Sanjay Roy, a police volunteer, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor attacked while on duty in Kolkata — a crime that sparked widespread protests ...

An 81-year-old woman in Japan, identified as Akiyo, deliberately committed theft to secure a place in prison, highlighting ...

Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo. It houses nearly 500 ...

A policeman runs along the prison van carrying Sanjay Roy ... Credit: AP/Bikas Das Many crimes against women go unreported in India due to the stigma surrounding sexual violence, as well as ...

The rapist and murderer of an Indian doctor was sentenced to life in ... for a case that highlighted the chronic issue of violence against women in the world's most populous country.

Footage from the Congo jailbreak showed prisoners fleeing as smoke billowed in the background, with heavy gunfire ringing out.