Federal and state lawmakers have introduced legislation to strengthen support for and better protect sexual assault victims ...

There have been several U-turns by the Scottish Government recently, notably on juryless rape trials and the proposed ban on woodburning stoves in new-builds. Today, one of our readers argues that the ...

Subjects that have nothing to do with taxes have become two of the most controversial topics during the Legislature’s third ...

The proposed reform, however, faces uncertain prospects in the current legislative period, after the collapse of Germany’s governing coalition. Until now, small- and medium-sized plants under ...

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed sweeping reform for the nation's educational systems. Here's a look at what areas of education his second term might impact: Trump's Agenda47 campaign ...

The proposed law that’s on its second way through ... This law legalizes child rape." The new law would bring back a Taliban-style of slashing women’s rights. Iraqi citizens have protested ...

A sick newly proposed age of consent law would allow old men in Iraq to marry children as young as nine years old, and "legalise child rape" activists claim. Ultra-conservative Shia Muslim parties ...

Sparks flew at a parliamentary committee Thursday as MPs questioned Canada's democratic institutions minister about a widely opposed provision in electoral reform legislation that seeks to delay ...

The proposed amendment to Article V ... but exceptions can be made for specific serious crimes, like murder or rape, if two-thirds of the Legislature agrees. The amendment would eliminate the specific ...

Milwaukee Brewers star closer Devin Williams has found himself in the middle of a bunch of news headlines over the last few weeks. Initially, it was because he surrendered the go-ahead home run to ...

The push by the outgoing Biden administration to convince Americans to buy more battery electric vehicles is likely to slow down to barely a budge when Donald Trump returns to the White House in ...

anti-abortion groups said South Dakota’s laws may need to be changed — a possible reference to the lack of exceptions for the mother’s health and for instances of rape and incest — but ...