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Doomsday preacher convicted of mass murder of 190 children, starvation deaths in Kenya cult case

The former taxi driver founded the Good News International Church in 2003, preaching increasingly apocalyptic sermons and urging his followers to starve themselves and their children to death.

Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears in court for his judgement at the Mombasa High Court, Kenya, October 19, 2026.
A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'

Menahem Alkalai, a gynecologist convicted of raping nine women.

Urogynecologist convicted of raping nine women sentenced to 14 years imprisonment

A bus drives past a branch of Lloyds Bank in London, Britain, January 28, 2026.

Lloyds rejects mortgage bid from mother of jailed Palestine Action activist


Austrian who planned attack on Taylor Swift concert gets 15 years in prison

Beran A, whose last name has not been made public in accordance with Austrian privacy rules, was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the US pop star.

AUSTRIAN DEFENDENT Beran A, who pleaded guilty to planning an attack on US singer Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, is escorted by security personnel in a courtroom during the last day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 28, 2026.

Michigan man receives 20-year sentence for providing material support to ISIS

Aws Mohammed Naser, convicted of attempting to support ISIS and creating bomb-making materials, is sentenced to 20 years in prison.

 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Man sentenced to 10 months in prison for urinating near tefillin cabinet, looting charity boxes

“The defendant acted not only knowingly but also as one who is consumed by hatred toward Jews,” Judge Alex Akhter ruled. 

An illustration of Tefillin, August 18, 2025.

'Die, Jews, Die!': NYC man sentenced to prison for antisemitic, anti-white assaults

42-year-old Skiboky Stora had been convicted of numerous crimes, including two hate crime assaults in the third degree, and hate crime stalking in the third degree.

A view of the Manhattan skyline as seen from Roosevelt Island with United Nations building in the forefront on April 14, 2026 in New York City.

Tel Aviv court convicts crime boss Ismail Jarushi, 12 others in SSQ extortion-and-shooting case

The Tel Aviv District Court convicts crime boss Ismail Jarushi and 12 others in an extortion case involving threats and gunfire against a money-changer’s business in Tel Aviv.

The law courts in Tel Aviv

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

At the defense’s request, the court delayed the start of Pesler’s prison sentence until April 15 to give her time to appeal. She is required to report to Neve Tirza Prison by 9 a.m. that day.

 Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Jerusalem court sentences man who posed as single in relationships with twelve women

The court determined that Fraiser’s actions constituted a single continuous criminal episode, with the defendant facing 20 to 36 months in prison.

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Hong Kong hands media mogul Jimmy Lai 20-year prison sentence

The sentence ends Hong Kong's highest-profile national security trial and a legal sagathat has spanned nearly five years.

FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2020.

China orders retrial for Canadian on death row after Canada ties improve

The breakthrough came less than a month after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a four-day visit to China.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.

Prosecution appeals sentence in killing of teen Lital Yael Melnick, seeks harsher conviction

The prosecution has appealed the sentence handed to Eduard Kachura, arguing that his actions in the death of Lital Melnick should be classified as reckless killing, not negligent homicide.

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025