Social Issues
52 Die During Desert Crossing
Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine. A group of 75 set out in...
Republicans Launch Bid To Win Support For Teetering US Health Bill
US Senate Republicans on Monday launched into a crucial week seeking to ram through the most consequential legislation...
Top US Court To Tackle Religion, Gay Rights In Wedding Cake Case
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review whether a Colorado baker discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to...
Minister Calls For More Investment In Children
Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has urged various stakeholders to...
Supreme Court Urged To Expedite Action On Bimbilla Chieftaincy Dispute
Stakeholders in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region, have urged the Supreme Court to expedite action on...
Tanzania Vows To Arrest Those ‘protecting’ Gay Interests
Tanzania has threatened to arrest and deport those campaigning for gay rights and de-register organisations protecting...
Afghan Subculture of Child Sex Slavery
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one...
Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs
Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as...
Turkey Police Stifle Gay Pride Rally
Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have thwarted attempts by organisers to hold a banned Gay Pride march. The...
US High Court Looks To Travel Ban Ruling and A Possible Retirement
The White House declined to comment Sunday on speculation that a pivotal US Supreme Court justice might announce his...
Trump Urges Democrats To Get On Board With Health Reform
US President Donald Trump said the Senate Republican health care bill "would be so great if the Democrats and...
Gender Ministry Registers 250,000 Children Under NHIS
The Ministry of Gender and Social Protection has registered 250,000 children in the country to benefit from the...
Guatemala, El Salvador Host Gay Pride Parades
Some 5,000 supporters of gay rights marched in the Salvadoran capital Saturday in a show of solidarity after the recent...
Thai Sex Scandal Exposes Grim Tradition
When senior bureaucrats visited the remote Thai province where local official Boonyarit worked, the routine was often...
Vietnamese-French Dissident Blogger Deported To France
A Vietnamese blogger with French citizenship has been deported to Paris, the wife of the former political prisoner said...
Pakistan Issues First Transgender Passport
Pakistan has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist, who hailed the move as a step forward...
Traditional Birth Spacing Method Gains Grounds
Traditional method of birth spacing through the use of the menstrual cycle is gaining grounds in rural areas in parts...
Groups Advocate For Hard Sentence For Offenders
THREE organisations have jointly called for the criminal justice system to provide more protection for women and...
Saudis ‘foil Suicide Attack’ On Mecca’s Grand Mosque
Saudi Arabia says it has foiled a “terrorist action” against the Grand Mosque in Mecca – Islam’s holiest site....