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Police arrest 13 over UK’s ‘biggest drug conspiracy’

October 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police investigating what they say is the UK’s biggest ever drugs conspiracy have arrested 13 men in dawn raids. The arrests follow a National Crime Agency investigation tracking drugs allegedly smuggled into the UK in lorry loads […]

Gordon Sondland: US envoy skips Trump impeachment probe

October 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Trump administration has blocked the US ambassador to the European Union from testifying to a congressional impeachment investigation. Gordon Sondland was due to meet behind closed doors on Tuesday with staff from three Democratic-led […]

Luc Besson: French film director denies rape allegation

October 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Luc Besson, one of France’s best-known film directors, has denied raping or drugging a young actress. Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy accused Mr Besson of repeatedly raping her over a two-year period. An investigating judge […]

Samuel Little: FBI confirms ‘most prolific’ US serial killer

October 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

The FBI has confirmed an imprisoned murderer who confessed to 93 murders over four decades is the most prolific serial killer in US history. Police have matched Samuel Little, 79, to 50 cases from 1970 […]

Trump tax returns must be given to prosecutor, judge rules

October 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to hand over eight years of his tax returns to a New York state criminal investigation. The judge rejected arguments by the president’s lawyers that total immunity […]

Florida juror jailed for oversleeping and missing trial

October 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Florida juror has been sentenced to 10 days in prison after he overslept and missed the start of a court case. Deandre Somerville, 21, of West Palm Beach, was chosen to serve on a […]

Rapper Krept ‘good’ after assault at Arena Birmingham

October 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

Rapper Krept has said he is “good” and will be “back in no time” after he was assaulted backstage at a BBC Radio 1Xtra live event in Birmingham. The sold-out Saturday night show at the […]

Second whistleblower emerges in Trump inquiry

October 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment case against US President Donald Trump, according to lawyers representing the first one. Mark Zaid told ABC News the second person is also an intelligence official […]

Kansas City: Gunman on run after four shot dead in bar

October 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

Four people have been killed in a shooting at a bar in Kansas City in the midwestern US state of Kansas. Local police said in a tweet that five other people were wounded during the incident […]

John Dillinger: US gangster’s body set to be exhumed

October 5, 2019 World Justice News 0

A request to exhume the remains of infamous US gangster John Dillinger has been approved by officials in Indiana. Dillinger’s relatives have been pressing for the permit, saying an imposter is buried at Crown Hill […]

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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Articles by World Justice News

Police arrest 13 over UK’s ‘biggest drug conspiracy’

Gordon Sondland: US envoy skips Trump impeachment probe

Luc Besson: French film director denies rape allegation

Samuel Little: FBI confirms ‘most prolific’ US serial killer

Trump tax returns must be given to prosecutor, judge rules

Florida juror jailed for oversleeping and missing trial

Rapper Krept ‘good’ after assault at Arena Birmingham

Second whistleblower emerges in Trump inquiry

Kansas City: Gunman on run after four shot dead in bar

John Dillinger: US gangster’s body set to be exhumed