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Texas abortion law: Biden administration to request block on abortion ban

October 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

US President Joe Biden’s administration has said it will ask the Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion. It comes after a federal appeals court reinstated the law. […]

Mob beats Kenyan child serial killer to death

October 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala, 20, was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten […]

Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death

October 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. […]

Robert Durst: US millionaire sentenced to life for murder

October 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

US real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend. Durst was found guilty of killing Susan Berman in […]

Football coach jailed for 25 years in Dubai over CBD vape oil

October 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

A British football coach has been jailed for 25 years in Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car. Billy Hood from Notting Hill, west London, was arrested […]

US couple accused of selling nuclear submarine secrets

October 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in West […]

Brazilian footballer charged with attempted murder after kicking referee

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Brazilian footballer has been charged with attempted murder after kicking a referee in the head during a lower league match. Sport Club Sao Paulo player William Ribeiro attacked Rodrigo Crivellaro after he awarded a […]

Trump must give documents to Capitol riot probe

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

President Biden has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot. Mr Trump had asked that the records the committee requested remain hidden under executive privilege, […]

Lawyer blaming drink-driving on tea jailed and banned

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A lawyer who was almost four times over the drink-drive limit has been jailed for 10 weeks. Louise Taylor, 41, of Holmes Chapel Road, Sandbach, claimed she had been drinking a friend’s home-made Kombucha tea […]

Texas abortion: US appeals court reinstates near total ban

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated Texas’s near total ban on abortions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that an injunction imposed against […]

Human Rights

Ecuador says ICE agent attempted to enter its Minneapolis consulate

January 29, 2026 0

The government of Ecuador has condemned what it described as an attempt by a US federal immigration agent to enter the Ecuadorean consulate in Minneapolis. The agent was prevented from gaining access by consular officials, […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

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Texas abortion law: Biden administration to request block on abortion ban

Mob beats Kenyan child serial killer to death

Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death

Robert Durst: US millionaire sentenced to life for murder

Football coach jailed for 25 years in Dubai over CBD vape oil

US couple accused of selling nuclear submarine secrets

Brazilian footballer charged with attempted murder after kicking referee

Trump must give documents to Capitol riot probe

Lawyer blaming drink-driving on tea jailed and banned

Texas abortion: US appeals court reinstates near total ban