2025 – Page 15 – World Justice News

Campaigners lodge legal action over gender rules for schools and prisons

August 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

Campaigners who won a legal victory on the definition of a woman are taking action against the Scottish government over policies they say are “inconsistent” with the ruling. For Women Scotland have lodged an action […]

FBI returns stolen conquistador document to Mexico

August 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico. The manuscript page was penned in 1527 and is one of 15 pages thought to have been swiped from […]

Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemic

August 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas a record A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union said it welcomed the penalty, which is […]

Fugitive Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape after extradition to US

August 14, 2025 World Justice News 0

An American fugitive who faked his death and fled to Scotland to escape justice has been found guilty of rape in the United States. Nicholas Rossi, who appeared in court under his other name, Nicholas […]

US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK

August 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

US woman Aimee Betro has been found guilty of attempting to shoot a man dead in the UK. But the investigation into the Wisconsin native revealed her to be “fairly unexceptional” with virtually no “criminal […]

British backpacker pleads guilty after fatally crashing into a father while under influence of alcohol in Australia

August 11, 2025 World Justice News 0

An English backpacker has pleaded guilty after fatally crashing into a father of two while riding an e-scooter under the influence of alcohol in Australia. Alicia Kemp, 25, was over the legal limit when she […]

Delivery man with a face mask riding a bicycle

Hundreds arrested in ‘week-long crackdown’ on asylum seekers working for delivery companies

August 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of arrests have been made across the UK as part of a “week-long crackdown” on asylum seekers taking jobs for delivery firms. A total of 1,780 people were stopped and spoken to over suspected […]

Tears and outrage in South Africa as accused in pig farm murder walks free

August 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

South Africa’s state prosecutor has officially withdrawn charges against one of the farm workers accused of killing two black woman and feeding their bodies to pigs. Adrian de Wet was one of three men facing […]

Police Raid IPTV Pirates, Freeze $6m in Assets, Seize Vehicles & Real Estate

August 6, 2025 World Justice News 0

Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency has reported a significant operation targeting a group who smuggled pirate IPTV devices from neighboring Paraguay, for distribution and nationwide sale in Brazil. Thirty-eight police officers executed 12 warrants, seizing vehicles, […]

Man accused of killing 4 and abandoning baby arrested in Tennessee

August 6, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man suspected of targeting and killing members of his girlfriend’s family and leaving a baby abandoned in front of a stranger’s home has been arrested in rural Tennessee. The weeklong manhunt for Austin Robert […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2025

Campaigners lodge legal action over gender rules for schools and prisons

FBI returns stolen conquistador document to Mexico

Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemic

Fugitive Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape after extradition to US

US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK

British backpacker pleads guilty after fatally crashing into a father while under influence of alcohol in Australia

Hundreds arrested in ‘week-long crackdown’ on asylum seekers working for delivery companies

Tears and outrage in South Africa as accused in pig farm murder walks free

Police Raid IPTV Pirates, Freeze $6m in Assets, Seize Vehicles & Real Estate

Man accused of killing 4 and abandoning baby arrested in Tennessee