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Law enforcement raids Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s properties in LA and Miami

March 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

Properties connected to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs were raided on Monday by federal agents. The Department of Homeland Security said it had pursued the “law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation” in New […]

New York could scrap law that criminalises adultery

March 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A US state could be about to scrap a century-old law which criminalises the act of cheating. Adultery has been classed as a low-level criminal offence – known as a misdemeanour – in the state […]

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 […]

Court denies Donald Trump’s bid to pause $454m penalty in civil fraud case

February 29, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump must post a bond to cover the full $454m penalty while he appeals against the judgment in his New York civil fraud trial, a court has ruled. Mr Trump’s lawyers had argued he […]

Jury finds NRA and ex-leader Wayne LaPierre liable for corruption

February 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

The National Rifle Association and two top executives have been found liable in a civil corruption trial and ordered to repay $6.35m (£5m). A New York jury agreed that former leader Wayne LaPierre cost the […]

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Donald Trump fined $354.9m and banned from running businesses in New York for three years

February 17, 2024 World Justice News 0

Former US president Donald Trump has been fined $354.9m (£281.6m) after a civil fraud trial in New York. With interest included, he will have to hand over at least $453.5m (£359.9m). The judge also banned […]

Former CIA employee jailed for 40 years for largest leak in agency’s history

February 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former CIA employee has been jailed for 40 years over the largest leak of classified information in the agency’s history. Joshua Schulte, a software engineer from New York, passed the data to whistleblowing agency WikiLeaks in the […]

Kaylin Gillis: Householder guilty of killing woman in driveway wrong turn

January 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

A householder has been convicted of murder for shooting a 20-year-old woman as the car she was in took a wrong turn up his driveway in rural New York. Kaylin Gillis was shot in the […]

New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for ‘billions’

December 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

US news organisation the New York Times is suing ChatGPT-owner OpenAI over claims its copyright was infringed to train the system. The lawsuit, which also names Microsoft as a defendant, says the firms should be held […]

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after $148m defamation verdict

December 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) in a defamation case. He was ordered to pay the sum […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]