch By Romeo Lane nightclub, where 25 people died in a fire over the weekend, left India within five hours of the incident.

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