Czech manufacturers of computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines have been exporting their products to the Russian market for decades. Even in 2020 and 2021, more than a tenth of Czech CNC machines, worth over a billion crowns, were sent to Russia. These machines often ended up being put to use …

The following investigation, conducted over the course of six months with a consortium of five international partners, was scheduled to run Thursday morning. After receiving a list of detailed questions based on months of research and reporting, the Lithuanian Prosecutor’s Office and the Criminal Police Bureau decided to reveal part …

Sectarian tensions appear to be resurfacing in Syria’s Mediterranean coastal region, the home to the country’s largest concentration of the Alawite religious minority. The group held a privileged position under the ousted dictator — and co-religionist — Bashar al-Assad. On December 28, thousands of Alawites protested in cities of Latakia …