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September 19, 2017

Italy urges more patrols, punishment after spate of rapes

Italian officials called Tuesday for increased police patrols, video surveillance and tougher laws to punish perpetrators ...

September 19, 2017

At least 65 skulls found so far at a mass grave in Bosnia

The remains of at least 65 victims have been retrieved from a mass grave recently found in central Bosnia, forensic experts ...

September 19, 2017

Police: Toll in Grenfell Tower fire may be lower than 80

The number of people who died in London's Grenfell Tower fire may be slightly lower than the 80 previously estimated, police ...

September 19, 2017

New misconduct allegations hang over UN meeting on sex abuse

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said sexual abuse is a problem that goes beyond peacekeeping missions and plagues the ...

September 18, 2017

Austria: Girl stabbed to death, police say by her brother

Vienna police and municipal officials say a 14-year-old girl from Afghanistan has been stabbed to death and that her ...

September 18, 2017

Students in France acid attack show compassion for assailant

American college students attacked with acid at a train station in France have offered compassion and prayers for their ...

September 18, 2017

Egypt acquits Irish-Egyptian after 4 years in detention

An Egyptian criminal court on Monday acquitted an Irish-Egyptian who has been detained for four years on a slew of charges, ...

September 18, 2017

The Latest: Women in acid attack offer prayers for assailant

The Latest on the attack on four American women with acid at a Marseille train station (all times local): 12:50 p.m.

September 18, 2017

France: Acid attack on 4 US students not seen as terror act

Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in France, but French authorities so far do ...

September 16, 2017

Protesters gather at anniversary of Greek rapper's murder

About 3,000 leftist activists and migrants marched through central Athens Saturday to honor the memory of activist rapper ...

September 16, 2017

UN chief to urge world leaders to prevent sexual abuse

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invited world leaders to a special event Monday on preventing sexual exploitation and ...

September 15, 2017

Professor, Oxford employee indicted in Chicago stabbing

A grand jury has indicted a former Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee on first-degree murder ...

September 15, 2017

Vatican diplomat recalled amid child porn investigation

A high-ranking priest working in the Vatican's embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. prosecutors asked for him ...

September 15, 2017

Wisc. Slender Man Stabbing Case Goes to Jury

A Wisconsin girl accused of helping her friend stab their classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender ...

September 15, 2017

Protesters Gather After Police Shooting Verdict

Several hundred protesters were marching in the streets of downtown St. Louis within hours after a judge acquitted a white ...

September 15, 2017

Homicide victim's ashes being sent to Britain 40 years later

The cremated remains of a homicide victim kept at a South Dakota funeral home for 40 years are being taken to relatives in ...

September 15, 2017

Judge Rules Rape Convict Can Play Football

A judge ruled an Ohio man convicted of rape as a teen case will be temporarily reinstated on the Youngstown State University ...

September 15, 2017

Some major attacks in Europe in recent years

An explosion on a carriage in a subway train in southwest London injured several people Friday while a knife-wielding ...

September 15, 2017

Paris police: Soldier attacked in subway, no one hurt

A knife-wielding assailant tried to attack a soldier in a big Paris subway interchange Friday in an incident being ...