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Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism

July 29, 2026 World Justice News 0

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism by Russia’s security agency. Moscow also said it had issued an international warrant for the 41-year-old […]

Former chess champion Kramnik banned over cheating remarks

July 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

The World Chess Federation (Fide) has banned former world champion Vladimir Kramnik for at least a year over verbal attacks he made on other players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky. The body said it had […]

Woman wanted over Monaco bombing ‘that targeted Ukrainian tycoon’ is named

July 3, 2026 World Justice News 0

Interpol has named a woman who is wanted over a bombing in Monaco which reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia. Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old from Ukraine who has a tattoo, possibly of a snake, […]

Moldovan oligarch jailed in $1bn ‘theft of the century’ case

April 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

Vlad Plahotniuc, once Moldova’s richest man, has been sentenced to 19 years in jail in a banking fraud case known in the country as the “theft of the century”. Plahotniuc was found guilty of partaking […]

Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 World Justice News 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]

Mali lawmaker jailed in Ivory Coast for insulting president

February 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Malian lawmaker has been jailed in neighbouring Ivory Coast for three years for insulting the 84-year-old Ivorian leader, who recently won a fourth term in office. Mamadou Hawa Gassama, who serves in the transitional […]

Ex-intelligence officer accused of betraying Austria in Russia spying trial

January 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Former intelligence official Egisto Ott has gone on trial in Vienna, accused of spying for Russia in what is being dubbed Austria’s biggest spy trial in years. Egisto Ott, who told the court on Thursday […]

Billion-pound money laundering network operating in 28 towns and cities in UK

November 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

Britons buying cocaine on a Friday night could be inadvertently funding Russia’s war in Ukraine. The National Crime Agency has revealed a billion-pound money laundering network is operating in 28 towns and cities across the […]

Polish judge refuses to extradite Ukrainian Nord Stream blasts suspect

October 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Polish judge has refused to extradite a Ukrainian citizen – suspected by Germany of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022 – arguing that if Ukraine was responsible for the attack, then […]

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Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court

September 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

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, […]