Suicides

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 13, 2026

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on June 11.

Man jailed in UK for encouraging US suicide via Discord chat platform

Dylan Phelan (left) admitted encouraging Travis Dyer to take his own life in October 2024.

Japan stations, facilities use AI system to prevent suicide by jumping

Once the system detects such signs, it alerts security guards and station staff, with warnings issued through loudspeakers in some cases.

Canadian who supplied poison for suicides to plead guilty

Kenneth Law, 60, is a former chef accused of running a number of online forums that offered predominantly young, distressed people advice on how to end their lives.

Possible Epstein suicide note is released

The note was found by Jeffrey Epstein's then cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione.

Parents in Japan to get Instagram notifications when teens repeatedly search for suicide content

To further protect children, Instagram will also soon introduce a feature that restricts access to posts about drugs and dangerous behaviour.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, March 5, 2026

Healthcare workers in Sri Lanka carrying the bodies of Iranian sailors who died when a US torpedo hit their warship off Sri Lanka's southern coast on March 4.

Florida family sues Google after AI chatbot allegedly coached suicide

Jonathan Gavalas died in October 2025, after allegedly being coached to commit suicide by Google's Gemini AI chatbot.

Instagram to alert parents to teens’ self-harm searches

To receive the Instagram alerts, which will be sent by e-mail, text or WhatsApp, as well as through an in-app notification, teenagers and parents must be enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision tools.

Asos co-founder Quentin Griffiths dies in Thailand after balcony fall

Initial investigations into Asos co-founder Quentin Griffiths' death suggest suicide, and there are no indications of foul play, the police said.

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