PARIS — The police in France received drastically more reports of sexual crimes last year, according to a government analysis that found victims had grown more willing to come forward, in part because of the #MeToo movement. Reports of rape increased by nearly 17 percent from 2017 to 2018, and reports of other types of […]

The bodies of an estimated 60 people from the Bronze Age have been found during an archaeological dig on land in Templeogue where former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave lived. The land, which is earmarked for housing development, is also believed to have evidence of Iron Age occupation and a ring fort and is being looked on […]

A retired FBI agent convicted of the brutal murder of his son-in-law has claimed a judge was “unfair” in not allowing him to enter specific statements to support the claim he acted in self-defence. The claim came as Tom Martens (68) and his daughter, Molly (34), have responded to North Carolina state prosecutors’ rejection of […]

BIRMINGHAM, England — On a foggy afternoon last fall, a suicidal patient walked out of Solihull Hospital and disappeared. Alerted by hospital staff, police officers discovered her on a Birmingham street, having downed a bottle of vodka. They took her to their station house, waited for her to sober up and called social service agencies […]

The Oireachtas was not entitled to enact a law telling parties their general elections candidates “must be gender balanced”, the Supreme Court has been told. Fianna Fail activist Brian Mohan was, and still is, adversely affected by the 2012 law and should be permitted pursue his claim it is unconstitutional, Michael McDowell SC argued. But […]

European Union leader Jean-Claude Juncker warned yesterday that the British Parliament’s decision to demand changes to the Brexit withdrawal deal had increased the risk of a messy “no deal” divorce, as he insisted the deal cannot be renegotiated. “Yesterday’s vote increased the risk of a disorderly withdrawal,” the president of the European Commission told the […]

MOSCOW (BLOOMBERG) – Zalina Gabibulayeva has had five children, four husbands and two jail sentences. All her spouses were Islamist militants who are either dead or in prison, the last two in Syria, where she was among hundreds of women stranded by the war before officials brought her back to Russia. “I thank God every […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union can offer Britain more assurances over the Irish border ‘backstop’ in a political declaration on post-Brexit ties if London moves towards accepting a permanent customs union, a leading EU lawmaker dealing with Brexit said. Danuta Hubner spoke to Reuters as British Prime Minister Theresa May headed back to Brussels […]

Two police officers have been found guilty of raping a 39-year-old Canadian woman at a renowned Paris police headquarters in 2014. They were both jailed for seven years by a Paris court, three years after the case was thrown out in another trial. Emily Spanton waived her right to anonymity to pursue the case. She […]

The killers of Irish father of two Jason Corbett (39) claimed they did not receive a fair trial in North Carolina and have now appealed to have their second degree murder convictions quashed and new trials ordered. Defence lawyers for father and daughter Tom (68) and Molly (34) Martens today made detailed oral submissions to […]