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A jealous husband in northern Afghanistan is on the run from authorities after he allegedly tied up his 21-year-old Afghan wife and severed both her ears, marking the latest in a series of similar high-profile domestic violence attacks in the war-ravaged country.

A West Texas man is out of jail on a $50,000 bond after he allegedly attempted to set his wife on fire.

TMZ has released video of the incident which led to charges of domestic violence for former 49er and Chicago Bear Ray McDonald.

The City of San Jose’s homicide total officially reached a 25-year high on Christmas Eve, after a woman was stabbed to death at a home in downtown San Jose in what authorities are calling a domestic dispute.

In an odd twist, the Catholic Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda, has admonished women to refrain from beating their husbands, saying they “should love and respect them” rather than take out their frustrations physically upon them.

Ofsted was wrong to penalise an Islamic faith school over its gender segregation policies because they affected girls and boys equally, a high court judge has ruled.

During Wednesday’s “Garbage Time” on Fox Sports 1, host Katie Nolan slammed the NFL over how it handles domestic violence, particularly with the most recent case involving former New York Giants kicker Josh Brown. Instead of the usual “domestic incident,

On Monday night a Tulsa police sniper shot and killed a man who allegedly broke into his estranged wife’s home and was holding her two-year-old daughter hostage.

An Iraqi man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, to which he later admitted, after she refused to cook for him.

The Associated Press published more details about alleged Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin on Wednesday, including the assertion that “cannabis use” was the cause of his prior brushes with the law.

A neighbor told the Associated Press that Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin was so “creepy, rude, and obnoxious” that she kept a Taser near her front door, just in case he came calling.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has rallied behind his domestic violence spokeswoman, Sarah Champion, after she admitted spending a night in a police cell for beating her husband with a framed painting.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A Louisiana Democrat State Representative will not be serving jail time after he pleaded “no contest” to allegedly punching his mistress in the face at a New Orleans hotel last year.

TEL AVIV – In response to a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric’s now infamous sermon claiming that Islamic law permits men to beat their wives, a columnist for the country’s daily Okaz slammed the idea, saying that state law supersedes Sharia law and female victims of domestic violence must not be afraid to speak out.

A Huntington Beach police officer survived a gun battle after his badge “deflected” a bullet that may have otherwise struck his heart.

A central Texas man was arrested and charged with 1st degree murder after police said they found his wife’s severed head in a freezer in their home.

A football player from Texas A&M University was arrested on Friday on charges of domestic violence causing injury and interfering with an emergency request for assistance. The Aggie middle linebacker allegedly assaulted his longtime girlfriend in her apartment.

Amber Heard has filed to dismiss her domestic violence restraining order against Johnny Depp as the two Hollywood stars have reportedly settled their messy and highly publicized divorce.

Many people in the Silicon Valley online marketing ethosphere have called Gurbaksh Chanal a tech genius, but instead of continuing to jet around the planet as a the CEO of Gravity4, Chanal may be engaged full-time in a 12 month stint in prison.

On June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld a federal law prohibiting gun possession for those convicted of domestic violence.

A Texas woman was killed by a Fulshear, Texas, police officer after she shot two of her daughters in the street in front of her home.

In the midst of a nasty divorce battle in which actress Amber Heard has accused Johnny Depp of repeated verbal and physical abuse, TMZ reported Tuesday that Amber Heard was arrested for domestic violence in 2009 against her then-girlfriend, Tasya van Ree.

Attorneys for Amber Heard filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday against comedian Doug Stanhope that included yet more details of alleged abuse against her husband Johnny Depp.

The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp divorce drama was ratcheted up another notch Wednesday after text messages purported to be sent from Heard’s phone appear to reveal that the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s alleged physical abuse of his wife dates back to at least 2014.

An attorney for Amber Heard says the actress will give a full statement to the Los Angeles Police Department about the repeated physical abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of husband Johnny Depp, and said she initially did not speak with law enforcement in order to protect both her privacy and Depp’s career.

Comedian Doug Stanhope, a friend of embattled star Johnny Depp, claims in an explosive new column that the actor’s wife is blackmailing him with accusations of domestic violence and physical abuse.

Fallout over the abuse allegations against Johnny Depp made by his wife, actress Amber Heard, has spread to Depp’s music career as social media users posting the hashtag #ImWithAmber have called for a boycott of the actor’s concert Monday in Sweden at Stockholm’s Gröna Lund theme park.

A representative for Johnny Depp claims that Amber Heard fabricated allegations of domestic violence in order to win a significant financial settlement in their upcoming divorce.

Police arriving at Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s apartment Saturday night found no evidence of injuries consistent with the domestic violence the actress has accused her husband of, according to a report.

Actress Amber Heard filed for a domestic violence restraining order against husband Johnny Depp in a California court on Friday — and reportedly brought along photos of her bruised face as evidence.

An agency for migrants in Canada reports that they face a new case of domestic violence every week. Zena Al Hamdan, a programme manager at the Arab Community Centre in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, says the “trauma of migration” has

On Tuesday a man who violated a protective order was found lying in the grass with multiple gunshot wounds.

The suspect in the May 5 shooting in Beltsville, Maryland, was the subject of a stay away order that included a prohibition on personal gun possession.

Former Dallas Cowboy and current free agent defensive end Greg Hardy sat down for a one-on-one interview with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, denying accusations of domestic violence committed against his former girlfriend Nicole Holder in 2014. In the interview, which aired Tuesday

On March 9, Maryland state senator Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery County) said he and his colleagues will not quit pushing gun control until they have an annual “death toll of zero” in the state.

Major League Baseball suspended newly-acquired New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman 30 games under its new domestic-violence disciplinary process.