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Condoms were not subject to the challenge but only two per cent of Filipino men use them

In 2015, Japan and South Korea agreed the issue of 'comfort women' would be 'irreversibly resolved'

Within one week in July this year, two men killed their wives at social care centres

Says vast majority of suspects in graft probe agreeing to settle

Amnesty International says treatment of the Rohingya was racial discrimination on the level of apartheid South Africa

Respect for other religious sects is not an accident

The van was travelling to Bangkok when it crashed into the 10-wheeler in Singburi

Government sources say a buoyant Maduro is now considering driving home his advantage

A 2012 government report said almost 15,000 people were killed every year on India's railways

Latest case to trigger parental outrage in a booming industry

Last week a North Korean soldier dramatically defected to the South

DPS officials said they would file capital murder charges against Black

A huge sea and air hunt is being conducted for the San Juan

The International Monetary Fund has repeatedly said that Pakistan’s rupee is overvalued by 5-20%

Parliamentary panel is looking at ways to obtain information about $8 billion investments of Pakistanis

Islamic State claims responsibility for the deadly attack in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar

The law includes penalties of up to 10 years in jail for insulting the king and crown prince

Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to develop new industries to wean his country off its dependency on oil exports

Appears to be an attempt to mainstream proscribed terrorists, says India's foreign ministry spokesperson

Some users, however, have raised questions over the surfer’s gender

An investigation found the fire started in a refrigeration storage area that had been illegally built

The stateless Rohingya have been the target of communal violence for years in Buddhist Myanmar

Video shows Karachi's killer whale which is known to be highly social animal that occur in stable social groups

As many as 17 detainees required medical treatment according to doctors

All three men have been admitted to a hospital according to reports

Nangarhar is a volatile hub for Islamic State and other militant groups

Ismail, who has reportedly been ill, will likely be replaced by a caretaker prime minister during his absence.

Foreign missions in Baghdad and the United Nations have slammed the bill

Regional tensions have risen in recent weeks between Saudi Arabia and Iran

Maestracci too has faced Islamophobia

88-year-old ruler of the Gulf Arab state left hospital after 'successfully completing regular medical tests'

Sarma's remarks drew a negative response from political commentators worldwide and cancer patients

Argentina is leading an air-and-sea search with help from several countries

About 40 million people were living as modern slaves last year, either trapped in forced labour or forced marriages

The tornado, with wind speeds of 70 km per hour, carved a path of destruction in the Sidoarjo area

13 photos from events around the world

According to Canada's public health agency, more than 2,800 people died of opioid overdoses in 2016

In South Korea's ultra-competitive society, the entrance test plays a large part in defining students' adult lives

UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed delegates at the session on human trafficking

In 2006, eBay sold 405-foot pleasure boat known as the "Gigayacht" for $168 million

Most of those in the camp are from Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Syria

Boy kept hurting victim allegedly because there was no one around to stop him or hear her

Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation deal in October in Cairo

Cuban and North Korean foreign ministers "expressed concern about the escalation of tensions" on the Korean peninsula

The Committee to Protect Journalists says 41 reporters have been killed in India since the early 1990s

Drinking more than three cups a day was not linked to harm, but the beneficial effects were less pronounced

Claims the process of withdrawing FIRs against the offenders has started

The army appears to have engineered a trouble-free path to power for Mnangagwa

No provocation can justify the horrendous atrocities that have ensued, says US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Yemen has become a central arena of the proxy battle