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ANoM, an encrypted app used by criminals, was covertly monitored for nearly three years by the FBI and Australia's Federal Police (AFP) — leading to hundreds of arrests and tens of millions of dollars in asset seizures, authorities revealed on June 8.Unknown to the app's users, the FBI had access to the app and its communications, which the organization then used to collect information on criminal operations.

Eromanga (Australia) (AFP) – A gigantic dinosaur discovered in Australia's outback has been identified as a new species and recognised as one of the largest to ever roam the Earth, according to palaeontologists.

Living by the beach might seem like a dream. But experts now warn against buying coastal properties as no part of the world will be spared from the impacts of climate change. Coastal regions are home to 214 million people and generate 43% of EU GDP.

The Cyprus government continued for at least four years to unlawfully issue passports to relatives of wealthy investors under an investment-for-citizenship programme, despite warnings by the Attorney-General that this could be in breach of the law, the head of an independent commission said on Monday.

Tokyo's Tsukiji market, once the site of the world-famous dawn tuna auction, became the city's latest mass vaccination site on Tuesday, with first responders lining up for their shots.

In Ethiopia's Tigray region, millions of people are in desperate need of food aid, and even in Mekelle, the regional capital, displaced families say that on some days, they have nothing to eat. As VOA's Heather Murdock reports from Mekelle, hunger is only one element of the growing crisis stemming from the conflict in the region.

British travel company Thomas Cook is in talks with government officials and potential investors about a last-minute rescue deal to fend off potential bankruptcy. The world's oldest travel company was fighting for its survival over the weekend after lenders threatened to pull the plug on a rescue deal that has been months in the making.

Europe had a decrease in the number of asylum applications by 10% in 2018. Family migration, where people migrate with, or to join, family members, increased by 9% and labour migration by 6%. When it comes to Europe the population growth here has been small during the last decades and mainly driven by immigration.

The global economic growth is set to slow down to its lowest levels in a decade. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has cut its world forecast to 2.9% this year before a predicted 3.0% in 2020 Laurence Boone, OECD Chief Economist: "I think we should be pretty worried at this point because the downward revision that we have made is very broad based.