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Europe's trans murders remain at 'consistently high level'

Murders of trans and gender-diverse people were reported for the first time this year in Armenia, Belgium and Slovakia.

13/11/2023

Health news

Poison specialist charged with poisoning his wife with gout medication

The poison specialist and former Mayo Clinic medical resident has been charged with fatally poisoning his wife with medication prescribed for gout.

25/10/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: Was Houdini murdered?

On this day in 1926 Harry Houdini performed what would be his final show. But was the famous magician's death a suspicious one?

24/10/2023

Italy

Amanda Knox to be retried for slander in Italy, court decides

Italy's top court overturned Amanda Knox's slander conviction on Friday, ordering a new trial in Florence.

13/10/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The day OJ Simpson was found 'not guilty'

3 October 1995: The day the “Trial of the Century” came to a close.

03/10/2023

Culture news

Everything you need to know about the Tupac murder arrest - so far

25-year-old musical sensation Tupac Shakur was gunned down while riding in a car on the Las Vegas strip on 7 September, 1996 - and authorities have now arrested Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis on suspicion of murder.

30/09/2023

Culture news

French rapper MHD jailed for murder

A court in Paris handed down the 12 year sentence to the 'Afro-trap' pioneer, real name Mohamed Sylla, after he was found guilty of involvement in the gang-related killing of 23-year-old victim Loic K.

24/09/2023

Vietnam

Man executed in Vietnam despite appeals from Europe and Canada

Le Van Manh was put to death for the theft and the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl - but maintained his confession was coerced via torture by police.

23/09/2023

India

India stops issuing new visas to Canadian citizens over political spat

The diplomatic rift between India and Canada continues to grow as both countries carry out 'tit-for-tat' political reprisals.

22/09/2023

World News

India expels Canadian diplomat amid fallout over alleged assassination

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an advocate of Sikh independence from India, was gunned down on 18 June outside a Sikh cultural centre in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

19/09/2023

World News

Euroviews. EU action can help put a stop to killings of human rights defenders

It has been almost eight years since the Paris Agreement was finalised. In that time, at least 1,390 defenders advocating for a healthy environment and rights linked to land have been killed, Mary Lawlor writes.

13/09/2023

United Kingdom

‘Mass killing’ attended by UK police turns out to be yoga class

In a false alarm for the ages, police officers attended a call to a class being held at a cafe in the north of England, mistakenly believing it to be the site of a mass murder.

07/09/2023

France

Femicides in France are up - despite attempts to quell the problem

A new study has found that 118 women were killed in 2022 and comes just days after a 42-year-old woman was attacked and killed in broad daylight in the Alpine village of La croix de la Rochette.

02/09/2023

Denmark

Christiana: Denmark’s hippie paradise asks to shut down Pusher Street

The residents of the neighbourhood of Christiana, traditionally a hippie paradise where the cannabis trade has flourished despite bans, asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders.

28/08/2023

United Kingdom

'Evil' nurse: Life in prison for Britain's most prolific serial killer

Lucy Letby injected newborns with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with drugs.

21/08/2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Protests in Bosnia as woman's murder is streamed live on social media

He tracked down his estranged partner and shot her, point blank, and streamed it all live on Instagram. A young woman's gruesome murder has left Bosnia reeling as authorities face pressure to curb partner violence.

17/08/2023

Thailand

Spaniard facing death penalty in Thailand over gruesome murder

In a crime that has gripped Thailand's media, what is true and what is a lie?

15/08/2023

World News

Ecuador: Gang leader moved to maximum-security prison after killing

Authorities moved the leader of one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison Saturday, three days after the assassination of a presidential candidate who had denounced threats from the feared criminal.

13/08/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: Sharon Tate murdered by the Manson Family

On this day in 1969, Sharon Tate and four others were killed by followers of cult leader Charles Manson, horrifying Hollywood and the wider world.

09/08/2023

Thailand

Son of Spanish actor admits to killing and dismembering friend

Police said the victim and the suspect knew each other before they came to the popular Thai tourist island of Koh Pha Ngan.

07/08/2023