Modern Singapore grapples with archaic sex law
With its gay bars and same-sex couples publicly displaying affection, the Tanjong Pagar district offers a glimpse of a Singapore whose outlook contrasts with its more conservative image.
Kazakhstan mulls restricting cash withdrawal
Kazakhstan financial police is suggesting to legally restrict withdrawal of cash by individuals and legal entities.
Spain vows to tighten abortion law despite criticism
Spain's centre-right government has vowed to "promptly" tighten the nation's abortion laws, angering the opposition Socialist Party which had eased access to the procedure.
Battle lines drawn as US Senate readies gun debate
The most significant US Senate debate on gun laws in 20 years starts Tuesday with the chamber introducing a bipartisan compromise on background checks.
US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks
Senators struck a hard-fought compromise Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.
Foreign experts to check quality of Kazakhstan roads
Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport and Communications insists on hiring foreign companies to check and accept Kazakhstan roads into service.
Every second Almaty cafe violates shisha law
Almaty's bars and restaurants were checked for observance of the shisha-banning law.
Kazakhstan bans smoking shisha in public places
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry introduced a ban on smoking shisha in public places, including night clubs, restaurants, cinemas and any indoor public entertainment facilities on March 14, 2013.
New Kazakhstan Criminal Code to expand release on bail use
The new Criminal Code of Kazakhstan is going to expand the cases when the right to bail can be applied.
China performed 330 mn abortions since 1971: data
Nearly 330 million abortions have been performed in China in the 40 years since it first implemented measures to limit population growth in the world's most populous nation.
Vote delay could destabilise Lebanon
A divisive debate over Lebanon's electoral law may delay parliamentary elections scheduled for June 9, stoking fears of instability in a country already rattled by the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
British police law risks human rights: parliament report
Britain should conduct a "fundamental review of the law" governing undercover operations after police were accused of stealing the identities of dead children.
Amsterdam raises legal age for prostitution to 21
The city of Amsterdam said Tuesday it will raise the legal age of prostitutes from 18 to 21 and announced plans to close brothels during the early morning hours in a bid to protect sex workers.
Putin signs law banning smoking in public places
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government's bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country.
Obama asks Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ban
The Barack Obama administration on Friday formally asked the US Supreme Court to strike down a 1996 law defining marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman.
Philippines hopes law will avert launder blacklisting
The Philippines hopes to avoid being put on a blacklist of money-laundering havens after President Benigno Aquino signed a new law boosting safeguards against such crimes.
Gay and lesbian adoptions the new norm in Quebec
"I would like to have a mother, but I wouldn't want to lose my two dads," says Frida, a radiant six-year-old Canadian girl unaware of the international controversy raging over gay parenting rights.
Kazakhstan Army to be used against swinging situation inside the country
President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to study the existing capacities of the country's Armed Forces and set several tasks to the law-enforcement authorities.
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor says law-enforcement authorities are poorly prepared to counter terrorism
Inability of Kazakhstan's law-enforcement structures to adequately respond to today’s challenges is the system’s shortage: Askhat Daulbayev.
India set to introduce death penalty in some rape cases
India's cabinet has approved harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty, after a brutal gang-rape in New Delhi that sparked national outrage.