BY: Maya John Amid belligerent demands for capital punishment for rapists, on Sunday the President signed an ordinance that introduces the death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below...

BY: Rabia Mehmood One would think that a woman going public with accusations of sexual harassment against a man and then facing a severe backlash would not be so common...

BY: Yury Barmin Recent US-led coalition strikes in response to an alleged chemical attack in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, had Western analysts hoping for a tectonic change in Washington's...

BY: Cyril Almeida TRY and put the pieces together. It’s not the easiest — partly because we don’t have all the pieces yet and partly because the last pieces may...

BY:Rayees Masroor "We want to take you to the International Criminal Court, right now!", "You, your father and grandfather are all war criminals"- This is how the former chief minister...

BY: Mariya Salim The gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua district of Indian-administered Kashmir is a chilling reminder of how sexual assault is used as...

BY: Christophe Jaffrelot , Kalaiyarasan A In the current debate on the place of the Muslims in India, one variable has not been factored in — their socio-economic situation —...

BY:Uri Avnery Write down: I, Uri Avnery, soldier number 44410 of the Israel army, hereby dissociate myself from the army sharpshooters who murder unarmed demonstrators along the Gaza Strip, and...

BY: Khaled Ahmed On April 13, the Supreme Court of Pakistan decided that ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, earlier controversially disqualified from office, would not be able to contest elections for...

BY:Will Bunch With so many crazy contradictions illuminated by the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air over Syria on Friday night – the lack of any coherent...