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Centre to prosecute alleged war crimes in Ukraine opens in The Hague

After months of lobbying from Kyiv, the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) has opened in The Hague, Netherlands.

03/07/2023

Israel

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against proposed judicial reform

Protests against the government's proposal to reform the judiciary have gained more momentum in Israel.

01/07/2023

Green News

French company accused of releasing 'forever chemicals' near Lyon

Local residents blame French chemical giant Arkema for contaminating the environment around its plant near Lyon.

28/06/2023

World News

Moscow court rejects appeal of jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich

Gershkovich and his employer have denied he spied in Russia. The US government has declared him to be wrongfully detained and demanded his immediate release.

22/06/2023

Green News

Rihanna asks world leaders to ‘step up’ for climate-hit communities

Her foundation donated over €13 million to climate justice last year, and has long supported Caribbean communities after disasters.

21/06/2023

World News

Trump pleads not guilty to charges against him over Mar-a-Lago files

The former US president is accused of lying about unlawfully keeping classified US documents at his Florida estate after he left the White House.

13/06/2023

World News

War in Ukraine: Can Russia be charged for the crime of 'aggression'?

The atrocities in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha have become synonymous with Russia's alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

12/06/2023

France

Suspect in French Alps stabbing charged with attempted murder

French judges on Saturday handed preliminary charges of attempted murder to a man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a French Alps park, an attack that reverberated across France and beyond.

10/06/2023

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WATCH: Indigenous Brazilians march ahead of trial over land future

Indigenous Brazilians marched through Brasilia on Tuesday ahead of a hearing on a proposed law that will limit their land rights.

07/06/2023

Europe News

Poland's legal overhaul infringes on judicial independence, ECJ rules

The controversial reform has caused an intense and protracted dispute between the Polish government and the European Commission.

05/06/2023

Hacker Hunter

RaidForums: The child hacker facing extradition to the US

A co-production with Kaspersky

Portuguese national Diogo Santos Coelho launched one of the world's biggest hacking forums in 2015 when he was just 14 years old. The FBI chose not to intervene until he was old enough to be tried as an adult.

02/06/2023

Green News

Earth is being pushed past its safe limits for humans, scientists say

Most planetary boundaries are now beyond safe and just limits putting life on Earth in the 'danger zone'.

01/06/2023

World News

Increased sentences for two Serbs convicted of crimes in Balkan wars

Both Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic remained emotionless and silence as the court handed down the increased sentence.

31/05/2023

Culture news

Justice Strikes Back: Darth Vader convicted in Chilean court

The cult villain of the Star Wars saga appeared before the Valparaiso Court of Appeal in Chile, during a mock trial organized on Heritage Day.

30/05/2023

Culture news

Ed Sheeran wins ‘Let’s Get It On’ copyright infringement trial

The verdict caps a two-week trial that had Sheeran saying he'd quit music if he didn't win.

05/05/2023

Netherlands

Court bans man from donating his sperm after he fathered over 500 kids

A Dutch court has ordered a man believed to have fathered more than 550 children to stop donating his sperm.

28/04/2023

Green News

Fossil Fuel giants take legal hit after US Supreme court decision

Fossil fuel giants have taken a massive legal hit after the US Supreme Court refused to hear their appeals against climate cases.

25/04/2023

Peru

Peruvian ex-president Toledo in jail after extradition from US

Alejandro Toledo is one of four ex-presidents linked to the Odebrecht corruption scandal that has shaken Peru’s politics, with nearly every living former president now on trial or under investigation.

24/04/2023

Israel

Protests in Israel continue despite 'pause' of judicial reform plan

Protest organizers aim to maintain momentum and increase pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government until the proposed changes are scrapped.

16/04/2023

Green News

Here's how a tax on the rich could help us deal with climate change

Billionaires are responsible for vast amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. How could taxing them could help countries struggling with climate change.

15/04/2023