A British court has blocked Nigerian villagers’ attempt to sue oil giant Shell for allegedly polluting their fishing waters and farmland. The two communities in the Niger Delta – the Ogale and Bille – claim […]
A newborn baby at the centre of a murder investigation was killed by multiple stab wounds, an inquest heard. The baby girl, named only as “Infant Tunstill”, was found dead in a kitchen bin at […]
Some 30 murders committed in the city last year — including the sex assault and strangulation of jogger Karina Vetrano — might have been solved if police were allowed to use familial DNA searching, a […]
A man suspected in the killings of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police officer is insisting on defending himself against murder charges. Markeith Loyd made the decision in court on Thursday despite repeated warnings […]
A Belfast court has granted leave for a judicial review into the decision of the public prosecution service to prosecute a woman under the abortion ban. Unlike the rest of the UK, the 1967 Abortion […]
Prison suicides rise to record level in England and Wales A record number of people killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales in 2016, figures show. The Ministry of Justice said there were 119 […]
Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July’s attempted coup. The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after the coup […]
Jurors heard more evidence Wednesday about the hundreds of items police seized from Douglas Garland’s property, including a half-empty bottle of chloroform. Const. Ian Oxton, in his second day on the witness stand, told the […]
A Russian bill to decriminalise some forms of domestic violence has moved a step closer to becoming law. The lower house of parliament, the Duma, overwhelming approved the proposal after a second reading. First time […]
The head of the Knights of Malta has resigned following a row with the Vatican over a condom programme, the ancient Catholic order has said. Grand Master Matthew Festing, 67, quit after Pope Francis asked […]
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