The worsening conflict in eastern Congo has led to a surge in human rights violations including summary executions, the ...

Harvey Weinstein appeared disheveled during a court hearing Wednesday. The former film producer requested an earlier trial ...

A 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman admitted she fabricated kidnapping and rape allegations that kept an innocent man locked up for over a month — saying she targeted the stranger because he was ...

A former adviser to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been ...

During one weekend alone, the Salt Lake City-based Utah Rape Recovery Center saw 29 victims. While overall crime has decreased in Utah in recent years, reports of rape and sexual assault are on ...

Jay-Z is seeking attorney sanctions over a "Jane Doe" lawsuit that accuses him and Diddy of raping a 13-year-old girl after ...

Women always have the right to say no to any sexual involvement. Rape is defined as sexual intercourse without the consent of both parties. Like domestic violence, rape and sexual assault are ...

A West Yorkshire Police officer has denied historical child sex offences including the rape of a girl under 13. PC Marcus Newbold, 30, pleaded not guilty to seven charges including rape, assault by ...

A criminalist holds a rape kit at the LAPD’s crime lab at the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center in Los Angeles. Photo: Getty Images This is an excerpt from The Secret History of the Rape ...

The Israeli government has given evidence to the United Nations claiming Hamas militants used rape and sexual violence against women during the 7 October atrocities. First responders and mortuary ...

A lawmaker from India's opposition Congress party was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and assault, news agency ANI reported.

An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a trainee doctor last year, a crime that sparked nationwide protests ...