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Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts in hush money case – becoming first ex-president to be criminally convicted

May 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be criminally convicted. In a historic decision, a New York jury has found him guilty of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. He was […]

Donald Trump tried to ‘hoodwink voters’ – as his lawyers slam key witness as ‘greatest liar of all time’

May 29, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial edged closer to its conclusion on Tuesday as the prosecution and defence made their closing arguments to the court. In the defence’s final pitch, Mr Trump’s lead lawyer attacked Michael […]

Trump ‘hush money’ trial: Former president declines to testify and his defence rests

May 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump will not testify in his historic criminal trial, after his defence team rested their case on Tuesday. It will be up to his lawyers to speak for him instead as they deliver closing […]

Ex-lawyer Michael Cohen says he paid hush money at Trump’s direction

May 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump “wasn’t thinking about (his wife) Melania” when he paid off a former porn star, his former lawyer has testified. Michael Cohen told a court Trump personally approved $130,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels over […]

Steve Bannon may soon head to prison after appeal fails

May 12, 2024 World Justice News 0

A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon. The decision may soon send Bannon, 70, to prison, after years of legal wrangling. He was convicted in 2022 of […]

Donald Trump at Manhattan Criminal Court

Donald Trump manages partial victory in Supreme Court as hush money case rumbles on

April 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump managed a partial victory in the Supreme Court, as justices delayed any potential decision on his immunity case over election riots. Trump argued he has total immunity over the 2020 riots and while […]

Arizona indicts Trump allies over 2020 fake elector scheme

April 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

Arizona has indicted a number of former President Donald Trump’s advisers over an alleged scheme to flip his defeat in the state and overturn the 2020 election result. Ex-Trump advisers Rudi Giuliani and Mark Meadows […]

Trump ‘hush money’ Trial: Publisher says he suppressed negative news

April 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

The underbelly of New York City’s tabloid media industry was laid bare in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. A famous publisher outlined a secret plan he had with Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Michael […]

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

April 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal […]

Trump bond: Lawyers say he is unable to get $464m guarantee in New York fraud case

March 19, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump cannot find a private company to guarantee the $464m (£365m) he has been ordered to pay in a New York civil fraud case. The former president must either pay the full amount in […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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 […]