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Paul Manafort, Trump ex-campaign chief, to begin trial

July 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

he trial of Donald Trump’s ex-election campaign chief is set to begin, the first to emerge from an inquiry into Russian meddling in the vote. Paul Manafort faces 18 criminal counts, including bank fraud, and […]

Supreme Court backs agreed end-of-life decisions

July 30, 2018 World Justice News 0

Legal permission will no longer be required to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state, the Supreme Court has ruled. It will now be easier to withdraw food and liquid to allow such […]

Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 pro-Morsi protests

July 28, 2018 World Justice News 0

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for their role in the violence that erupted after President Mohammed Morsi’s removal in 2013. The group, including leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, are part […]

Cardinal McCarrick, prominent US Catholic, resigns over abuse claims

July 28, 2018 World Justice News 0

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent US cardinal accused of sexually assaulting a teenager nearly 50 years ago. Theodore McCarrick, 88, a former Archbishop of Washington, must also carry out “penance and […]

Harrods big spender fights to keep mansion

July 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

The fugitive wife of a “fat cat banker” who’s spent £16m in Harrods is battling to keep her London mansion after the UK’s first use of a new power to combat international corruption. The woman, […]

Sacha Baron Cohen ridicule prompts Georgia lawmaker to quit

July 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Georgia lawmaker ridiculed by dropping his trousers and using racial slurs on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? show has said he will resign. Republican state representative Jason Spencer had initially refused to quit […]

Kit Kat case: No break for Nestlé in trademark row

July 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

Even if it looks like a Kit Kat, it might not be. The European Court of Justice has thrown out an appeal by the chocolate bar’s maker, Nestlé, which argued that it owns the shape […]

UK snooping ‘unlawful for more than decade’

July 24, 2018 World Justice News 0

The system that allowed spy agency GCHQ access to vast amounts of personal data from telecoms companies was unlawful for more than a decade, a surveillance watchdog has ruled. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal said that […]

Toronto shooting: Deadly attack in Greektown district

July 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

Two people have been killed and 12 others wounded, one of them critically, by a gunman who opened fire on a busy avenue in Canada’s largest city. One of the dead was a young woman, […]

Islamic State ‘Beatles’ duo: UK ‘will not block death penalty’

July 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK will not block use of the death penalty by the US in the case of two men who are accused of being Islamic State members, the home secretary says. In a letter to […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Paul Manafort, Trump ex-campaign chief, to begin trial

Supreme Court backs agreed end-of-life decisions

Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 pro-Morsi protests

Cardinal McCarrick, prominent US Catholic, resigns over abuse claims

Harrods big spender fights to keep mansion

Sacha Baron Cohen ridicule prompts Georgia lawmaker to quit

Kit Kat case: No break for Nestlé in trademark row

UK snooping ‘unlawful for more than decade’

Toronto shooting: Deadly attack in Greektown district

Islamic State ‘Beatles’ duo: UK ‘will not block death penalty’