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US arrests man over Australian religious terror attack

December 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

The FBI has arrested a man in Arizona over a religiously motivated terror attack on a remote Australian property last year that left six dead. Donald Day Jr, a 58-year-old US citizen, faces two charges […]

Six dead in shooting at remote Australian property

December 13, 2022 World Justice News 0

Six people, including two police officers, have been fatally shot after a suspected ambush at a remote Australian property. Police said they had been searching for a missing person in Wieambilla – 270km (168 miles) […]

Queensland shooting: Three killed on remote Australian property

August 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

A manhunt is under way in northern Australia after three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting on a remote property. The shooting happened on Thursday morning local time on a cattle […]

Queensland man dies after allegedly having leg sawn off

February 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly sawing another man’s leg off in north-eastern Australia. A man, 66, died in a park in Innisfail, Far North Queensland, early on Saturday after being found […]

Graham Potter: One of Australia’s most wanted men nabbed after 12-year hunt

February 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

Australian police have arrested one of the country’s most wanted fugitives following a 12-year manhunt. Graham Potter, 64, had been on the run since 2010 after he failed to show up to court to face […]

Dreamworld accident: Australian theme park fined over four deaths

September 28, 2020 World Justice News 0

The operator of Australia’s Dreamworld theme park has been fined A$3.6m (£2m; $2.5m) over the deaths of four people on a malfunctioning water ride. Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett, Roozbeh Araghi and Cindy Low died in […]

Chris Dawson: Husband faces murder trial over 1982 disappearance of wife

September 26, 2020 World Justice News 0

A former Australian school teacher accused of killing his wife – in a case that was the subject of a popular crime podcast – will face trial for murder, a judge has ruled. Chris Dawson, […]

Australia drug bust: Four UK men arrested over huge MDMA haul

August 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

Six people including four British men have been arrested in Australia and New Zealand in one of the region’s largest-ever drug seizures. Australian police said the bust was connected to a UK-based organised crime syndicate […]

Mother ‘assaulted and tied up teen in torture ordeal’ over missing car

October 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A mother-of-two has faced court after allegedly subjecting a teenager to horrifying three-day ordeal south of Brisbane. Police found the 19-year-old woman bound in a bedroom at the suburban home in Waterford West by pure […]

Queensland policeman killer shot dead eighteen hour after siege

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

shot dead in Australia. On Monday, Rick Maddison fatally shot Senior Constable Brett Forte after the police officer intercepted his car in Queensland. He fled to a nearby farmhouse and spent the night in a […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]