- R&B artist R. Kelly is is found guilty and convicted in a sex trafficking trial that addressed decades of sexual misconduct allegations surrounding young women and underage girls.
- Women are banned from attending or teaching at Kabul University in Afghanistan “until an Islamic environment is created,” the school’s new Taliban-appointed chancellor announces.
- French police officers are facing disciplinary action over the murder of a woman who was shot and burned alive in public by her estranged husband, weeks after she reported him to police.
- A new Chinese policy that discourages abortions for “non-medical” purposes sparks public backlash, as many speculate that the “intrusive” move aims to raise China’s birthrate.