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Police took action on record 9,088 domestic violence cases across Japan in 2018
The NPA said increased social awareness of the issue is believed to have resulted in a rise in the number of people seeking police consultations.
Nagoya court rules against man accused of domestic violence based solely on wife's account
On Thursday a high court rejected a claim by a man that he had been wrongly certified as a perpetrator of domestic violence, overturning a lower court order for his former wife and local authorities to pay damages for inappropriate certification. The man in his ...
Hundreds of female protesters took to the streets of the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Sunday to call for an end to violence against women. Some banging large drums and others ululating, they marched through the streets, an AFP correspondent said. "Underage marriage is a ...
Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence
Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday on suspicion of domestic violence, a police spokesman said. Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Jeff Lee said no further ...
Man with mental health issues kills mother and sister near Paris; Islamic State group claims attack
A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The killer had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior ...
Ohio State hands football coach Urban Meyer three-game ban for mishandling abuse case
Urban Meyer was suspended by Ohio State on Wednesday for the first three games of the season for mishandling domestic violence accusations, punishing one of the sport's most prominent leaders for keeping an assistant on staff for several years after that coach's wife accused ...
The Toronto Blue Jays dealt suspended pitcher Roberto Osuna to the Houston Astros on Monday in exchange for three pitchers, including right-hander Ken Giles. The 23-year-old Mexico native is eligible to return on Sunday from a 75-game ban under MLB's domestic violence policy. Jays general manager ...
Marriage is not always the bed of roses it's supposed to be
Whenever you read about people doing things you yourself would never dream of doing, you naturally wonder: Is it a warped individual nature that is to blame? Is it the nature of the time, the place, the circumstances? Warped or not, an individual need never ...
After 9 years in fear, ex-wife of man suspected in 6 Arizona killings grateful to be alive
Connie Jones' life wasn't routine. She switched up her commute to work, went to different grocery stores, constantly looked over her shoulder, and took firearms training and defensive driving to protect herself and her son from an ex-husband she said was a maniac. Authorities have ...
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Monday that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum, in an effort to stem a flow of illegal immigrant families from Central America. In a deciding opinion on a case of an unidentified woman ...
Japan court orders damages be paid for wrongful spousal abuse claim
A court ordered an estranged wife and the Aichi Prefectural Government to pay a combined ¥550,000 in damages to the woman's husband for incorrectly declaring him a perpetrator of domestic violence. The man's wife, in her 40s and a resident of Aichi Prefecture, sought help ...
Death during childbirth of Paraguay teen rape victim fuels South American country's abortion debate
The death of a 14-year-old rape victim in Paraguay during childbirth has put the spotlight on the country's high levels of sexual violence against girls and its strict abortion law, campaigners said. The girl, identified as J.S.P., spent 22 days in a hospital with pregnancy ...
