WikiLeaker Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 18:13

Manning`s lawyer David Coombs said on the program that he expected Manning to get a pardon from President Barack Obama.

Russian relay champions deny kisses were part of `anti-gay law` protest

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 14:57

Two of the four Russian female sprinters, who exchanged quick kisses after winning a relay race at the World Championships in Moscow, have shrugged off speculation that it was done deliberately to protest Russia`s new controversial law against gays.

Our girls are our pride: Priyanka Chopra

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 10:13

Empowerment of the girl child has always been a subject close to Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra.

Gunmen kill female politician in Pakistan

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 21:57

Gunmen shot dead a secular female politician from Pakistan`s troubled northwest after breaking into her home at night, police said on Saturday.

America ready for female president: Michelle Obama

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 23:53

US first lady Michelle Obama says in remarks published on Friday that America is ready for a woman president, but would not comment on prospects for Hillary Clinton getting the job.

Sharapova tops Forbes rich list for 9th straight year

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 18:25

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has topped the Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year, the magazine reported Tuesday.

British police investigate Twitter threats to female MP

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 18:43

British police said they were investigating violent and sexually explicit Twitter postings directed at a lawmaker in a growing row over threats to women on the social network.

Upset over BJP leader`s murder, woman party worker ends life

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 18:30

A 51-year-old BJP woman functionary who set herself on fire, apparently upset over the murder of party`s state General Secretary V Ramesh, died on Sunday, police said.

Man Utd branded most unfriendly club for female football

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 18:18

Prominent female football commentator, Jacqui Oatley has slammed the world`s richest football club Manchester United for standing out like a sore thumb to the women`s game in England, along with praising their rivals Manchester City for their effort.

Nearly 148 female inmates `illegally sterilized in California prisons`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 14:48

Nearly 148 female inmates in California prisons were illegally sterilized by doctors, a new report has found.

Younger women workers believe themselves equal to male peers

Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 20:47

The study was based on surveys of more than 1,000 women and 500 men in the US, as well as more than 3,000 females in the UK, France, Germany and China.