The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has raised the alarm about "abhorrent" acts of sexual violence committed by Russian forces in occupied territories of Ukraine, characterizing them as torture.
The courts validated Wednesday the decision allowing the singer to travel outside France, despite the prosecution's appeal. Nine new complaints have been filed since his indictment in late June.
Questioned Wednesday by the Senate inquiry commission, the mayor of Paris admitted collective failings by the city in a case involving more than 230 ongoing investigations.
An afterschool instructor was sentenced Tuesday in Paris to five years in prison, including one year under electronic monitoring, for sexual assaults on nine elementary school children, according to RFI.