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Spying trial collapsed after government refused to brand China a threat, says top prosecutor

October 8, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Chinese spying trial collapsed last month after the UK government would not label Beijing a national security threat, a top prosecutor has said. Christopher Berry, 33, and former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 30, were […]

Daniel Khalife: Former soldier who escaped from Wandsworth Prison guilty of spying for Iran

November 28, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former British soldier who escaped from Wandsworth Prison has been found guilty of spying for Iran. Daniel Khalife, 23, who was a lance corporal in the Royal Signals, used a sling made from trousers […]

US citizen arrested in America a year after UK car crash which left nurse Elizabeth Donowho unable to walk

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

A US citizen who allegedly left a British nurse temporarily unable to walk after a car crash has been arrested in Texas a year after the collision. Issac Calderon is due to appear in a […]

Five alleged Russian spies appear in London court

September 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five people accused of being part of a Russian spy ring operating in the UK have appeared in court. Bulgarian nationals Orlin Roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov, and Vanya Gaberova allegedly conspired to […]

Five arrested on suspicion of an offence under Official Secrets Act

August 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Official Secrets Act, the Metropolitan Police has said. Three of the five arrested back in February were charged with possession of false identity […]

Aung San Suu Kyi defends verdict against Reuters journalists

September 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation. She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had broken the law and their conviction had “nothing to do […]

Senior West Midlands Police officer Marcus Beale to be charged under Official Secrets Act

November 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A senior police officer is to be charged over allegations he failed to safeguard sensitive documents which were stolen from his car. The papers were in a locked box taken from Assistant Chief Constable Marcus […]

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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 […]