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Motion Picture Association Shut Down OnionPlay’s Discord & Tries to Unmask Pirate Site Operator

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

The Motion Picture Association has its eyes set on the streaming portal OnionPlay. After successfully petitioning Discord to shut down the site’s community server, the Hollywood group has secured a DMCA subpoena requiring Discord to […]

Sexual assault civil trials against Kevin Spacey set for October 2026

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

Kevin Spacey is set to face civil trials at the High Court later next year, over separate lawsuits filed by three men who have accused him of sexual assault. A man called Ruari Cannon, who […]

Georgia judge dismisses 2020 election interference case against Trump

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A judge in Georgia has dismissed a sprawling 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, ending the last effort to prosecute the president for allegedly attempting to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. Peter Skandalakis, […]

Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

France’s highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign. He was found guilty of overspending on his campaign, then hiring a PR […]

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Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

Australia is set to to overhaul its decades-old nature laws with a raft of major reforms including the country’s first independent environment regulator. After a years-long deadlock, the Labor government struck a last-minute deal with […]

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

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Ex-soldier caught on CCTV in police station petrol bomb attack

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A former solider has admitted endangering a police officer’s life in a petrol bomb attack at a police station. Jamie Taylor, 34, hurled three molotov cocktails at police vans parked outside the building in Livingston, […]

Two members of the National Guard shot and seriously wounded near the White House in Washington DC

November 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two members of the National Guard were shot and seriously wounded just blocks from the White House in Washington DC. Update: One of the two members of the National Guard who were shot in Washington […]

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Missing high school football coach faces child pornography charges

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Authorities looking for a high school football coach who vanished last week and was considered missing have now announced that he is a wanted man. Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, faces charges of possessing […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]

Human Rights

First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]

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Motion Picture Association Shut Down OnionPlay’s Discord & Tries to Unmask Pirate Site Operator

Sexual assault civil trials against Kevin Spacey set for October 2026

Georgia judge dismisses 2020 election interference case against Trump

Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

Ex-soldier caught on CCTV in police station petrol bomb attack

Two members of the National Guard shot and seriously wounded near the White House in Washington DC

Missing high school football coach faces child pornography charges