Welfare Ministry received 5,712 complaints of domestic violence since beginning of year, a 3.6% increase; ministry touts 'innovative tools' to address the trend

Police suspect son, a 26-year-old schizophrenic patient, killed his mother and then escaped using the family car

Shay Selami accused of killing Yafit Furian after she said she wanted to leave him and he found she was corresponding with a male colleague; their 4 children were home at the time

Pair suspected of confining deceased, causing her death and conspiring to commit a crime; separately, woman arrested as accomplice in killing of mother

Police dispatched to scene after passerby reports looking through a window and seeing a woman lying on floor and walls sprayed with blood

Woman cries in Los Angeles court as attorney for convicted sex offender asks about forensic evidence; 'Do you think somebody after rape makes a video?' she asks

Despite testimony of multiple prison officers, initial investigation into David Amoyal, director of the women's wing at Givon Prison, was closed over 'lack of evidence'

23-year-old arrived back in Israel from Moldova, having gone on the run before the 60-year-old woman's body was discovered at their Pardes Hanna home

Disgraced mogul, already serving 23-year sentence, faces charges in the city whose main industry he dominated; if convicted, could be sentenced to 140 additional years behind bars

Iran says 9 foreign nationals arrested at demonstrations, along with 256 members of outlawed opposition groups; rights groups say over 80 killed in crackdown