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U.N. slams Brunei's Sharia laws condemning gays and adulterers as violation of human rights
Brunei is violating human rights by implementing Islamic laws that would allow death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Brunei, a Muslim-majority former British protectorate with a population of around 400,000, on Wednesday began implementing Sharia laws, which punish ...
British pop legend Elton John has joined actor George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's new death-penalty laws for gay sex and adultery. The call came as a growing list of politicians and celebrities added their names to ...
The investigator hired to look into the release of intimate images of Jeff Bezos said Saturday he has concluded that Saudi Arabian authorities hacked the Amazon chief's phone to access his personal data. Gavin de Becker linked the hack to extensive coverage by The Washington ...
Japan's Supreme Court rejects man's damages claim against ex-wife's partner over adultery
The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a damages claim brought by a man in his 40s against his former spouse's then-lover, infidelity with whom led, he claimed, to he and his wife's divorce. At the top court's Third Petty Bench, presiding Judge Yuko Miyazaki said that ...
Experts warn DNA test kit users about results, privacy as sales soar ahead of Christmas
This Christmas, many Americans will find the gifts under their tree may lead to a long-lost relative or a map of ancestral migrations. Or perhaps the discovery that their father is not who they think he is. Sales of DNA testing kits are booming, as citizens ...
As Trump cries 'no collusion' on Russia case, other campaign inquiries close in
The tawdry tale of a payment of hush money to a porn actress has ballooned into an investigation of considerable peril to people around President Donald Trump's campaign. Fresh details emerged in court papers Wednesday about how Trump loyalists conspired to keep American voters from ...
'We are fine': Melania Trump dismisses marriage gossip, hints about life in White House
U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Friday dismissed the widespread talk about her husband's reported affairs with a porn star and others, saying she has "more important things to think about." Addressing for the first time allegations that have swirled around President Donald Trump, she ...
Adultery is no longer a crime, India's top court ruled Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offense with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband's ...
Britain's Boris Johnson splits from wife; tabloid blames infidelity
Britain's former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is tipped as a future prime minister, revealed Friday that he has separated from his wife and the couple are getting a divorce. The 54-year-old, who quit his role in July in opposition to the government's plan for ...
Trump won't say when he learned of Michael Cohen payment to Stormy Daniels
President Donald Trump refused Thursday to say whether he knew before the 2016 election about his former lawyer's $130,000 payment to a porn star, but said there was no campaign finance violation. "I don't want to get into it because it's been covered so much," ...
Top South Korean Buddhist leader steps down over allegations of corruption, fatherhood
South Korea's biggest Buddhist denomination ordered its executive head to step down Thursday amid mounting allegations he forged his academic credentials, accumulated vast wealth and broke his vows of celibacy. The 56-14 vote of no confidence in Seoljeong, president of the Jogye Order, by its ...
Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels, says he now represents three additional women who had relationships with President Donald Trump and were paid "hush money" before the 2016 presidential election. Avenatti disclosed the information at a community forum in West Hollywood, California, ...
