Polish officials declined to confirm the Rzeczpospolita report. Lublin prosecutors and Lublin governor Krzysztof Komorski said they would not comment until the results of an official investigation are available. Following the publication of the report, Poland’s National Security Bureau demanded an explanation from the government.

Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 25 political prisoners convicted of extremist articles, BelTA reports . The liberated includes 12 women and 13 men, 19 of which are younger than 40 years old. Most pardoned have children, among them are a mother with many children. One of the convicts came to bars to minors. This is the second pardon for September: September 11, Lukashenko freed 52 political prisoners, including 14 foreigners.

The US armed forces struck the ship, which, stated, transported drugs from Venezuela. The country's president Donald Trump wrote about this on his social network Truth Social. Trump claims that at the time of the impact, the ship was in international waters. As a result, three people on board were killed. Their American leader calls "drug terrorists." “These extremely brutal drug cartels pose a threat to US national security, foreign policy and vital interests of the United States.

After the Palestinian media messages about the intensive bombing of the IDF in the city of Gaza last night, the Minister of Defense of Israel Yitzhak (Israel) Katz said that the troops were "bravely fighting to create conditions for the liberation of hostages and the defeat of Hamas." “Gas [city] burns. The IDF strokes the terrorist infrastructure with an iron fist, ”his statement said. “We will not step back and turn out of the way until the mission is fulfilled,” Katz added.

US President Donald Trump said that he filed a lawsuit of $ 15 billion for The New York Times, accusing him of "decades of lies." Trump published his statement on the social network Truth Social: “Today I had a great honor to file a lawsuit about slander and insulting $ 15 billion to The New York Times, one of the worst and most degrading newspapers in the history of our country, which actually became a rubble of the radical left -wing democratic party.

In Zambia, two men were convicted of planning the murder of President Hakainde Hithynema with the help of witchcraft. It is reported by The Guardian. The head of the village of Leonard Firi and Mozambique citizen Jasten Mabelse Candunde were arrested in December. The authorities said that they found live chameleon and other “amulets”, including red fabric, unidentified white powder and animal tail.

Utah prosecutors said they would seek a death penalty for Tyler Robinson, accused of killing blogger-legislator Charlie Kirk. Some evidence against Robinson, including his correspondence, were also published. It is reported by Reuters. The district prosecutor of the Utah district Jeffrey Gray said that he decided to achieve the death penalty “independently, based solely on the existing evidence, circumstances and the nature of the crime”.

Israel confirmed the conduct of air strikes on the Yemensky port of Hodeid on Tuesday, saying that they were directed against the Husites. According to the Al-Masira television channel related to the Hussites, Israeli aviation inflicted 12 blows to this city on the Red Sea coast, Al Jazeera reports . The Israeli Defense Army states that the attacks were a response to the military activity of the Husites in the region.

The news The Insider September 16, 2025 The EU authorities intend to submit recommendations on further tightening the visa regime for Russian citizens until the end of 2025. This was announced the day before by the European Commissioner for Security and Migration Magnus Brunner during a press conference in Finland, emphasizing that a complete ban on tourist visas is impossible due to legal restrictions.

The Russians began to be less afraid of secret chipping: the share of those who consider it possible to implant microchips without human knowledge has decreased from 41% to 29% over five years. Moreover, the majority still sees more risks in the technology than advantages, the VTsIOM survey evaluates. The awareness of chipping among Russians remains stably high - 85% heard about such technology.

Investigations 16 September 2025 FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov’s nephew, Dmitry Bortnikov, has become a top manager at the “Wholesale Medical Company,” The Insider has found. The firm earns billions from state contracts, and its founder conspicuously avoided punishment after he was caught paying kickbacks. Before that, the FSB chief’s nephew worked as an adviser to the CEO of a company linked to the Rotenbergs, Vladimir Putin’s former judo sparring partners.

The Bulgarian authorities arrested the Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin, the owner of the Rhosus vessel, which appeared in the investigation of the explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020. This was reported to representatives of Lebanese justice by the Associated Press . Grechushkin’s detention occurred almost five years after Lebanon demanded his arrest through Interpol. Now, as AP notes, documents are being prepared on Grechushkin’s extradition to Lebanon.

Ever since the summer of 2020, when German payments giant Wirecard collapsed after failing to account for €1.9 billion in missing assets, its former COO Jan Marsalek has been a wanted man. The Insider previously traced Marsalek to Russia, where the Austrian national enjoys a colorful life under the protection of the Kremlin’s security services.

The grounds of the “Young Patriot” center at the Russian Presidential Administration’s “Snegiri” resort. Source: UDPRF OK Snegiri Young Patriot Center / VK A resort outside Moscow run by the Russian Presidential Administration is among more than 200 facilities that have been used to hold children taken from Ukraine, a report by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) reveals.

News The Insider 16 September 2025 Photo: Justices of the Peace of the Chuvash Republic As The Insider and Kirill Parubets’ data analysis center estimate , this past August Russian courts issued 219 verdicts and convicted 236 individuals on political grounds. In 84 cases (36%), the courts concealed the defendants’ names, and in 129 cases (55%), they did not provide information about the sentences imposed.