SOCIETY

Sex workers receive little protection from abuse even in countries like Norway where human rights laws are stringent.

Pakistan's influential Council of Islamic Ideology has opposed a proposed bill to combat violence against women.

The holy day symbolises their belief in the body and the blood of Jesus Christ, and his Real Presence in the Eucharist.

Saima Khan, 34, was reportedly found with her throat cut at her Luton home.

Diamond was sent to prison following a bar fight in 2014.

The president told a news conference in Japan that people wondered how seriously to take the GOP hopeful.

Both Italian and British Navy say vessel will remain off coast as a war memorial.

Celebrated US Navy Seal was awarded less medals than he claimed.

Danny Kushlick of charity Transform says Psychoactive Substances Act is government PR spin.

Supreme Court sets bail terms for accused in killing of two Kerala fishermen in 2012.

The time schedule of the train ticket will be issued just 48 hours before departure.

The Best of Russia contest attracts thousands of entries from amateur and professional photographers across the country.

Portobello Road Gin will be a four-storey drinks complex and hotel.

Chog Singh's hands were sliced up as he tried to protect his 14-year-old son.

New emergency measures follow brutal 2012 gang rape in Delhi.

GBC-Education will work with Unicef's new fund so that refugee children do not fall through the cracks.

Theresa May launches independent review into way Sharia law is apparently being misused or exploited in UK.

The interest rate on the loan has inflated from 0.5% to 3.9%.

Joseph Kabila's ruling PPRD postponed its rally to avoid confrontation with opposition supporters

The insect landed on The Donald's locks during a rally in California.

Militants urged oil company not to carry out repair works at platform previously attacked.

Around 36% of the teens had taken their own lives because of health problems such as acne or asthma.

Tribal leaders decry 'wagonloads' of religious items stolen from them and sold to collectors.

A social media study by Demos has mapped out thousands of abusive tweets sent out from UK Twitter accounts.

ONS says the net number of EU citizens coming to Britain rose to 184,000 in 2015.

Dramatic footage and images published by the Italian Navy showed the frenzied scene off the Libyan coast.

UN gets alarmed, urges Hamas to rethink plan for resumption of death penalty

Signal failure and 'customer incident' cause severe delays across the capital.

No casualties in Israeli strikes on Hamas military sites in Nuseirat and Rafah.