TheU.S. Justice Department charged on Tuesday two Chinese hackers with targeting U.S. companies involved in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, testing technology, and treatments, with the intention of probing for vulnerabilities in their computer networks.

Thousands marched the streets of Kiev on Saturday demanding action on revelations made by journalists which implicate figures close to President Petro Poroshenko in a corruption scheme involving the state owned defense supplier Ukroboronprom.

Authorities on Tuesday night ordered the detention of Greece’s former defense minister and his wife as he awaits trial over charges of taking kickbacks from arms procurement deals in the early 2000s and laundering the money, Reuters reported.

Several former Afghan National Army generals own luxurious properties they never would have been able to buy with the modest salaries they received when they served under the country’s previous administration, an investigation revealedThursday.