July 2018 – World Justice News

Corrie Mckeague: Airman ‘somewhere in Suffolk waste disposal system’

July 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

Missing airman Corrie Mckeague is “somewhere in the Suffolk waste disposal system”, his father has said. Corrie Mckeague was 23 years old when he vanished on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on […]

Paul Manafort, Trump ex-campaign chief, to begin trial

July 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

he trial of Donald Trump’s ex-election campaign chief is set to begin, the first to emerge from an inquiry into Russian meddling in the vote. Paul Manafort faces 18 criminal counts, including bank fraud, and […]

Supreme Court backs agreed end-of-life decisions

July 30, 2018 World Justice News 0

Legal permission will no longer be required to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state, the Supreme Court has ruled. It will now be easier to withdraw food and liquid to allow such […]

Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 pro-Morsi protests

July 28, 2018 World Justice News 0

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for their role in the violence that erupted after President Mohammed Morsi’s removal in 2013. The group, including leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, are part […]

Cardinal McCarrick, prominent US Catholic, resigns over abuse claims

July 28, 2018 World Justice News 0

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent US cardinal accused of sexually assaulting a teenager nearly 50 years ago. Theodore McCarrick, 88, a former Archbishop of Washington, must also carry out “penance and […]

Thousands protest as Polish president signs disputed judicial reforms

July 27, 2018 zoshinuk 0

Video by Owen BARNELL Thousands of people staged protests across Poland on Thursday after President Andrzej Duda signed into law a measure effectively letting the government choose the next Supreme Court chief. The European Union, human […]

New crime of ‘gross negligence rape’ is put forward

July 27, 2018 zoshinuk 0

A new rape law in Ireland to deal with cases where a man has wrongfully, but honestly, believed that consent had been given has been suggested in a report today from the Law Reform Commission. Under […]

Tokyo Sarin attack: Japan executes last Aum Shinrikyo members on death row

July 26, 2018 zoshinuk 0

Japan has executed the remaining members of a cult behind the deadly 1995 Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway. The six men were the last members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on death row, and […]

Harrods big spender fights to keep mansion

July 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

The fugitive wife of a “fat cat banker” who’s spent £16m in Harrods is battling to keep her London mansion after the UK’s first use of a new power to combat international corruption. The woman, […]

Sacha Baron Cohen ridicule prompts Georgia lawmaker to quit

July 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Georgia lawmaker ridiculed by dropping his trousers and using racial slurs on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? show has said he will resign. Republican state representative Jason Spencer had initially refused to quit […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]

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Month: July 2018