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At least three killed and 14 injured in Texas bar shooting

March 2, 2026 World Justice News 0

At least three people, including the gunman, have been killed after a shooting at a bar in Texas, with the FBI investigating a potential link to the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Officers shot and […]

Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]

Drug lord El Chapo’s son pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case

December 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

One of the four sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in a US court. Joaquín Guzmán López’s guilty plea on Monday comes after US […]

Texas megachurch pastor pleads guilty to child abuse

October 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Texas pastor who founded one of the largest megachurch congregations in the country pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl of 12 in Oklahoma in the 1980s. Robert Morris, 64, entered the […]

US brings back El Salvador deportee Kilmar Garcia to face federal charges

June 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

Kilmar Ábrego García, a 29-year-old from El Salvador mistakenly deported in March, has been returned to the US to face prosecution on two federal criminal charges. He has been accused of participating in a trafficking […]

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US Supreme Court blocks new deportations and man wrongly deported to El Salvador says he is ‘traumatised’ by mega-prison

April 19, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man wrongly deported to El Salvador was “traumatised” by his time at a notorious mega-prison, a US senator has said, as the Supreme Court blocks new deportations of Venezuelan migrants. Kilmar Abrego Garcia told Democrat […]

Brother of Arturo Suarez now most likely in El Salvador jail says his brother’s only ‘crime’ is being Venezuelan and having tattoos

April 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

Until five weeks ago, Arturo Suarez was a professional singer, performing in the United States as he waited for his asylum claim to be processed. Originally from Venezuela, he had entered the US through proper, legal […]

Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Greenpeace has said that a lawsuit brought by an energy company over the Dakota Access Pipeline could wipe it out. The Texas-based company, Energy Transfer, alleges protest tactics by Greenpeace delayed the project, which began […]

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Migrants in shackles led on to US military plane – as Mexico refuses to accept deportation flight

January 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

US military aircraft have started flying detained migrants out of America on the orders of Donald Trump, as Mexico refused a request from his administration to allow a deportation plane to land in the country. […]

Texas man gets 100 years prison for shootings that killed 1, wounded others in Nevada and Arizona

December 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a […]

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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 […]