Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling. The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to one of the largest old-growth rainforests on Earth, is auctioning off vast amounts of land …

Palestinian police said unknown assailants on Friday shot and wounded an official affiliated with Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers in the occupied West Bank. Nasser al-Shaer, who served as deputy Hamas prime minister for a year and a half after the group won the last Palestinian elections in 2006, was admitted …

Forged British passports are being sold online using slick advertising promising buyers that the documents will pass UK biometric border controls, UK media reports. The fakes include security features — holograms and watermarks — visible only under the ultraviolet lights in airport scanners. They are being sold via TikTok and …