Delhi women’s minister sacked for ‘sex tape’
New Delhi – The Delhi women’s minister has been sacked after a ‘sex video’ showing him kissing two women was leaked to the media, in the latest scandal involving the Indian capital’s government....
View ArticleDelhi’s ex-women’s minister arrested on rape charge
New Delhi – The former women’s minister of the Indian capital – who was sacked over a “sex tape” – has now been arrested following a claim by a woman shown in the tape that he raped her, an...
View ArticleSex healthy for ageing women, risky for older men – Study
Washington – Frequent, satisfying sexual activity poses cardiovascular risks for older men – but regular orgasmic sex could actually protect ageing women from certain health problems, researchers...
View ArticleFirst Zika case involving pregnant woman in Malaysia
Putrajaya – A 27-year-old Chinese woman from Johor Baru has tested positive for Zika, the first such case in the country involving a pregnant woman. Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam said the...
View ArticleThree French women charged over terror plots
Paris – Three women arrested after a foiled plot to blow up a car packed with gas canisters near the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris were charged with terror offences on Monday and remanded in custody,...
View ArticleWoman kills herself after revenge porn video goes viral
Four men are being questioned in connection with the death of a woman who appeared in a sex video that went viral online. Tiziana Cantone was found dead in her aunt’s home near Naples on Tuesday, more...
View ArticleWoman gang-raped near Eiffel Tower
Paris – French officials say three men have been charged and jailed after a woman was allegedly lured on Facebook by one of them and then gang-raped near the Eiffel Tower. A police official said on...
View ArticleManhunt for gunman who shot dead four women at shopping mall
Los Angeles – A manhunt was under way after a gunman killed at least four people and wounded one other late Friday during a shooting at a mall in the US state of Washington. Police spokesman Sergeant...
View ArticleUS shuts down sex trafficking ring targeting Thai women
US prosecutors say they have shut down an international sex trafficking ring in an operation stretching from Thailand to the US. Twelve Thai nationals and five Americans were charged with illegally...
View ArticleTrump caught in 2005 tape making crude remarks on women
Washington – A 2005 video of Donald Trump using lewd and sexually aggressive language in discussing women emerged Friday, further fuelling the narrative about the Republican presidential nominee’s...
View ArticleFIFA appoints first ever Chief Women’s Football Officer
Zurich – Global soccer governing body FIFA has appointed Sarai Bareman as its first ever Chief Women’s Football Officer, the association announced on Tuesday. The New Zealand native will lead the...
View ArticleWomen accuse Trump of groping, forcibly kissing them
Washington – A flood of newly published accusations that Donald Trump groped or inappropriately kissed women rocked the race for the White House Wednesday, with the Republican nominee angrily denying...
View ArticleHistoric Indian mosque agrees to lift ban on women
New Delhi – An historic mosque in India agreed today to scrap a ban on women entering its inner sanctum, after a bitter legal battle about the restriction in the deeply religious country. The Haji Ali...
View ArticleYoung pregnant women at higher risk of stroke
Pregnancy in young women may increase the risk of stroke as compared to their older counterparts of childbearing age, a study has found. The findings showed that stroke risk was more than doubled in...
View ArticleShocked by women’s murders, Latin Americans fight back
Montevideo – Florencia was just 10 years old when her stepfather suffocated her with a plastic bag. Lucia was 16 when two men drugged her, raped her and fatally impaled her on a spike. Joseline was 22...
View ArticleSecret beauty pageant for Indonesia’s transgender women
Jakarta – Crowds cheered on Friday night as a group of Indonesian transgender women showed off glittering gowns in a beauty pageant held almost entirely in secret to avoid unwanted attention from...
View ArticleAussie women gives birth twice in 10 days
An Australian woman managed to conceive twice in 10 days, after having sex just once, Australia’s Seven Network news media reported. The woman, whose age is not known, has since given birth to a pair...
View ArticleLet women drive, urges Saudi prince
Riyadh – An outspoken billionaire Saudi prince wants an “urgent” end to his country’s ban on women driving, saying overturning the law was a matter of women’s rights and economic necessity. “Stop the...
View ArticleMyanmar men may face jail for not marrying pregnant women
Yangon – Myanmar’s government is drafting a law that could see men jailed for up to seven years for getting a woman pregnant but not marrying her, a senior official said on Wednesday. The provision is...
View ArticleJapan to recall envoy from South Korea over ‘comfort women’ statue
Tokyo – Japan said on Friday it was recalling its ambassador to South Korea over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels during World War Two. Chief...
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