US Internet giants join effort to curb child sex abuse

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 03:13

Major US Internet firms have joined an effort to curb the spread of images of sex abuse of children, organizers said Monday.

Sebi issues detailed ESOP disclosure norms

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 21:08

Market regulator Sebi on Tuesday came out with detailed disclosure norms for listed firms while exercising employee stock options programmes (ESOP) to address concerns regarding potential market abuse.

Twitter moves to stem violent threats, abuse

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 00:28

Twitter Tuesday began implementing a new policy aimed at curbing use of the social network to incite violence, and to crack down on abuse and harassment on the service.

EU says eager to `finalize` probe into Google market abuse

Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 22:41

The European Union said Thursday it filed formal charges in an anti-trust case against Google to speedily resolve allegations that the tech titan abuses its search engine`s market dominance.

Treaty regulating global arms trade takes effect today

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 02:11

A landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade comes into force tomorrow, a milestone hailed by the United Nations and campaigners seeking to stop weapons sales to dictators, terrorists and human rights abusers.

Allen rejects `untrue and disgraceful` sex abuse claims

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 05:22

Legendary film director Woody Allen hit back Sunday at his adopted daughter`s allegations of sexual abuse during her youth, calling them "untrue and disgraceful."

He sexually assaulted me, says Woody Allen`s adopted daughter

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 19:41

Woody Allen`s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow has accused her father for sexually abusing her when she was seven, reopening an episode after 21 years.

Malaysians angry as Sweden holds parents for hitting child

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:01

Malaysia`s prime minister on Saturday offered help to a Muslim couple detained in Sweden for hitting their son, in a case that has provoked an outcry in the Southeast Asian country.

Malaysians angry as Sweden holds parents for hitting child

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:01

Malaysia`s prime minister on Saturday offered help to a Muslim couple detained in Sweden for hitting their son, in a case that has provoked an outcry in the Southeast Asian country.

Ireland liable for abuse in Catholic-run school: Europe court

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 01:08

Ireland has been rocked by a series of official investigations in recent years that have lifted the lid on decades of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in institutions run by the Catholic Church.

Two sentenced to 1 year imprisonment for sexually abusing girl

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 23:12

A court here has sentenced two persons to one year imprisonment for sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl in 2009 at Puliankulam in this district.

One in two German female soldiers report sexual abuse

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:37

One in two female soldiers in the German military says she has encountered some kind of sexual abuse at least once while in the armed forces, an internal study published on Friday found.