The new figures have revealed that other children had committed more than half of child sexual abuse offences reported in 2022. The police said that the rise in child-on-child abuse has been because of the easy access of smartphones and violent pornography to children.

UK: Children committing more than half of child sexual abuse crimes, says new data

A man chopped off the nose of an anganwadi teacher in a fit of anger after her school children plucked flowers from his garden in Belagavi district, police said on Wednesday, adding that the accused has been arrested.

Gravitas | Karnataka State: Man brandishes sickle, severs women's nose

A court in California sentenced a male nanny to over 700 years in prison for sexually assaulting 16 young boys he was babysitting, as per the office of Orange County District Attorney.

Male nanny who sexually assaulted 16 young boys sentenced to over 700 years in prison

Italian mafia Matteo Messina Denaro, who spent 30 years on the run before his arrest in January this year, has died while receiving medical treatment, Italian media reported.

Who was Matteo Messina Denaro, 61-year-old Sicilian mafia boss who has died in custody?

Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. As India celebrates this historic win, reports of multiple gruesome crimes came up over the weekend. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Crimes hit headlines in India as Neeraj Chopra clinches gold

The legal age to indulge in consensual sex in Japan could be changed from 13 to 16. Japan currently has the lowest age of consent among developed countries.@mollygambhir tells you more

Gravitas:  Japan: overhaul of laws related to sex crimes

China’s former justice minister was awarded a suspended death sentence for bending the law in his favour. China’s annual death penalties are in the thousands and more than any other country in the world. Let’s take a look at crimes which attract the death penalty in China.

Death penalty for taking bribes? All about China’s capital crimes

As per reports, authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province have declared an emergency to tackle rising crimes against women. Punjab government will consult teachers and women right groups.

Pakistan's Punjab declares emergency to tackle rising crimes against women

Space has its own rules. But Canada seems to be looking to form its own regulations for the vast area too. A measure has been recently proposed in the Canadian Parliament to make committing crimes illegal for astronauts from the nation on the moon or in the orbit.

Committing crimes on Moon or in orbit may turn illegal for Canadian astronauts soon

The Florida Senate passed a sweeping new bill overhauling the state’s electoral process, adding new restrictions to the state election code and establishing a law enforcement office dedicated solely to investigating election crimes.

Florida senate passes voting bill to create election crimes agency

Can social media firms be treated as accused in criminal cases? It is the big question that is being posed by the Madras High Court to the state government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Madras High Court to government: Can social media firms be treated as accused in criminal cases?

Two Haitian journalists were shot and then burnt alive by a gang in the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, according to media reports. The gruesome incident comes days after unidentified gunmen attempted to kill the country’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry after he vowed to crack down the gangs involved in the wave of kidnappings across the country.

Two journalists burnt alive amid gang war in Haiti

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged since Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro took office - and the losses amount to a crime against humanity as climate change strengthens, an environmental non-profit charged on Tuesday.

Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of crimes against humanity as Amazon felled

Deadly rocket and mortar fire on Israeli cities by Palestinian militant groups during a May conflict in and around Gaza constituted war crimes, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

Palestinian groups in Gaza committed 'war crimes': HRW

Mexico has has seen a whopping increase in the number of disappearances. As of new numbers emerging from the country, over 73,200 are unaccounted for, with literally no trace of their whereabouts.

Mexico: Over 73,000 people 'missing' and 'untraceable'

A South Korean court on Monday rejected an extradition request by the United States for a man convicted of running one of the world's biggest child pornography websites.

South Korea court rejects child porn site operator's US extradition

Is Trump making America a 'bitter' country?

Gravitas: Hate crimes in the US - Is Donald Trump responsible?

All you need to know about Trump public impeachment hearings that began on November 13.

Gravitas: Trump public impeachment hearings begin

Exposing the dodgy track record of the U.S. on human rights, climate changes & other issues.

WION Edit: Hate crimes: U.S. Must clean up its act before blaming others

Hate crimes in the U.S. at record high levels.

Gravitas: In Trump's America: Hate crimes spike

She emphasised that while discussing crimes against women, a fine line should be drawn

Crimes against women are getting politicised: Nirmala Sitharaman

'There will be a special session on December 5,' a senior United Nations source told Reuters

UN rights forum to hold special session on Rohingya: UN sources

Pokemon Go was briefly more valuable than Sony,?but analysts warned that this was unsustainable

Nintendo shares plunge on Pokemon Go warning

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