Former Toowoomba Chronicle journalist Peter Hardwick sentenced over indecent treatment of child
A former journalist has been sentenced to six months in prison, wholly suspended, for inappropriately touching a child…
Carter Hart joins Vegas, 1st of acquitted world junior players to land NHL deal
Goaltender Carter Hart, one of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team recently acquitted following a sexual assault trial,…
Discarded straw leads to murder charges in 1984 killing
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and…
Woman raped by her partner tells court it felt like she had been ‘murdered’
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Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie demands government action over allegations of hundreds of sexual assaults by driving instructors
Pressure is intensifying on the federal government to coordinate a national response to allegations driving instructors sexually harassing…
French appeals court revisits Gisèle Pelicot rape case
Less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France and…
ICC makes first conviction over atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a leader of the feared Janjaweed…
Suspect sketch released in Edmonton playground sexual assault of young girl – Edmonton
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Edmonton Police Service is looking for help identifying a…
Man threatened woman with gun before rape, kidnap, police allege
Queensland police have charged a man who allegedly kidnapped and raped a woman on the Sunshine Coast on…
Victorian church under investigation after pastor’s son sexually assaulted teenager
A Victorian church is under investigation amid a widening controversy involving the son of its senior pastor, who…
UN authorizes larger force to fight gangs in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to authorize a much larger, 5,550-member international force…
Former stylist for Sean “Diddy” Combs accuses mogul of sexual abuse and violence in new lawsuit
A former stylist for Sean “Diddy” Combs — who testified against the disgraced music mogul in his federal…