On Wednesday, a district court in Tokyo sentenced a 44-year-old man to 16 years imprisonment for the murder of a 22-year-old ...

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage ...

As a high-ranking government official, he acknowledged the government’s role in running “comfort stations.” ...

Members of three parliamentary committees in Lebanon jointly approved a draft law abolishing the death penalty on July 9, ...

A man in Toyama Prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of preparing to carry out a random killing in Tokyo, police said ...

A man in central Japan has been arrested on suspicion of preparing to carry out a random killing in Tokyo, police said.

Police here have arrested a 53-year-old unemployed man in Toyama Prefecture who planned to carry out a random mass stabbing ...

The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida’s death chamber was 74 years old — the oldest the state has executed in ...

A new-look Ireland ground out a 36-20 victory over an energetic Japan in the Nations Championship on Saturday to stretch their win streak to six.

Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand ...

A North Korean escapee told a Paris congress she first witnessed a public execution at age 9, highlighting Pyongyang's death ...

Editor's note: Cristiano Ronaldo was subbed off later in the game. But Portugal went on to win in dramatic fashion. Cristiano Ronaldo finally broke through with a goal in the knockout round of a World ...