World Justice News

Hunter Biden is first sitting US president’s son to be convicted of crime

June 12, 2024 World Justice News 0

Joe Biden’s son has been found guilty of illegally buying a gun after hiding his drug use. Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted of three firearm charges in the first criminal prosecution of a sitting US […]

Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter ordered to pay half a million pounds to woman he abused

June 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

Gary Glitter has been ordered to pay £508,800 to a woman he abused when she was 12 years old. The disgraced singer was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between […]

Fresh appeal after 40 years to catch woman’s 1984 murderer in Bristol

June 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

Police have issued a fresh appeal to bring the killer of a mother-of-two to justice 40 years after she was murdered. Shelley Morgan, 33, was last seen alive dropping her children off at school in […]

Failed ‘coup plotters’ go on trial in DR Congo

June 9, 2024 World Justice News 0

The trial of 51 individuals, including three Americans, accused of attempting to overthrow the president of thee Democratic Republic of Congo last month, has begun. The hearing is being broadcast live on national TV and […]

Long jail terms for Chinese cybercrime gang in Zambia

June 9, 2024 World Justice News 0

Lengthy jail terms have been handed to 22 Chinese citizens – and a Cameroonian man – for cyber-related crimes in Zambia. The gang’s only female convict, Gu Tianjiao, reportedly cried “papa, papa” as her seven-year sentenced […]

Donald Trump in breach of £300,000 legal costs ruling after losing UK dossier case against former MI6 spy

June 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Sky […]

Amanda Knox fails to overturn slander conviction in Italy

June 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

Amanda Knox has lost her bid to overturn a slander conviction in Italy. The American woman was eventually cleared of the brutal 2007 murder of her flatmate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, in the apartment they shared […]

Interpol, FBI and NCA thwart criminal gang trying to sabotage Red Notice system

June 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

A joint operation by Interpol, the FBI and British anticrime officials has thwarted attempts by criminals in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency’s key tools – the Red Notice system. Four people […]

Convicted paedophiles could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration in Louisiana

June 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

Paedophiles found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration in addition to prison time. Politicians in the US state gave final approval to a […]

Steve Wright in court charged with 1999 kidnap and murder of Victoria Hall

June 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Steve Wright has appeared in court, charged with the murder and kidnap of a 17-year-old girl in 1999. Victoria Hall’s body was found in a ditch about 25 miles (40km) from where she was last […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban