Germany criticized for castration of sex offenders
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee is pressuring Germany to do away with the practice of surgical castration of sex offenders.
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee is pressuring Germany to do away with the practice of surgical castration of sex offenders.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by French police for a second day on Wednesday over allegations that he took part in sex parties organized by a corrupt vice ring.
Australia’s foreign minister resigned Wednesday amid an ongoing leadership squabble, saying he could not continue in his role without the support of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The Swedish artist who faced numerous death threats after depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog has been pelted with eggs by a group of people during a university lecture on the limits of the freedom of expression.
Indonesian security forces Wednesday stormed a riot-hit prison housing murderers, paedophiles and Australian drug mules in Bali after a night of arson and rock-throwing.
Malaysia has banned a nearly 40-year-old sex education book written by a British author following complaints by Muslim activists that it is obscene.
Fruit seeds stored away by squirrels more than 30,000 years ago and found in Siberian permafrost have been regenerated into full flowering plants by scientists in Russia, a new study has revealed.
French police will question disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday about his alleged involvement in an illegal prostitution ring.
Biological research increasingly debunks the view of humanity as competitive, aggressive and brutish, a leading specialist in primate behavior told a major science conference Monday.
Monaco’s Prince Pierre Casiraghi, grandson of Hollywood legend Grace Kelly, was hospitalized after being injured in a late night fight in a New York nightclub, a report said Monday.
Former astronaut John Glenn Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the fight that made him the first American space with vivid memories but also regret over the current state of the US space program.
Carnivorous fish attacked bathers in a river in southern Brazil, leaving about 20 of them with bite wounds on their hands and feet, a news website said Monday, citing lifeguards.
Suspected Nigerian Islamists on Monday opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people, a witness and a medical source said.
