Palestinian women stand in a window of a damaged building in Gaza in January.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2025
U.N. experts accuse Israel of genocidal acts and sexual violence in Gaza
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the report's findings, saying they were biased and antisemitic.
Smoke rises from the MV Solong cargo ship on Tuesday, the day after it collided with the MV Stena Immaculate tanker in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2025
U.K. arrests cargo ship captain for manslaughter over North Sea crash
The 59-year-old captain was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision involving a tanker chartered by the U.S. military.
A demonstrator holds a sign with a picture of death row inmate Brad Sigmon outside the South Carolina Department of Corrections following his execution by firing squad, at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2025
South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in U.S. in 15 years
The convicted murderer said he feared the alternatives of the electric chair or lethal injection would risk a slower and more torturous death.
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington in 2024. The Justice Department unsealed charges against a dozen Chinese citizens accused of being part of a sophisticated hacking ring that steals data from American businesses and people to sell to the Chinese government and others.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2025
U.S. says China paid hackers to target critics and steal data
The Justice Department has charged 10 Chinese citizens and two government agents for hacks that targeted dissidents, news outlets and American government agencies, among others.
A White House reporter for the Associated Press is told by a member of the Trump administration that AP is barred from joining White House press pool coverage, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2025
Associated Press sues White House officials to restore access
Last week, the White House barred AP reporters from pooled events, objecting to the wire service's references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (center) arrives at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2025
Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot
The charge further complicates the far-right firebrand's already narrow hopes of pulling off a political comeback.
Officers from the Austrian State Criminal Police are seen near a cordoned off area after a knife attack near the main square in the city center of Villach, in southern Austria, on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2025
Syrian arrested after deadly stabbing attack in Austria
Syrian asylum seeker was arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death and five other people were wounded in southern Austria on Saturday.

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