A woman from Kazakhstan on trial for stabbing her Turkish boyfriend in the heart has said she only grabbed the knife to defend herself from a violent beating after she had confronted him over cheating on her. Photo shows Irina Franzen, undated. She allegedly killed her boyfriend, Turan Doner, by…
A 25-year-old woman computer expert was burned alive by one of her childhood friends after she turned down their marriage proposal when the female childhood friend had swapped sex to become a man. R Nandhini, 25, poses in undated photo. She was brutally murdered on the eve of her birthday…
A man who butchered the daughter of one of Saddam Hussein's right-hand men while she was reportedly still alive has been jailed for life. Victim Sally Ali Challab Al-Abbood's father had been one of the Iraqi dictator's trusted military aides until the regime was toppled in 2003. Major Ali Challab…
The abbot of a 1,500-year-old monastery accused of abusing a teenage boy has quit after the victim wrote to the Pope asking for justice. Photo shows the Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Jean Scarcella, undated. He is resigning after being accused of sexually assaulting a teenager. (Newsflash) Jean Scarcella, abbot of Saint-Maurice,…
The Ecuadorian government has promised justice after a prominent indigenous affairs leader was assassinated. The leader of the Cofan people Eduardo Mendua, poses in undated photo. He was killed in Sucumbios, Ecuador, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2022, he was participating in the defence of their territory and blocked the passage…
