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Ex-Stasi officer faces charges in 1974 Berlin border killing

A former Stasi officer Thursday went on trial in Germany Thursday for shooting a Polish man who attempted to flee to West Berlin almost 50 years ago. The Stasi was the state security authority of com...

Lai will do little to advance Taiwan's transitional justice

TAICHUNG (Taiwan News) — President-elect Lai Ching-te (賴清德) will not make any bold moves to advance transitional justice. Much has been accomplished but further moves will produce diminishing...

EU approves new media freedom law

The European Parliament adopted a new law to protect journalists from political interference on Wednesday. The European Media Freedom Act is designed to protect editorial independence and journalist...

Germany: US man gets life sentence for Neuschwanstein attack

An American man on Monday was sentenced to life in prison for committing rape, murder and attempted murder in an attack on two tourists near Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's southeastern state o...

War crimes in Ukraine: Why Germany is investigating

On February 24, 2022, almost all the traffic on the M07, the main highway connecting Kyiv with western Ukraine, was heading in one direction: westwards. Thousands of people, most of them women and chi...

Taiwan woman gets 27 years for body in a barrel murder

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Citizen judges in central Taiwan sentenced a woman to 27 years and six months in prison on Friday (March 8) for the 2019 murder of her ex-boyfriend. In March 2019, a 45...

New Taipei man breaks into home, stabs couple

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A 24-year-old man surnamed Chen (陳) broke into an apartment in Xindian District, New Taipei City on Tuesday (March 5) and injured the couple inside, claiming he was &ldquo...

Has rape become normalized in India?

This article includes accounts of rape and physical assault Seven men have been accused of brutally gang raping a Spanish tourist in the Dumka district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The 2...

Indian police hunt for suspects after tourist gang raped

This article includes accounts of rape and physical assault. Three Indian men have appeared in court for the gang rape of a Brazilian-Spanish tourist who was on a motorcycle tour of India with her hu...

Malaysia says MH370 search must go on, 10 years after it vanished

Malaysia's transport minister, Anthony Loke, said Sunday he was trying to arrange a new search for the lost Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. "The government is steadfast in our resolve to lo...

US: Two men convicted of murdering Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

In a case that has remained unsolved for two decades, a US federal court on Tuesday found two men guilty of the 2002 murder of famed Run-DMC member Jason Mizell, better known by his stage name Jam Mas...

Yulia Navalnaya: What's next for Alexei Navalny's widow?

With the death of Alexei Navalny, Russia has lost Vladimir Putin's best known rival — but also unexpectedly gained a new symbol of resistance. In an emotional video posted in the days after...

Wanted Taiwan fugitive found gunned down near Bangkok airport

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The body of a man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds found near Thailand's main airport was confirmed on Monday (Feb. 26) to be that of a wanted Taiwanese criminal. ...

Navalny was to be freed in prisoner swap, ally says

Russian authorities were close to swapping late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his ally Maria Pevchikh said on Monday. Pevchick said in a YouTube video that Navalny and two US nationals were due t...

Why Germany's far-right AfD youth wing faces a ban

Anna Leisten is cheerful, young and radical. That's how she appears in the many images she's posted on Instagram, at least. She's one of the best-known faces of Germany's Junge Altern...