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The High Court Division of Bangladesh. File Photo: Collected
Court

HC questions legality of criminalising sex on false promise of marriage

Respondents given 4 weeks to reply

An activist shouts slogans during a protest, as Indonesia is set to pass a new criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president, and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside the Indonesian Parliament buildings in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
World+Biz

Indonesia bans sex outside marriage in new criminal code

Representational image. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Thailand on verge of using voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders

A file photo of China’s Peng Shuai serving during a match at the Australian Open on January 15, 2019. Photo :Reuters
China

China tennis star Peng says ex-vice premier forced her into sex

RnB artist R Kelly. Photo: Getty Images via BBC
Glitz

R Kelly convicted of luring women, underage girls for sex

A portrait of Emperor Maximilian I with his family, 1516-1520, by artist Bernhard Strigel. Maximilian's marriage to Mary of Burgundy, the richest heiress in Europe, expanded the House of Habsburg and gave the dynasty a foothold in western Europe. FOREIGN POLICY ILLUSTRATION
Panorama

The founding fathers of international relations theory loved war but overlooked sex