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FBI most wanted drug lord among 29 cartel figures sent from Mexico to US as Trump turns up pressure on organisations

February 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including a most wanted drug lord, to the US as the Trump administration cranks up the pressure on the crime groups. The early days of the new US […]

Son loses case against parents over move to Africa

February 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his own parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school. The boy, described in court as shy, articulate, […]

U.S. Government Seizes Dozens of Pirate Sports Streaming .Dev Domains

February 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A sustained campaign by U.S. authorities has led to the seizure of a growing number of pirate sports streaming domains. The IPR Center is now listed as the owner of dozens of .DEV domains, which […]

Religious sect parents jailed over death of diabetic daughter

February 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

The parents of an eight-year-old diabetic girl in Australia who died after they denied her insulin for almost a week have each been sentenced to 14 years in jail for manslaughter. Elizabeth Struhs had in […]

Lawyers bid to postpone Lockerbie bombing trial

February 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

The trial of a Libyan suspect in the Lockerbie bombing, which was due to start in the United States in May, could be postponed following a request from the prosecution and defence. Abu Agila Masud […]

Claims of white genocide ‘not real’, South African court rules

February 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as “clearly imagined” and “not real”, undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling […]

The disturbing internet history of a triple killer

February 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

When police officers stopped 18-year-old Nicholas Prosper in Luton one Friday morning last September, he had already killed his mother, brother and sister and was planning to commit a mass shooting at his old primary […]

CCTV two people on moped snatching phone

New legislation targets theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour – including new powers to search homes without a warrant for stolen mobile phones

February 25, 2025 World Justice News 0

Police will be given new powers to search homes without a warrant for stolen mobile phones under major legislation which targets theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour. The Crime and Policing Bill is at the heart […]

Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Greenpeace has said that a lawsuit brought by an energy company over the Dakota Access Pipeline could wipe it out. The Texas-based company, Energy Transfer, alleges protest tactics by Greenpeace delayed the project, which began […]

MP Mike Amesbury jailed for punching constituent

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks after he admitted punching a man to the ground in his Cheshire constituency. Amesbury, 55, who represents Runcorn and Helsby as an independent MP, […]

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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FBI most wanted drug lord among 29 cartel figures sent from Mexico to US as Trump turns up pressure on organisations

Son loses case against parents over move to Africa

U.S. Government Seizes Dozens of Pirate Sports Streaming .Dev Domains

Religious sect parents jailed over death of diabetic daughter

Lawyers bid to postpone Lockerbie bombing trial

Claims of white genocide ‘not real’, South African court rules

The disturbing internet history of a triple killer

New legislation targets theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour – including new powers to search homes without a warrant for stolen mobile phones

Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial

MP Mike Amesbury jailed for punching constituent