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Iraqi Ali Bashar jailed for life for Susanna Feldman killing

July 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

A failed Iraqi asylum seeker has been handed life in prison for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old German girl. Ali Bashar, 22, had admitted in court in Wiesbaden that he strangled Susanna Feldman […]

Niels Högel: German ex-nurse convicted of killing 85 patients

June 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

A former nurse has been convicted of murdering 85 patients at two hospitals in northern Germany and handed a life sentence. Judge Sebastian Buehrmann described Niels Högel’s killing spree as “incomprehensible”. Högel, who is already […]

GozNym cyber-crime gang which stole millions busted

May 17, 2019 World Justice News 0

An international crime gang which used malware to steal $100m (£77m) from more than 40,000 victims has been dismantled. A complex police operation conducted investigations in the US, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The […]

German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market

May 3, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police in western Germany have arrested three men suspected of running the world’s second-largest dark net marketplace for illegal drugs, stolen data and malicious software. The FBI took part in the investigation and arrested two […]

Family pug seized by town over unpaid debts and sold on eBay

February 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A town in Germany has made headlines for seizing a family’s dog over unpaid taxes – and then selling it on eBay. German media report that officials in Ahlen initially wanted to seize the wheelchair […]

Giant gold coin trial opens in Berlin

January 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

Four men have gone on trial in Berlin, accused of the notorious theft of a huge solid-gold coin from the German capital’s Bode Museum in 2017. The 100kg (220lb) Canadian “Big Maple Leaf” was made […]

German politicians targeted in mass hack attack

January 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have had personal details hacked and published online. Contacts, private chats and financial details were put out on Twitter which belong to figures from every political party […]

Germany adopts third gender identity for intersex people

January 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

Intersex people in Germany can now legally identify themselves as a third gender, under a new law adopted in December. People who do not fit the biological definition of male or female can now choose […]

German female IS recruit ‘let slave child die of thirst’ in Iraq

December 30, 2018 World Justice News 0

A female Islamic State group member accused of letting a five-year-old girl die of thirst in scorching sunlight is facing war crimes charges in Germany. The 27-year-old German, identified as Jennifer W, and her husband […]

Der Spiegel ‘fake news’ reporter could face charges

December 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

The German reporter Claas Relotius, accused by top news magazine Der Spiegel of faking stories, could now face embezzlement charges. Der Spiegel says it is filing a criminal complaint alleging he solicited donations for Syrian […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]