Women subjected to domestic violence and abuse are often isolated. Their loneliness results not just from the manipulation ...

Sibling physical and psychological abuse are underrecognized but, like other forms of family violence, are harmful to mental ...

Five Republicans in the Minnesota Senate want to add "Trump derangement syndrome" to the state's definition of mental illness ...

United Nations-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The bill looks to add "coercive control" to the definition of abuse ... Also read: Survivors of domestic violence ask Maine lawmakers for tougher laws Domestic abuse survivors testified in ...

Defendants would likely argue that vandalizing a car dealership does not meet the federal government's definition of terrorism: violence aimed at intimidating or coercing a government or civilian ...

Alawites fleeing the violence in Syria's coastal region have been crossing the Nahr el-Kabir river to reach safety in Lebanon Entire families, including women and children, were killed during the ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

The Home Office has announced that it is extending its definition of domestic violence to include young people aged 16 and 17. The change to the official definition of domestic violence used across ...

It was the bloodiest outbreak of violence since rebels ousted the longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, in early December, then sought to assert their rule over a country fractured by nearly 14 ...

The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the ...

Like many domestic violence cases, the story depicted in ... a distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and director of the Life ...