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Lawyer: Professor charged with murder won't plead guilty

A lawyer for a former Northwestern University professor charged in the 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend responded to a ...

Attorney general given diocese files to review abuse claims

Rhode Island's attorney general announced Tuesday that he has gained access to nearly 70 years of records from the Diocese ...

Hong Kong arrests men with gang links over mob attack

Hong Kong police say they've arrested six men, some with links to triad gangs, following a violent attack on pro-democracy ...

Eritrean shot in Germany, suspect fatally shoots himself

Prosecutors say an Eritrean man has been shot and seriously wounded in western Germany and that the suspect, who apparently ...

Jailed judge alleging pedophile ring on verge of extradition

A lawyer for a former Lithuanian judge and parliament member jailed in Chicago said Monday that a new court ruling could be ...

British man to testify against professor in Chicago stabbing

A British man accused in the fatal stabbing of a hair stylist in Chicago that a prosecutor said was driven by a sexual ...

Hong Kong crisis escalates after mob attack on protesters

An overnight attack by white-clad assailants apparently targeting pro-democracy protesters raised tensions to new levels in ...

UK legislator charged with 2 sexual assaults against women

A Conservative Party legislator in Britain has been charged with sexually assaulting two women. The Crown Prosecution Service ...

Missing Polish boy's body found; dead father only suspect

Prosecutors in Poland say the father of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found over the weekend is the sole suspect in the ...

Clashes involving Hong Kong's protest movement grow violent

Clashes involving Hong Kong's protest movement escalated violently late Sunday as police launched tear gas at protesters who ...

Morocco: 3 sentenced to death in Scandinavian women slayings

Three men were convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death by a Moroccan court Thursday for the brutal slaying of two ...

Cyprus detains 12 Israelis for 8 days over alleged rape

A Cyprus court has ordered 12 Israelis vacationing on the east Mediterranean island nation to remain in police custody for ...

Dutch criminal convicted of ordering murder of Iranian

An Amsterdam court has convicted a 38-year-old career criminal of organizing the murder of an Iranian who lived in the ...

7,800 police in Philippines punished for deadly drug raids

Thousands of Philippine police officers have received administrative punishments with more than 2,000 dismissed for ...

Manchester Arena bombing suspect denies 22 counts of murder

The brother of the suicide bomber who killed almost two dozen people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester two years ago ...

Cyprus detains 12 Israelis after UK woman alleges rape

A dozen Israelis have been detained after a 19-year-old British woman alleged that she was raped in the Cyprus resort town ...

Indian court convicts 1 in 2008 death of teen British girl

An Indian appeals court on Wednesday convicted one of two suspects in the rape and murder of a teenage British girl whose ...

Man who rammed people by UK Parliament guilty of murder bid

A driver whose car collided with several people before crashing outside Britain's Parliament has been convicted of attempted ...

Fleetwood coach Joey Barton charged with assault

Joey Barton, the coach of English third-tier team Fleetwood, has been charged by police with assault following an incident ...

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Shiori Ito on speaking about sexual assault in Japan: 'I felt lonely'

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito and South Korean prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun discuss the impact #MeToo had in their countries while ...