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Roger Stone, Adviser to Trump, Is Indicted in Mueller Investigation

January 25, 2019 zoshinuk 0

By Mark Mazzetti This is a breaking story… WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump who has spent decades plying the dark arts of scandal-mongering and dirty tricks to help […]

Russia cyber-plots: US, UK and Netherlands allege hacking

October 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents. The US justice department said targets included the global chemical weapons […]

Salisbury poisoning: Two Russians charged over Novichok attack, but UK cannot get them out of Russia

September 5, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Martin Evans, crime correspondent and Danny Boyle Two Russians have been named as suspects and charged over the Salisbury poisonings, but British authorities are unable to get them out of Russia. Prosecutors say there is enough evidence to charge […]

16-Year-Old Fined Under Russia’s ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law Files Appeal

September 3, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Daria Litvinova MOSCOW (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The first Russian minor to be fined under a new law against so-called gay propaganda for posting pictures of shirtless men embracing has filed an appeal, his lawyer […]

Microsoft claims win over ‘Russian political hackers’

August 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says. The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from political organisations, including the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute […]

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani: Truth isn’t truth

August 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has raised eyebrows by claiming that “truth isn’t truth” during a television interview. Mr Giuliani was arguing that Mr Trump should not testify to the Russia probe, as he […]

Russia faces US action over Skripal attack

August 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US is to impose sanctions on Russia after determining that it used the nerve agent Novichok against former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in the UK in March. The move […]

Paul Manafort, Trump ex-campaign chief, to begin trial

July 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

he trial of Donald Trump’s ex-election campaign chief is set to begin, the first to emerge from an inquiry into Russian meddling in the vote. Paul Manafort faces 18 criminal counts, including bank fraud, and […]

Mueller ‘threatened Trump with subpoena’ amid Russia probe

May 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

Special Counsel Robert Mueller warned he could order Donald Trump to testify as part of a probe into alleged Russian election meddling, US media report. Mr Mueller suggested the move during talks with Mr Trump’s […]

Trump-Russia: Former aide Nunberg wavers over defying Mueller inquiry

March 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former Trump aide has stunned Washington with an extraordinary round of media interviews in response to a subpoena from the inquiry looking into alleged Russian election meddling. Sam Nunberg, who helped launch Donald Trump’s […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]