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
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN
The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024