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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, […]

Shackled Luigi Mangione in packed court over healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has argued that the 26-year-old is not being granted the right to a fair trial. The comments came during a brief procedural hearing […]

Innocent man released from prison after 30 years tells what he thinks of modern life

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man who has been released from prison after 30 years for a crime he says he never committed has been readjusting to life – and getting used to just how connected people are now. […]

Waspi women threaten government with legal action over refusal to pay compensation

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Campaigners have threatened the government with legal action unless it reconsiders the decision to refuse compensation to millions of women affected by an increase in the state pension age. The Women Against State Pension Inequality […]

Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann charged with stalking parents and twin siblings

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

A woman, who previously claimed to be Madeleine McCann, has been charged with stalking the missing child’s family. Julia Wandel, 23, also known as Julia Wandelt, from Poland, was arrested at Bristol Airport on Wednesday, […]

French prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

A French convict who went on the run after escaping a police van in a deadly ambush has been arrested in Romania, French authorities have said. Two prison officers were killed and three others injured […]

Three guilty of murdering Christmas Eve gunman

February 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

Three men have been found guilty of murdering a gunman shortly after he carried out a killing at a restaurant in Dublin on Christmas Eve 2023. Tristan Sherry, 26, was killed after the fatal shooting […]

€5m worth of cocaine seized in Kildare

February 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two men have been arrested following a seizure of €5m (£4m) worth of cocaine in County Kildare. On Wednesday, gardaí (Irish police) stopped and searched a vehicle and a residential property in the Allenwood area […]

British man who works for FIFA arrested on suspicion of having sex with underage boy in US

February 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

FIFA has suspended a British man, who works for the world football governing body, after he was arrested in Miami on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy. Jack Coles was detained on Friday […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial

MP Mike Amesbury jailed for punching constituent

Shackled Luigi Mangione in packed court over healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing

Innocent man released from prison after 30 years tells what he thinks of modern life

Waspi women threaten government with legal action over refusal to pay compensation

Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann charged with stalking parents and twin siblings

French prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush

Three guilty of murdering Christmas Eve gunman

€5m worth of cocaine seized in Kildare

British man who works for FIFA arrested on suspicion of having sex with underage boy in US