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Court Orders Pirate IPTV Linker to Shut Down or Face Penalties Up to €1.25m

May 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

Anti-piracy group BREIN has prevailed in a legal clash against an unlicensed provider of thousands of live IPTV streams and movies. A court found that Leaper Beheer BV, which operated under names including Flickstore and […]

Margaret River deaths: Seven people found dead in Western Australia

May 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

Seven people have been found dead at a rural property near Margaret River in Western Australia (WA), police say. The bodies of four children and three adults were discovered in the town of Osmington, 280km […]

Gina Haspel hearing: 9/11 ‘mastermind’ asks to share information

May 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks has asked for permission to share information about Gina Haspel, nominee for CIA director, at her confirmation hearing. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is held at Guantanamo Bay, has asked […]

Violence at Feltham prison drops after sweet rewards

May 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

Levels of violence at a young offenders institution dropped after teenagers were given sweets for good behaviour, inspectors found. Inmates at YOI Feltham, in west London, can select confectionery items from a “merit shop”, inspectors […]

Horse trainers guilty in Australia’s ‘biggest’ racing scandal

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Eight horse racing professionals have been found guilty of doping offences in what has been called the biggest scandal to hit the sport in Australia. A tribunal found the five trainers and three stablehands had […]

Matthew Moseley: Oswaldtwistle shooting killer jailed

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

A father who pressured his 14-year-old son into taking the blame for a murder he had committed has been jailed. Matthew Moseley, 50, shot Lee Holt in the chest when he tried to get into […]

Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general, quits amid assault reports

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following allegations of assault by four women. The New Yorker magazine published a report quoting the women, two of them ex-girlfriends, who accused Mr Schneiderman, 63, of hitting […]

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Man denies terror attack plot to kill Theresa May

May 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A London man has denied plotting to kill Theresa May with a backpack bomb. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from Finchley is accused of preparing a terror attack targeting Downing Street. He is also charged with […]

New Jersey ‘mystery pooper’ was schools chief, say police

May 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police hunting a suspect who relieved himself on school grounds “on a daily basis” in the US state of New Jersey have arrested a top education official. Kenilworth school superintendent Thomas Tramaglini, 42, was detained […]

Lockerbie bomber’s conviction to be reviewed

May 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

A review of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s conviction for the Lockerbie bombing is to be carried out by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. The commission said it would examine the case to decide whether it would […]

Human Rights

France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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 […]

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Court Orders Pirate IPTV Linker to Shut Down or Face Penalties Up to €1.25m

Margaret River deaths: Seven people found dead in Western Australia

Gina Haspel hearing: 9/11 ‘mastermind’ asks to share information

Violence at Feltham prison drops after sweet rewards

Horse trainers guilty in Australia’s ‘biggest’ racing scandal

Matthew Moseley: Oswaldtwistle shooting killer jailed

Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general, quits amid assault reports

Man denies terror attack plot to kill Theresa May

New Jersey ‘mystery pooper’ was schools chief, say police

Lockerbie bomber’s conviction to be reviewed