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Christa Pike ‘angry and confused’ after failed execution, lawyers say

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

A lawyer for convicted murderer Christa Pike says that she woke up in hospital “angry and confused” after she survived a botched execution attempt last week. Her first words were to ask “Where am I?” […]

Planned gun attack on America’s largest mall thwarted ‘after teen bought assault rifle’

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

A planned gun attack on the largest mall in the US was prevented after a teenager was arrested trying to buy an assault rifle, according to officials. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, was detained on Tuesday […]

Seven arrested for using Ghanaian banknotes to make ‘money bouquets’

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ghanaian authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly using banknotes to make so-called “money bouquets” and decorate cakes. The Bank of Ghana says the practice is illegal and amounts to misuse and improper handling of […]

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking at hospital’ after failed execution in US

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking nearly a week after Tennessee’s failed execution, her lawyers say. The convicted murderer was given two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal drug used by the US […]

Baltimore Maryland police at Leon Day Park shooting

Girl, 12, killed after shooting over ‘parking space’ in Baltimore

October 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

A 12-year-old girl was killed after a shooting broke out over an apparent dispute over parking, Baltimore police said. According to Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, police responded to reports of gunshots at Leon Day […]

US Marine Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard

Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan’s Okinawa

October 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

For many Okinawa locals, the arrest of a US soldier accused of robbing and killing a woman in a hotel room has reignited decades of frustration over crimes involving US military personnel there. “Honestly my […]

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes legal action over search warrants relating to his arrest

October 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in February. The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in the wake of information that emerged […]

Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife’s baby in ‘horrific’ robbery

October 2, 2026 World Justice News 0

A businessman was beaten with hammers by masked men who broke into his home and threatened to kill his heavily pregnant wife unless he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency. Speaking to the […]

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Year: 2026

Christa Pike ‘angry and confused’ after failed execution, lawyers say

Planned gun attack on America’s largest mall thwarted ‘after teen bought assault rifle’

Seven arrested for using Ghanaian banknotes to make ‘money bouquets’

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking at hospital’ after failed execution in US

Girl, 12, killed after shooting over ‘parking space’ in Baltimore

Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan’s Okinawa

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes legal action over search warrants relating to his arrest

Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife’s baby in ‘horrific’ robbery

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections