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UK court finds mining firm liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster

November 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

Mining company BHP has been found liable for a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, known as the country’s worst-ever environmental disaster, by London’s High Court. The dam collapse killed 19 people, polluted the river and […]

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has initial appearance at the International Criminal Court

March 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Jailed former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared Friday by videoconference before judges at the International Criminal Court, days after his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to the deadly “war […]

‘Amateurish’ thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol […]

Ex-rebel gets 40-year jail term in landmark Ugandan case

October 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war crimes trial. Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 charges, including […]

The gangster brought down by a shipment of bananas

October 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

In the early summer of 2020, Jamie Stevenson was taking advantage of the lifting of lockdown restrictions to meet associates outside a four-star Glasgow hotel. They were sitting at a picnic table when they heard […]

Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza City

South Africa files International Court of Justice case accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’

December 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in “genocidal acts” in Gaza. The UN court confirmed the application concerning alleged violations of Israel’s obligations […]

Van Gogh The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring

Stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth in Ikea bag

September 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Van Gogh painting stolen from a Dutch museum in March 2020 is back in safe hands after a three-and-a-half-year quest to recover it. Dutch art detective Arthur Brand said he had been handed the […]

Jailed Dutchman Joran van der Sloot to be extradited from Peru to US

May 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of an American teenager, will be extradited from Peru to face criminal charges in the US, according to media reports. He is currently in […]

Police search for the names of 22 women murdered

May 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police in three European countries are asking for help to identify 22 murdered women whose names remain a mystery. The bodies were found in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany between 1976 and 2019. An unsolved […]

One-legged British crime boss Richard Wakeling on NCA “most wanted” list arrested in Thailand

February 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A one-legged British organised crime boss has been arrested in Thailand after five years on the run. Richard Wakeling, 55, from Brentwood, Essex, tried to import £8m of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April […]

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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 […]

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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 […]