When Yoshie Shiratori was locked up in Japan's notorious Abashiri prison in 1943, the guards were well aware of his ...

From intake to cell assignment, this video compares what the first 24 hours in prison look like around the world. Whether ...

His hands never trembled, not even as he slipped the noose around the necks of several condemned men. But now, years later, ...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been on trial for sexual abuse in the Dominican Republic. The trial has concluded ...

There’s a deep melancholy emanating from “The Last Blossom,” Baku Kinoshita’s anime feature, playing in competition at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival. Kinoshita’s directorial debut tells the ...

Police in Papua New Guinea say the country's overrun courts and prisons are behind mass breakouts from police custody. Chief ...

Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 today. She should be nearing the end of her second term in ...

Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 other prisoners have been released from jail and are now free in Lithuania, the neighbouring ...

But all that change and cultural melting pot action has led to one of the most diverse, complex, and vibrant cities that ...

With a shaky ceasefire betwen Iran and Israel, many Americans are approaching the Fourth of July with a sense of trepidation, ...

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading opposition figure in Belarus, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in ...