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Prosecutors seek 2.5-year jail term over Luis Rubiales World Cup kiss

March 28, 2024 World Justice News 0

Spanish prosecutors want the ex-head of the country’s football federation to be jailed for two-and-a-half years, after he kissed a female footballer against her will at Spain’s World Cup victory. Luis Rubiales is facing charges […]

Julian Assange faces further wait over extradition ruling – court requires no death penalty assurance

March 28, 2024 World Justice News 0

The US must assure Julian Assange has freedom of speech protections and will not receive the death penalty before he is extradited, judges have ruled. The UK High Court said the Wikileaks founder could be […]

Law enforcement raids Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s properties in LA and Miami

March 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

Properties connected to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs were raided on Monday by federal agents. The Department of Homeland Security said it had pursued the “law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation” in New […]

Florida bans children under 14 from social media in sweeping new law

March 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

Children under 14 will be barred from joining social media in Florida from next year. Signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, the legislation directs social media firms to delete the accounts of under-14s. Children aged […]

Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking plot

March 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

Millions of Americans’ online accounts have been caught up in a “sinister” Chinese hacking plot that targeted US officials, the justice department and FBI said on Monday. Seven Chinese nationals have been charged with enacting […]

Cryptocurrency firm Binance executive Nadeem Anjarwalla escapes custody in Nigeria

March 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

An executive of the cryptocurrency firm Binance has escaped from custody in Nigeria, the authorities there say. Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan dual national, was arrested in February with his US colleague Tigran Gambaryan. Their detention […]

Mother witnessed her son being stabbed to death outside their home

March 23, 2024 World Justice News 0

The “distraught” mother of a man who was stabbed to death in front of her outside the home they shared says he was a “precious, stunning son”. Claire Richards said Ashley Sarsero, 26, died in […]

Gunmen kill over 130 at Crocus City Hall in Moscow – Islamic State claim responsibility

March 23, 2024 World Justice News 0

Three children are among more than 90 people killed after gunmen entered a concert venue near Moscow and opened fired on the crowd – with Islamic State claiming responsibility for the atrocity. The attackers, wearing […]

Former Yoozoo Games executive sentenced to death over fatal poisoning of one of richest men in China

March 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former Yoozoo Games executive has been sentenced to death over the poisoning of the company’s founder. Xu Yao poisoned Lin Qi’s food in December 2020 because they disagreed over how to run the business, […]

New York could scrap law that criminalises adultery

March 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A US state could be about to scrap a century-old law which criminalises the act of cheating. Adultery has been classed as a low-level criminal offence – known as a misdemeanour – in the state […]

Human Rights

Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0

A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

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Prosecutors seek 2.5-year jail term over Luis Rubiales World Cup kiss

Julian Assange faces further wait over extradition ruling – court requires no death penalty assurance

Law enforcement raids Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s properties in LA and Miami

Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking plot

Cryptocurrency firm Binance executive Nadeem Anjarwalla escapes custody in Nigeria

Mother witnessed her son being stabbed to death outside their home

Gunmen kill over 130 at Crocus City Hall in Moscow – Islamic State claim responsibility

Former Yoozoo Games executive sentenced to death over fatal poisoning of one of richest men in China

New York could scrap law that criminalises adultery