
Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan, Human Rights Watch says
New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 79 cases of rape of women and girls as young as seven.
Wed Dec 18 2024

Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves
The Seoul Central District Court ruled the Japanese government must give 100 million won ($91,360) each to the 12 women who filed the lawsuits in 2013.
Fri Jan 08 2021

Seagram's heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case
The hearing lasted more than three hours, featuring emotional statements from several victims gathered in a courtroom.
Thu Oct 01 2020

Siblings become sex slaves to father, uncles and grandfather
The suspects, who are farmers, and aged between 26 and 57, have been arrested.
Fri Aug 11 2017

Bacha bazi: Afghan subculture of child sex slaves
The subculture of keeping boys for personal servitude and sexual pleasure is a centuries-old practice in Afghanistan.
Thu Jun 16 2016

'Bacha Bazi': Taliban use child sex slaves to kill Afghan police
The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of paedophilic boy play known as "bacha bazi".
Thu Jun 16 2016

Daish militants appear to be hawking sex slaves online
Social-media sites used by Islamic State militants in recent months have included numerous accounts of the buying and selling of sex slaves.
Sun May 29 2016

Cash-strapped ISIS offers $50 a month to fighters - but more if they own sex slaves
Salary details and other minutiae of life in the Islamic State are contained in a series of unusual documents released on Friday by a scholarly journal.
Sat Apr 23 2016

Sex slaves sold by Islamic State, the younger the better
A senior United Nations official says Islamic State is circulating a slave price list for captured women and children.
Tue Aug 04 2015

Rohingya women migrants used as sex slaves
Rohingya women migrants detained at a human trafficking syndicate transit camp in Padang Besar, Thailand, were treated like sex slaves and subjected to gang rape by the camp guards.
Mon Jun 01 2015

China executes man for raping six 'sex slaves', murdering two
36-year-old former clerk, was put to death after being convicted of "murder, rape, illegal detention, organised prostitution and manufacturing pornography for profit".
Tue Jan 21 2014

Incarcerated 'Cleveland Rapist' found hanged
The former US bus driver jailed for life for kidnapping and raping three young women he held as sex slaves for a decade was found hanged in his cell
Wed Sep 04 2013

6 Malaysians allegedly worked as sex slaves
A woman, accused of running a Sydney brothel, told six Malaysian women that they had to perform sex acts to settle debts they incurred.
Mon Feb 04 2013

'FOMO': Beware of marketing traps, time, and money loss
What exactly drives some individuals to go to such lengths just to own these products?
Sun Feb 23 2025

90 pct of Syria's population living in poverty after years of civil war: UN official
UNDP says, "13,000 people (have been) forcibly disappeared, and we don't know their fate yet.
Sun Feb 23 2025

China's hopes to be Ukraine peacemaker collide with its goals on Trump, trade
For the last three years, China has repeatedly signalled a willingness to act as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Fatty liver disease - A major driver of liver cancer risk in Malaysia
By the time symptoms such as jaundice, abdominal pain and weight loss appear, the cancer may be in its advanced stage.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Trump tightens grip on independent agencies to test limits of presidential power
The order lets the White House shift budget and policies, usually kept at arms length from the president's daily oversight.
Sun Feb 23 2025

INSIGHT - In Russia, dozens of dissenters are held as psychiatric patients
Dozens of Russians face compulsory psychiatric treatment for their political views, say lawyers and human rights groups.
Sun Feb 23 2025

How does space travel affect astronaut health?
Here is an explanation of some of the effects on human health caused by space travel.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Can you distinguish between reality and deepfake?
Currently, Malaysia has no specific laws regulating deepfake technology.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Animated films seek to find a place in best picture Oscar race
Animated filmmakers now aim to be included to the best picture race after being shut out for several years.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Emotional trauma piles up for Ukraine's children three years after invasion
Teachers, psychologists and children are used to living in a state of chronic exhaustion without a clear end in sight, experts say.
Sat Feb 22 2025