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Pascale Ferrier jailed for 22 years for mailing Donald Trump ricin

August 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Canadian woman has been jailed for 22 years in the US for sending letters laced with ricin poison, including to Donald Trump when he was president. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence in […]

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling that limits access to abortion pill mifepristone

April 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court decision that would halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. A judge said current rules over access to the drug – used in the most […]

Joe Biden: US President’s beach house in Delaware searched by US Justice Department

February 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Justice Department is conducting a search of a beach house owned by President Joe Biden in Delaware. A statement from Bob Bauer, personal attorney for the President, read: “Today, with the President’s full support […]

Donald Trump protests outside Trump Tower

January 6 committee recommends criminal charges against Donald Trump

December 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

The committee investigating the January 6 storming of the US Capitol is recommending criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. They include conspiracy to defraud the United States; obstructing an official proceeding (the certification of Joe […]

Special counsel Jack Smith to oversee criminal investigations into Trump

November 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

A former war crimes prosecutor has been appointed as special counsel to oversee investigations into former US president Donald Trump. Jack Smith, a career prosecutor, will look into allegations around the mishandling of classified documents […]

Donald Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed […]

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger: Three men charged in mob boss murder

August 18, 2022 World Justice News 0

Three men have been charged over the prison killing of infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. The 89-year-old Bulger was discovered unresponsive in October 2018 at a maximum-security facility in West Virginia. Fotios Geas, 55, […]

Alexander Ionov case: US charges Russian with interfering in US politics

July 31, 2022 World Justice News 0

US prosecutors have charged a Russian national with conspiring to use US citizens as “illegal agents of the Russian government”. The US Justice Department indictment also alleges that Alexander Viktorovich Ionov, a resident of Moscow, […]

Capitol riots: Prosecutors probe Trump role in election challenge

July 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

The Justice Department is examining Donald Trump’s alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to US media. Federal prosecutors have reportedly asked witnesses directly about the actions of the […]

Jovenel Moïse murder: US charges Colombian man over assassination

January 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

A former Colombian military officer has been charged in the US in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse last July. Mario Antonio Palacios, 43, is accused of having “participated in a plot […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]