Murder

Murder of former Iraqi MP in Beirut raises concerns about power of Iran-backed terror - analysis

"All indications suggest that the computer system at Rafik Hariri Airport in Beirut was hacked by Lebanese Hezbollah," Ahmed al-Alwani's cousin Ammar told Rudaw.

Crime scene door sealed by authorities, where former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani was found strangled to death, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2026.
A member of Iraqi security forces, stands guard in front of giant Iraqi flags at the Tahrir Square in Baghdad on September 29, 2026.

Former Iraqi MP Ahmed Al-Alwani found dead in Beirut after reported kidnapping

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman whose trial on murder charges for killing her three children ended in a mistrial earlier this month, sits during a court appearance in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US, September 29, 2026.

Lindsay Clancy loses bid to dismiss murder charges, retrial looms

Armed police block access to the main square after a deadly shooting took place on November 7, 2026 in the Main Market Square of Krakow, Poland. At least five were killed and more were injured in the incident, according to initial reports in Polish media.

Gunman behind deadly Krakow mass shooting dies in hospital as investigation into motives continues


Vance says he does not know whether execution of Fort Hood gunman will occur

Several Republican lawmakers criticized the move championed by Hegseth, while former US officials said a livestream of the execution would hand terrorists 'free propaganda.'

US Vice President JD Vance disembarks Air Force Two as he arrives at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, following a rally in Lima, Ohio, in Hebron, Kentucky, US, October 9, 2026

Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

"We are facing an extraordinary situation... for the first time, we are dealing with a killer who wore a helmet-mounted camera, intending to film the knife attack," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Children look at the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, some 120 km north of Warsaw on October 7, 2026. Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland.

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'

She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Jason Odeh sentenced to life for murder of Yelena Gerenberg

The two had been friends for about four years. During that time, Odeh repeatedly tried to start a romantic relationship with Gerenberg, but she refused.

 Yelena Gerenberg

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

Chsita Pike, 50, survived an execution attempt by lethal injection on September 30 and has been hospitalized since.

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Japanese PM Takaichi protests to US after Marine accused of murder in Okinawa

Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel in Naha, the capital of the southernmost prefecture, on Saturday.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her policy speech at the parliament, in Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2026.

Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike after two lethal injection attempts

Notably, this is the second failed execution attempt in the state of Tennessee in 2026. Pike, 50, was set to be executed for the 1995 murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer.

Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.

Lindsay Clancy returns to court for hearing after murder case mistrial ruling

No one at Clancy's trial disputed that she strangled her three children with exercise bands on January 24, 2023, in the basement of their home in the Boston suburb of Duxbury.

Lindsay Clancy looks on as Judge William Sullivan has declared a mistrial in Plymouth, US, September 4, 2026.

German prosecutors investigate alleged 105-year-old former-Nazi PoW camp guard over WWII crimes

Germany hasn't had a statute of limitations for murder or accessory to murder since 1979, allowing the prosecution of Nazi crimes from WWII.

 BARRACKS AT the Stutthof concentration camp, photographed after its liberation.

Pakistani girl, 3, sold into marriage for $9,000 under 'walwar' custom, sparking int'l outrage

Police arrested the girl’s father and are searching for the 60-year-old man identified as her alleged husband as investigators examine links to the killing of her older sister.

Pakistani girl helps make bricks at a kiln during World Day Against Child Labour on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 12, 2014.