Studying microbes at crime scenes could aid forensic pathologists in better determining potential suspects and confirming or refuting alibis in suspected murder cases, particularly when the time of death is unclear.

A 19-year-old man has appeared in a Western Australian court accused of murder and attempted murder over an alleged attack on an elderly couple in their Perth home.

In this edition of arts24 we discover an extraordinary book unlike any you've probably ever read. "American Mother" is a thriller, a memoir, a mystery: the story of how Diane Foley found answers and atonement after her son James was brutally murdered by the Islamic State (IS) group.

The 31-year-old is facing court over an attack on two women near Germany's famed Neuschwanstein castle, one of the country's most visited sites.

Olympic officials have decided some Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete in Paris next year. But recent cases have caused concern over how neutrality rules will be enforced.

For more than 50 years he has been conjuring up strange and fantastical worlds. From the very beginning of his work with Monty Python, he has rarely played by the rules and has shunned the Hollywood system, yet serious actors like Sean Connery, Robin Williams and Johnny Depp queue up to work with him.

The six inmates who were killed in the infamous Guayas 1 prison were suspected of assassinating of Ecuador’s presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in August.

Far from a pariah state after the assassination of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia features ever more prominent on the world stage. How do Saudi activists keep fighting when the world is looking away?

Members of an "Islamic State" terror cell were on trial for their role in the 2016 subway and airport bombings in Brussels. The verdict concludes the largest trial in Belgium's history.

A man who spent six months behind bars accused of a murder he did not commit has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he fought to turn his life around. After the case against Kenny Imafidon was dismissed by a judge, he was named the most outstanding Black student in the UK. He's also been named one of 100 young leaders across the globe making a social impact to transform our world.

The 2020 murder of George Floyd focused attention on police violence in the United States. Though the officers involved are serving time in prison, efforts to address police racism remain stalled.

South African anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September was shot dead at close range in central Paris. In the 1970s, she had been imprisoned in her home country for her activities against the apartheid regime. Upon her release, she had been authorised to leave South Africa on the condition that she never return.