torture

Salem, Ore. — Police in southern Oregon were searching Thursday for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive, less than two years after he was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity for weeks before the…

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By Michael Biesecker and Erika Kinetz | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence shows the Kremlin’s troops have waged total war, with disregard for international laws…

Human Rights Watch Researcher Sophie McNeill says in China “the UN found evidence of torture, of forced labour, of cultural decimation”. “We’re very pleased the foreign…

Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and began to dig. He didn't stop until he had carved out a shallow pit, big enough for…

America’s favourite truck is earning its stripes Down Under.Ford Australia has been testing the F-150 pick-up truck locally before it goes on sale in 2023.The Blue Oval has put the big-rig through its paces hundreds of times at the Silver…

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeI’m some 20 kilometres into a 150-kilometre adventure race when I suspect I’m not going to make it. A gentle, steady stream of rain falls onto the red basalt track that is slowly twisting…

Alabama prison staff strapped an inmate to a death chamber gurney, despite a court order in place at the time blocking the execution from going forward, and later subjected him to numerous needle jabs, including in the neck and…

The case of a man and woman each charged with murder over the death of a seven-month-old baby boy has been mentioned in court for the first time.Reinhardt Bosch, 33, and Noemi Kondacs, 22, appeared via video link in Brisbane Magistrates…

Editor's note: The following article contains graphic material detailing reports of torture and sexual violence.The window in the door frames the corridor at the District Police Department used by Russian occupiers for torture, Balakliia,…