Man accused of role in Malta journalist's assassination details plot to kill for €150,000
One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbor-front cafe near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese. Degiorgio didn't stay long. A few minutes later, he jumped back into the ...
Japanese man pleads guilty to deadly knife rampage on shinkansen
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a passenger and trying to kill two others in a random knife attack on a shinkansen last year. According to the indictment, Ichiro Kojima, 23, seriously wounded two women in their 20s with a machete on the Nozomi ...
Police arrested a man wanted over the slaying of a 20-year-old woman in the city of Niigata. Ryosuke Saito, 25, had been on the run since Yuzuki Ishizawa was stabbed to death in a building near Niigata Station on Friday evening. He was arrested Monday after ...
71-year-old woman suspected of murdering three older family members due to stress of caregiving
A 71-year-old woman in central Japan suspected of murdering her husband has told investigators she strangled her in-laws as well, local police said Monday, pointing to the stress of being the sole caregiver in the family as a possible motive. Masako Kishimoto was arrested Sunday ...
Arrest warrant issued for man over fatal stabbing of woman in Niigata
The Niigata Prefectural Police on Saturday obtained an arrest warrant for a man wanted in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old woman in a busy nightlife area in the city of Niigata. Ryosuke Saito, 25, was placed on the nationwide wanted list after Yuzuki Ishizawa ...
Murder of Indonesia palm oil activists shows growing threat, rights groups say
The murder of two Indonesian activists, which police say was ordered by a palm oil businessman, highlights the escalating violence and threats faced by environmentalists who challenge the industry, rights groups say. Martua Parasian Siregar, 55, and Maraden Sianipar, 42, were found dead 10 days ...
Man dies in apparent robbery in Higashikurume after stabbed more than 30 times
Police are investigating a robbery-murder case after a 55-year-old man is found dead at his home in western Tokyo with more than 30 stab wounds.
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Wednesday to cancel the license of Brazil's largest TV network, Globo, accusing it of "villainous journalism" after a report connecting him with a former police officer accused of killing a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman last year. TV Globo reported ...
Former assistant nurse set to be acquitted in retrial of 2003 Shiga hospital murder case
Lawyers for the convicted nurse said prosecutors decided not to argue against her acquittal in the case where she was accused of murdering a patient in 2003.
On a recent summer evening, tranquility reigned in this small neighborhood in Wakayama, where nothing but the occasional barking of dogs and chirring of grasshoppers broke the peaceful silence. This rural idyll, however, was somewhat marred by the eerie sight of an empty lot that ...
Livestreamed killings in Germany test social media measures to block extremist content
Social media companies scrambled on Wednesday to scrub footage of a shooting outside a German synagogue from their platforms, in the first major test of their systems since a massacre in the New Zealand city of Christchurch prompted a global outcry. The attacker in Germany, ...
Tokyo High Court opens appeal trial over 2017 murder of Vietnamese girl
The Tokyo High Court on Thursday began hearing an appeal against a lower court ruling convicting a man of the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in 2017, with prosecutors calling for a death sentence and the accused seeking acquittal. Yasumasa Shibuya, the 48-year-old former ...
