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The exterior view of the Hague Penitentiary Institution, which also serves as a United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) that holds those on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), in Scheveningen, The Hague, on March 11, 2025
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2026
Inside Duterte¡¯s ICC detention center
A cell measuring nine square meters, one hour¡¯s exercise outside and a weekly budget of €25 for treats: welcome to the new world of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul on Aug. 12, 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2026
South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady¡¯s jail sentence found dead
Last month, the judge presided over Kim Keon Hee¡¯s appeal trial, finding her guilty of stock manipulation and bribery, and increasing her sentence to four years from 20 months.
Sheina Gutnick, whose father was killed in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, speaks to the media on Monday after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2026
Australia begins hearings into Bondi Beach attack and rising antisemitism
Witnesses from ?the Jewish community told the public inquiry into December¡¯s mass shooting that they felt unsafe amid rising hostility since the start of the war in Gaza.
Sri Lankan police stop vehicles at a checkpoint in Colombo in 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 3, 2026
Sri Lankan police arrest 37 Chinese at suspected scam center
The arrests came a month after 152 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, were detained for allegedly running a cyberscam operation in the island¡¯s northwest.
Brenton Tarrant, the man charged over the 2019 shootings at two Christchurch mosques, stands in the dock during his appearance at the Christchurch District Court on March 16, 2019. On Thursday, Tarrant lost his appeal that sought to overturn his conviction and sentence.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2026
New Zealand mosque shooter¡¯s bid to appeal convictions denied by court
The Court of Appeal¡¯s decision means the appeal process is now at an end.
Arifah Choiri Fauzi (center), Indonesia's minister of women's empowerment and child protection, speaks during a news conference on a child abuse probe at a daycare center, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2026
Indonesian police charge 13 in daycare abuse scandal
Those in custody ¡ª 11 childcare workers, as well as the headmaster and the head of the foundation that ran the daycare ¡ª will face a rash of charges including child neglect.
Myanmar President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrive to attend a reception in Naypyidaw in February 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Myanmar reduces ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi¡¯s sentence and frees former president
Suu Kyi, 80, was serving ?a 27-year sentence for a litany of offences her allies said ?were ?politically motivated to keep her at bay.

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Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity

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