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Trump impeachment: House sends historic case to Senate

January 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial. The resolution passed largely along party lines by 228 votes to […]

Impeachment: Lawmakers investigating if Trump lied to Mueller

November 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

House of Representatives investigators are looking into whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller during the Russia probe. “Did the president lie?” a House lawyer said in court as he requested files […]

Trump impeachment: House to vote on how inquiry should proceed

October 31, 2019 World Justice News 0

The US House of Representatives is set to vote on how the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump should proceed. The resolution to be voted on sets out a more public phase of the process […]

Trump impeachment: Democrats unveil resolution for next steps

October 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

Democrats in the US House of Representatives have published a resolution setting out the next steps in their impeachment efforts against President Donald Trump. The motion sets out a more public phase of the inquiry […]

Human Rights

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 […]

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 […]