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US Justice officials in talks to drop Trump criminal cases

November 8, 2024 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice is in talks with the office of special counsel Jack Smith over winding down the two federal cases he is overseeing against president-elect Donald Trump, according to US media reports. […]

Police find 11 bodies in pick-up truck in Mexico

November 8, 2024 World Justice News 0

The remains of 11 people, including two children, have been found inside a vehicle in a southern Mexican city besieged by violence, officials say. The grim discovery was made in the city of Chilpancingo, whose mayor […]

IPTV Piracy Blocking at the Internet’s Core Routers Undergoes Testing

November 8, 2024 World Justice News 0

After 15+ years of blackholing IP addresses and making the Domain Name System tell more lies than Pinocchio, some may wonder whether site-blocking is harming prospects of a future open internet. Confirmation that piracy blocking […]

Pirate IPTV-Selling ‘Law Enforcement Officer’ Faces Wiretapping Claim

November 8, 2024 World Justice News 0

A lawsuit filed in the U.S. claims that a pirate IPTV seller adopted a novel marketing strategy to support a business with 450,000 subscribers . According to the plaintiffs, the owner of the service “held […]

Russian anti-war teenager faces five years in jail after failed appeal

November 8, 2024 World Justice News 0

One of Russia’s youngest political prisoners has lost an appeal to overturn a five-year jail sentence. Arseny Turbin was only 15 when he was arrested in the summer of 2023. Authorities accused him of joining […]

Australia plans social media ban for under-16s

November 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Australia’s government says it will introduce “world-leading” legislation to ban children under 16 from social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the proposed laws, to be tabled in parliament next week, were aimed at mitigating […]

US jails Fat Leonard in Navy’s biggest bribery scandal

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Malaysian businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in the US Navy’s biggest corruption scandal and for skipping a previous sentencing hearing. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard”, […]

Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

A GP who disguised himself and injected his mother’s partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Thomas Kwan, 53, was posing as a […]

News

Police send Russell Brand file to CPS to consider charges

November 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Detectives investigating Russell Brand over allegations of historical sex offences have sent prosecutors a file of evidence so they can consider bringing charges. Brand has been interviewed three times by police since an investigation by the […]

Girl, 13, stabbed and six held on attempted murder

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 13-year-old girl has been stabbed and six teenagers arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Humberside Police said she was found at the side of the A63 dual carriageway in Hessle at about 07:00 GMT […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

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Year: 2024

US Justice officials in talks to drop Trump criminal cases

Police find 11 bodies in pick-up truck in Mexico

IPTV Piracy Blocking at the Internet’s Core Routers Undergoes Testing

Pirate IPTV-Selling ‘Law Enforcement Officer’ Faces Wiretapping Claim

Russian anti-war teenager faces five years in jail after failed appeal

US jails Fat Leonard in Navy’s biggest bribery scandal

Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

Police send Russell Brand file to CPS to consider charges

Girl, 13, stabbed and six held on attempted murder