Murder

Iran steps up executions as experts warn state killing being used to suppress political dissent

Two of those executed on Monday were killed without advance notice, denying them the chance to meet with their lawyers or say goodbye to their families, according to Amnesty International. 

Protesters display a banner calling for a halt to executions in Iran during a rally in Berlin, Germany, on January 10, 2026, in support of the Iran protests.
ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.

Police arrest three suspects in Arab community murders

This picture taken on April 21, 2021 shows an aerial view of the old city of Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Jaffa, where French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his soldiers launched an attack between March 3-7, 1799 against the Ottoman-controlled city before capturing it.

Jaffa man shot to death in 66th Israeli Arab murder this year

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Haifa court convicts David Abu Aziz in 2021 murder of attorney Ephraim Arnon


Witchcraft accusations spark brutal killing of family in eastern India

The family were reportedly beaten and burned to death, transported via tractor and buried in a pond after a mob of more than 50 villagers attacked the family home in Tetgama village.

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

Australian Erin Patterson found guilty of all counts in mushroom murders case

Patterson, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, saying the deaths were accidental, will be sentenced at a later date.

 Erin Patterson in Melbourne, Australia, April 15, 2025.

Jury in Australia's mushroom murder trial retires to consider verdict

The prosecution alleges that Erin Patterson served her husband's family death cap mushrooms in a Beef Wellington alongside mashed potatoes and green beans.

 Defence team member of Erin Patterson, an Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband's elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, barrister Colin Mandy SC arrives at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, Australia, June 25, 2025.

Honeymoon from hell: Newly-wedded bride confesses to murder after husband’s body discovered

The families of the victim and the wife were shocked to learn the truth, originally believing she had been abducted by the killers.

A bride covers her face as she waits to take her wedding vow at a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata February 8, 2015. (illustrative)

Second time in two weeks: Murder-suicide in Rehovot

The police believe that a man hit his mother on the head, causing her death, after which he jumped off a roof to his death.

 Police at the scene of a shooting in Tira. August 22, 2023

Washington state expands search for soldier suspected of murdering his three daughters

A reward of $20,000 is currently being offered for information that can lead to Travis Caleb Decker’s arrest.

Travis Caleb Decker

Murder wave in Israel continues as police probe three overnight incidents

Police opened investigations into all three incidents that occurred between Sunday night and Monday morning.

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)

Police to file indictment against Dan Agam Cohen for the murder of his sister, Maya

Police investigations showed that during this time, Dan would routinely threaten her life, telling her that she should “get used to being underground,”

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Australian mushroom murders accused gives her account of fatal lunch

The prosecution alleges she knowingly served the guests lethal death cap mushrooms in a Beef Wellington at her home in Leongatha, a town of around 6,000 people, 84 miles from Melbourne.

 Prosecutors allege Ms Patterson murdered her relatives using a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms.

The 'Free Palestine' rallying cry brings increasingly deadly results - opinion

These acts are the direct result of a global ideological campaign that too often paints Israel – and by extension, Jewish people – as villains, stoking anger that finds dangerous expression.

 An Israeli flag is placed near police tape, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2025.