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Two men jailed for life for murder of Aboriginal boy

June 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering an Aboriginal schoolboy, in a case that shocked Australia. Cassius Turvey died of head injuries after a brutal assault on the outskirts of Perth in […]

Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive Fito found hiding under kitchen counter after a year on the run

June 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive has been recaptured – more than a year after he escaped from a maximum-security prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as “Fito”, led a gang called Los Choneros and was discovered in […]

Pornhub to introduce ‘government approved’ age checks in UK

June 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Pornhub and a number of other major adult websites have confirmed they will introduce enhanced age checks for users from next month. Parent company Aylo says it is bringing in “government approved age assurance methods” […]

Indian FIFA Club World Cup Piracy Blocking Order Felt Globally

June 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

In a move to protect the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 from piracy, DAZN has obtained an injunction from the Delhi High Court. The order targets not just local internet service providers, but also global […]

US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations to third countries

June 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland. By 6-3, the justices reversed a lower court order requiring the […]

Police officers charged with murder of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang

June 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to […]

Florida building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention centre in Everglades

June 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Florida has begun building a detention centre – dubbed the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – to temporarily hold migrants on an air strip in the Everglades. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the facility would […]

Brad Lander New York city immigration court arrest

New York City mayoral hopeful Brad Lander arrested by ICE agents

June 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

A politician hoping to become the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City has been arrested by federal agents. Brad Lander was taken into custody while escorting a defendant out of an immigration courtroom after […]

Every baby in the UK to receive DNA testing

June 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Every baby in the UK will have their DNA tested under a new 10-year plan for the NHS. The whole-genome sequencing will screen for hundreds of diseases and allow people to “leapfrog” killer illnesses, according […]

Trump takes huge gamble putting US at heart of Iran-Israel conflict

June 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump, the president who returned to the White House in January promising to be a “peacemaker”, has taken a dramatic step to insert the US into the fraught conflict between Iran and Israel. Far […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Articles by World Justice News

Two men jailed for life for murder of Aboriginal boy

Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive Fito found hiding under kitchen counter after a year on the run

Pornhub to introduce ‘government approved’ age checks in UK

Indian FIFA Club World Cup Piracy Blocking Order Felt Globally

US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations to third countries

Florida building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention centre in Everglades

New York City mayoral hopeful Brad Lander arrested by ICE agents

Every baby in the UK to receive DNA testing

Trump takes huge gamble putting US at heart of Iran-Israel conflict