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Jailed Dutchman Joran van der Sloot to be extradited from Peru to US

May 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of an American teenager, will be extradited from Peru to face criminal charges in the US, according to media reports. He is currently in […]

Police search for the names of 22 women murdered

May 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police in three European countries are asking for help to identify 22 murdered women whose names remain a mystery. The bodies were found in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany between 1976 and 2019. An unsolved […]

Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack

May 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history. The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over […]

Donald Trump sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll, civil trial jury finds

May 9, 2023 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has been found liable of battery and defamation, after a civil trial jury found he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The jury rejected the rape claim but awarded the […]

Eight killed after car ploughs into Texas bus stop

May 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

Eight people have been killed and at least 10 injured after they were struck by a vehicle while waiting at a city bus stop, police in Brownsville, Texas, said on Sunday. Brownsville police investigator Lieutenant […]

Gunshots heard after police smash into house to free hostage in Kent, witnesses say

May 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

Gunshots were heard after police smashed into a house in Kent to free a woman who was being held hostage, witnesses have said. A man and a woman were taken to hospital with serious injuries […]

Multiple casualties at Allen, Texas mall shooting

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A gunman has opened fire on shoppers at an outlet mall north of Dallas, Texas, causing multiple casualties. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the mall in the city of Allen, as eyewitnesses described a […]

Richard Glossip: US Supreme Court halts man’s fourth execution attempt

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A convicted man in Oklahoma has escaped a fourth execution attempt after a rare intervention from the US Supreme Court. The court halted Richard Glossip’s 18 May execution after the state’s top lawman said he […]

The King crowned by Archbishop of Canterbury in historic coronation at Westminster Abbey

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

The King has been crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his historic coronation at Westminster Abbey. The archbishop Justin Welby placed the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on the monarch’s head minutes before Camilla was […]

Nigerian politician, his wife and their “middleman” jailed for organ-trafficking plot

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and their “middleman” have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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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Jailed Dutchman Joran van der Sloot to be extradited from Peru to US

Police search for the names of 22 women murdered

Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack

Donald Trump sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll, civil trial jury finds

Eight killed after car ploughs into Texas bus stop

Gunshots heard after police smash into house to free hostage in Kent, witnesses say

Multiple casualties at Allen, Texas mall shooting

Richard Glossip: US Supreme Court halts man’s fourth execution attempt

The King crowned by Archbishop of Canterbury in historic coronation at Westminster Abbey

Nigerian politician, his wife and their “middleman” jailed for organ-trafficking plot