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Two judges order Trump administration to give fired workers their jobs back

March 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse by the Trump administration last month. In California, District Judge William Alsup called the sacking of […]

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons

August 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s decade-old ban on military-style firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. A majority of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges rejected gun rights […]

Mass shooting at a Maryland elementary school averted after teen arrested

April 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

A US teenager accused of planning a mass shooting at his former elementary school was arrested after sharing a story he wrote describing the attack, police say. Alex Ye, 18, was arrested in Maryland after […]

Iranian man and two Canadians charged over plot to kill defector from Tehran in the US

January 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Iranian man has been charged alongside two Canadians with plotting to kill two people, including a defector from Iran, who had fled to the United States. Prosecutors say Naji Sharifi Zindashti operates a criminal […]

Maryland judge Andrew Wilkinson shot and killed outside his home

October 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

Maryland police are hunting for a suspect in the killing of a judge, who was shot outside his home and later died in a hospital on Thursday. Police identified the victim as Washington County Circuit […]

Baltimore shooting: At least two people killed and three critically injured

July 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

At least two people have been killed and three others have been critically injured after a mass shooting in Baltimore overnight. Police said 30 people were injured during the incident at a street party in […]

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction reinstated in Serial podcast case

March 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction has been reinstated in the latest development in the prolonged case featured in the hit podcast Serial. At the age of 17, Syed was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 […]

Man tried 4 times for killing set free after charges dropped

January 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s new top prosecutor dropped all charges Friday against a Black man who stood trial four times for the same killing, freeing him from behind bars and ending a controversial case that […]

Couple who tried to sell US nuclear submarine secrets to foreign country are jailed

November 10, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US Navy engineer and his wife who sold secrets about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent posing as a representative of a foreign government have been jailed. Citing the “great danger” the couple […]

Adnan Syed: Prosecutors seek new trial in Serial podcast case

September 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors in Baltimore say they are re-examining the murder conviction of a Baltimore teenager in a case that spawned a hit true-crime podcast. Adnan Syed was 17 when he was sentenced to life in prison […]

Human Rights

First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]

Human Rights

UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

September 14, 2026 0

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]

Human Rights

Zambian opposition leader detained by police over treason allegations

August 30, 2026 0

Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who had gone into hiding after disputing the recent presidential election result, has been detained over allegations of treason. The official results from the 13 August poll showed that incumbent […]