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Payton Gendron: Buffalo white supremacist mass killer jailed for life in hearing disrupted by audience member rushing towards him

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

A white supremacist mass murderer, whose sentencing hearing was disrupted by an audience member rushing towards him, has been jailed for life without parole. Payton Gendron, 19, admitted killing 10 black people in a racially motivated attack […]

Half Moon Bay: Suspect held after another California mass shooting

January 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US state of California is reeling from its second mass shooting in days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco. The attacks took place in the coastal city of […]

Raleigh North Carolina shooting: Boy, 15, arrested after five killed in tragic act of gun violence

October 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of killing five people in North Carolina and is in a critical condition in hospital, US police have said. The boy, who has not been named, is […]

Nova Scotia shooting: Families say inquiry raises more questions

September 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

Families of the victims in Canada’s deadliest mass shooting say an inquiry into what happened has left them with “more questions than answers”. The joint provincial and federal inquiry is hearing from family members and […]

Alex Jones’ Infowars files for bankruptcy after defamation suit

April 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

Companies owned by US radio host Alex Jones, including his right-wing website InfoWars, have filed for bankruptcy. The move comes as he fights defamation suits brought by families of those killed in a 2012 school […]

San Jose shooting: Eight killed in California rail yard shooting

May 26, 2021 World Justice News 0

A gunman has killed eight people at a commuter train yard in California. The shooting took place at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose. Officials say the victims include […]

US man jailed for supplying guns used in 2015 San Bernardino shootings

October 23, 2020 World Justice News 0

A US man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for buying guns for a married couple who carried out a mass shooting in California in 2015. Enrique Marquez Jr, 28, was found guilty […]

Hanau: Nine dead in mass shooting in Germany

February 19, 2020 World Justice News 0

Eight people were killed in two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau, police say. Several other people were also injured after a gunman opened fire at 22:00 local time (21:00 […]

Thailand shooting: Soldier kills 26 in gun rampage

February 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

A soldier has killed 26 people and injured dozens more in a gun rampage in the Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima. Jakraphanth Thomma, a junior officer, killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a […]

US sees highest number of mass killings in 2019

December 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

The US suffered more mass killings in 2019 than any year on record, according to researchers. A database compiled by the Associated Press (AP), USA Today and Northeastern University recorded 41 incidents and a total […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]