Starvation. Execution. Imprisonment. Rape. Torture.

Major crimes usually shake us into action. A London fire that killed five women ultimately led to the creation of 999, a precursor to our own 911 emergency system. The rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in broad daylight, meanwhile, inspired the creation of the neighborhood crime watch system. Yet wh...

A district court in Japan ordered a nuclear plant to stop operations on Wednesday, the first time an injunction has been issued to stop an operational nuclear reactor.

Police on Sunday arrested an Uber driver accused of raping a woman in the Indian capital, authorities said.

The Hong Kong teenager who has become the face of pro-democracy protests in the city ended his hunger strike on Saturday for health reasons.