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Myanmar female prisoners face torture and neglect, rights group says

Prison authorities beat some prisoners with sticks, chains, metal pipes, and slingshots, with some subjected to electric shocks and cigarette burns, according to Human Rights Watch.

A police official stands guard in front of Insein Prison during an annual amnesty to mark Myanmar's independence day in Yangon on January 4, 2026.
Prison guards of the Israel Prison Service seen at the Givon Prison in the city of Ramla, central Israel, January 11, 2026

Court bars solitary confinement for Agam Tsarafi, rebukes IPS over prison video

A man walks inside the Adra prison in the town of Adra on the northeast outskirts of Damascus on December 16, 2024.

Assad-era Syrian official convicted of torture, jailed for 60 years by US court

A man drives a Careem taxi car in Mosul, Iraq.

Israeli-Canadian Benjamin Hassin freed after 11 years in Iraqi prison


Ben-Gvir barred from using crocodiles to guard terrorists, court announces

The court issued an injunction against Ben-Gvir's plan due to a petition by the animal rights organization Let the Animals Live.

A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) rests at the National Zoo of Managua November 13,2007.

Trump’s agenda now: Destroy Iranian regime's ability to govern – opinion

With the American president’s plan to target the Islamic Republic’s infrastructure rather than the IRGC or nuclear sites, his principal objective has become dismantling its leadership

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, earlier this month.

Givati soldiers punished to 30 days in military prison after mass walkout at Sde Teiman base

The walkout reportedly was a response to the soldiers' commanders destroying memorials to the soldiers' fallen comrades throughout the base.

Destroyed 'insignias' from the Sde Teiman base, which reportedly triggered a mass walkout of the Givati soldiers stationed at the base.

IDF drafts new principles document outlining values as discipline declines, elections near - report

The document is also expected to address the IDF’s nonpartisan nature ahead of approaching elections by clearly setting out its policies, according to the report. 

IDF soldiers conduct a manhunt for a terrorist who shot Israeli hikers in the West Bank, July 24, 2026.

'I killed a person': TLV court sentences Solomon Madmon to life for murder of family member

Madmon was convicted of fatally shooting his daughter-in-law's father, Yosef Yosefia, six times in a Ramat Gan apartment building after a dispute over his son’s separation from Yosefia’s daughter.

Solomon Madmon.

Pro-Palestine activist spared jail after 17-hour barefoot Big Ben protest cost UK taxpayers £92,000

As part of his suspended sentence, Daniel Day was ordered to complete up to 20 rehabilitation days and will be subjected to four months of electronic monitoring. 

 Man climbs Big Ben with a Palestinian flag.

Andrew and Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail as they fight UK extradition for sex offenses

The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have dual US and British citizenship, have denied any wrongdoing. They are held in a federal jail in Miami as a judge weighs Britain's extradition request.

Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive before US President Donald Trump to attend UFC 327 at Kaseya Center, Miami, US, April 11, 2026.

Iranian man who murdered teenage daughter outside salon receives eight-year sentence

Over a year after stabbing his daughter outside a salon in Iran, the father of Fatemeh Soltani was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Tehran Criminal Court.

X post showing Fatemeh Soltani and her father, who stabbed her outside of her salon.

Minnesota man gets life in prison for assassinating Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman

He also shot and wounded state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home a few miles away.

Vance Boelter appears in court during his sentencing hearing after he pleaded guilty to the 2025 killings of Democratic state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the shootings of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, in a courtroom sketch, July 23, 2026.

Silman defends crocodile barrier for Nukhba prison, says it is security, not publicity stunt

"Anyone who slaughtered, raped, and murdered our people in such a brutal and horrifying manner should know that he is going to sleep surrounded by crocodiles," said Silman.

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.