Crimes against women

Anger as woman’s headless body found in Istanbul rubbish bin

The police were not immediately able to find the victim’s head or her legs.

British man faces court for drugging and raping ex-wife over 13 years

Philip Young is set to be joined by five other men also accused of various sexual offences against his ex-wife, at Winchester Crown Court.

Sapporo man held on suspicion of creating sexual deepfakes of female celebrities

The Metropolitan Police Department in Japan suspect the 31-year-old man made sexual deepfakes of female celebrities available on two membership-based sites.

Man convicted of raping younger cousin at his home when he was a teen

The man was convicted of one count of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration, but acquitted of another rape charge.

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Former Federal Reserve chiefs has criticised the probe into Mr Jerome Powell as an attempt to undermine the bank's independence.

UK to accelerate law criminalising creation of sexual deepfakes

The law would make it illegal for companies to supply tools designed to create such images.

Buddhist monk gets 1-year jail for beating wife in South Korea

The defendant had threatened the victim with a chair at their home on Dec 20, 2024, striking her neck with his hands and grabbing her by the hair while drunk.

Man arrested on suspicion of hiding woman’s body in wall of bar he runs in Japan’s Hokkaido

The bar where a woman’s body was hidden in a wall on Jan 10 in Hidaka, Hokkaido.

New video emerges of Minnesota ICE shooting, further inflaming tensions

Protesters march against ICE after an immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her car on Jan 8.

Republican-led House fails to override Trump vetoes

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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