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Violence against women is “at breaking point” and the justice system needs to change, according to the writer of new ITV drama Believe Me about the…

A federal immigration agent is facing charges in Colorado for an incident captured on film that showed the masked officer grabbing a female protester by the…

In March last year, a Paris court found Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement and barred her from running in next year’s presidential race in France.…

A woman who was sexually assaulted by a man who was handed a key card to her room at a Travelodge has said she was shocked…

An MP has told the House of Commons that she was raped after an event that she attended as a member of parliament, revealing that she…

As Donald Trump assaults the legal foundation of America’s ability to regulate global warming emissions, climate deniers have been privately celebrating what they claim is the…

The horrors of the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan are all-encompassing. New laws that effectively legalise domestic abuse means that every woman in the country now lives…

A federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber on Thursday to pay $8.5m after finding the company liable in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said…

The headteacher of Eton college has apologised and said he was “appalled” after a former teacher was jailed for sexually assaulting a pupil.Jacob Leland, 37, who…

Tyler Perry has been hit with a $77m sexual assault lawsuit by a man claiming the US entertainment mogul used his Hollywood power to make sexual…