Crime

Hong Kong activist Wong jailed for 3 months over information breach
April 17, 2023 03:26 PM AEST | By ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the most prominent democracy activists in Hong Kong over recent years, Joshua Wong, was sentenced on Monday to three mont...

Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child
April 16, 2023 02:19 PM AEST | By ReutersBy Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of...

Gang clash leaves at least 12 dead in Ecuador prison
April 16, 2023 03:26 AM AEST | By ReutersQUITO (Reuters) - At least 12 inmates were killed in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, the SNAI prison agency said on Saturday, in th...

Bolivia looks to curb fuel smuggling with help of armed forces
April 14, 2023 07:44 AM AEST | By ReutersLA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's government has called on the armed forces to tighten border controls to curb the smuggling of state-subsidized fuels, a m...

Exclusive-Colombian armed groups and gangs have 17,600 members, inte...
April 14, 2023 01:23 AM AEST | By ReutersBy Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - More than 17,600 people are members of the four major armed groups and 23 gangs with which the Colombian gover...

Slovak court fines ECB's Kazimir in bribery case, subject to appeal
April 13, 2023 08:47 PM AEST | By ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - A Slovak court said on Thursday it had convicted national bank governor and European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Peter Kazimir i...

South Koreans fighting drug addiction find few rehab options
April 13, 2023 11:19 AM AEST | By ReutersBy Hyonhee Shin and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Every Saturday a group of young South Koreans gathers in Incheon just west of Seoul to talk about th...

Texas governor seeks pardon of man convicted of murder in Black Live...
April 09, 2023 10:55 AM AEST | By ReutersBy Rich McKay (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Saturday he is seeking the pardon of an Uber driver convicted of murder just a day earlie...

Brazil prosecutors seek $2.5 billion in damages from alleged orange...
April 07, 2023 05:07 AM AEST | By ReutersBy Ricardo Brito (Reuters) - Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking billions in damages o...

Young victim of Brazil daycare center attack is buried
April 07, 2023 04:01 AM AEST | By ReutersBLUMENAU (Reuters) - Residents of Blumenau, a city in Southern Brazil, gathered on Thursday at a cemetery to attend the burial of one of the four chil...

Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts
April 04, 2023 03:48 PM AEST | By ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is seeking to decriminalise suicide attempts, its law minister said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent slew of legal...

Honduras deploys hundreds of military agents to fight crime
April 04, 2023 06:36 AM AEST | By ReutersTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' government deployed soldiers across the country as part of a plan to fight criminal groups, authorities said Monday,...

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms
April 03, 2023 06:49 PM AEST | By ReutersBy Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim t...

Malaysia parliament approves law to remove mandatory death penalty
April 03, 2023 06:35 PM AEST | By ReutersBy Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim t...

Mexico has not carried out all arrest orders in missing students cas...
April 01, 2023 08:26 AM AEDT | By ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials have not carried out all the arrests ordered in the probe of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, an indep...

Ex-Kosovo guerrilla chief, president Thaci faces war crimes trial on...
March 31, 2023 08:33 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Fatos Bytyci and Ivana Sekularac PRISTINA (Reuters) - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-9...

'Rust' set manager's plea deal to be considered Friday
March 31, 2023 07:22 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A Santa Fe judge on Friday was to consider a plea deal that could bring the first conviction for the 2021 shooting death of...

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses bid for review of graft convictio...
March 31, 2023 01:11 PM AEDT | By ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to seek a review of his corruption...

Denmark charges Copenhagen mall shooting suspect with triple homicid...
March 30, 2023 12:36 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Johannes Birkebaek COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A 23-year-old Danish man arrested over the shooting deaths of three people in a Copenhagen shopping mall...

Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep
March 29, 2023 11:23 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Several hundred people in El Salvador took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the year-long anti-gang po...
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