2026 – Page 12 – World Justice News

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Nicolas Maduro travelling under heavy security to court hearing

US special forces soldier charged with Polymarket betting on Nicolas Maduro raid

April 24, 2026 World Justice News 0

A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been charged with allegedly betting on the raid. Gannon Ken Van Dyke used his access to classified information to make […]

UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China

April 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

Medical information of 500,000 participants of the UK’s health data project, UK Biobank, were offered for sale online in China, the government has confirmed. Technology minister Ian Murray said information of all members of the database was […]

Moldovan oligarch jailed in $1bn ‘theft of the century’ case

April 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

Vlad Plahotniuc, once Moldova’s richest man, has been sentenced to 19 years in jail in a banking fraud case known in the country as the “theft of the century”. Plahotniuc was found guilty of partaking […]

Nigeria Federal High Court coup defendants boarding

Nigeria’s suspected coup plotters deny treason charges

April 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup to overthrow Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. The defendants appeared at the Federal High Court in […]

Girl, 14, found in singer D4vd’s car died of ‘multiple injuries’

April 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

After months of speculation and delays, officials have announced that the teen girl found in singer D4vd’s car died from “multiple penetrating injuries”. The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office on Wednesday announced that they’d […]

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 World Justice News 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

mass trial of suspected MS-13 gang leaders

Mass trial for 486 alleged MS-13 gang leaders begins in El Salvador

April 21, 2026 World Justice News 0

A mass trial of 486 suspected MS-13 gang leaders has begun in El Salvador, the country’s attorney general’s office has said. The group are collectively accused of committing more than 47,000 crimes – including murder, […]

Collapsed law firm at centre of £39.5m fraud probe

April 21, 2026 World Justice News 0

A law firm that collapsed suddenly is being investigated over a “sophisticated suspected fraud” involving the “improper removal and misuse” of £39.5m of client funds, a regulator has said. Sheffield-based PM Law Ltd, which had […]

Man kills seven of his children, and an eighth child, in Louisiana mass shooting

April 20, 2026 World Justice News 0

A father has killed seven of his children and an unrelated child in a mass shooting in Shreveport in the US state of Louisiana that police have described as a “domestic disturbance”. The children were […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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Year: 2026

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

US special forces soldier charged with Polymarket betting on Nicolas Maduro raid

UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China

Moldovan oligarch jailed in $1bn ‘theft of the century’ case

Nigeria’s suspected coup plotters deny treason charges

Girl, 14, found in singer D4vd’s car died of ‘multiple injuries’

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

Mass trial for 486 alleged MS-13 gang leaders begins in El Salvador

Collapsed law firm at centre of £39.5m fraud probe

Man kills seven of his children, and an eighth child, in Louisiana mass shooting