The US government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning ...

An Italian woman who took her pizza-sized turtle out for a walk has been fined 400 euros ($440) by the Roman police for breaking strict coronavirus confinement rules.

Russian national Maria Butina, who was jailed in the United States in April after admitting to working as a Russian agent, arrived in Moscow on Saturday, greeted by her father and Russian journalists ...

A woman was injured Tuesday in a stabbing attack in the southern Swedish city of Helsingborg, police said.

Australia's Claire Polosak will become the first woman to officiate in a men's one-day international when Namibia play Oman in the final of the World Cricket League Division 2 in Windhoek later on Saturday.

A woman suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and other internal injuries after a kangaroo she was feeding attacked her in north-east Australia, it was reported Sunday.

A 25-year-old woman was killed by a wild tiger on Monday near Nepal's largest national park, local police said.

The incident is the latest in a string of sexual attack cases reported from across the country.

The case triggered angry protests by thousands of people as well as soul-searching about the country's treatment of women.

A woman has been arrested in western Sydney for her alleged involvement in the financing of the terrorist organization Islamic State, local police said Tuesday.

Cricket-crazy India raised a toast on Wednesday to Aanchal Thakur, a 21-year-old female student, for winning the country's first international skiing medal in Turkey.

The Kyoto District Court sentenced Chisako Kakehi to death. Her defence team had pleaded she was not guilty, due to a lack of physical evidence.