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Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

France’s highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign. He was found guilty of overspending on his campaign, then hiring a PR […]

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Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

Australia is set to to overhaul its decades-old nature laws with a raft of major reforms including the country’s first independent environment regulator. After a years-long deadlock, the Labor government struck a last-minute deal with […]

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

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 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 […]

Jamie Taylor molotov cocktail attack outside Livingston police station

Ex-soldier caught on CCTV in police station petrol bomb attack

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A former solider has admitted endangering a police officer’s life in a petrol bomb attack at a police station. Jamie Taylor, 34, hurled three molotov cocktails at police vans parked outside the building in Livingston, […]

Two members of the National Guard shot and seriously wounded near the White House in Washington DC

November 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two members of the National Guard were shot and seriously wounded just blocks from the White House in Washington DC. Update: One of the two members of the National Guard who were shot in Washington […]

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

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 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 […]

Missing high school football coach faces child pornography charges

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Authorities looking for a high school football coach who vanished last week and was considered missing have now announced that he is a wanted man. Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, faces charges of possessing […]

Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than €1m (£878,000) from a small German town’s parking meters. The unnamed municipal employee is thought to have taken coins out […]

Jury trials could be scrapped in England and Wales except in the most serious cases

November 25, 2025 World Justice News 0

Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing rape, murder, manslaughter or other cases passing a public interest test. An […]

Expert on killer’s defence team now believes he is guilty

November 25, 2025 World Justice News 0

A retired detective who assisted in the defence of convicted murderer Michael Ross has told a BBC documentary series he now believes the former soldier was guilty of the killing more than 30 years ago. […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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Year: 2025

Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades

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

Ex-soldier caught on CCTV in police station petrol bomb attack

Two members of the National Guard shot and seriously wounded near the White House in Washington DC

Missing high school football coach faces child pornography charges

Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft

Jury trials could be scrapped in England and Wales except in the most serious cases

Expert on killer’s defence team now believes he is guilty