Japan NHK boss under fire for comfort women remark

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 17:06

Japan`s top government spokesman today defended the new head of public broadcaster NHK for his remarks that the use of women as military prostitutes was common worldwide during World War II.

Prostitutes in Spain register to pay taxes

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 15:42

Prostitutes in the Spanish tourist island Ibiza have formed a sex workers` cooperative to pay taxes and gain social security benefits - the first such group legally registered in Spain, they say.

Robert Pattinson to star in short film about male prostitutes

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 10:05

Robert Pattinson and Tom Hanks` actor son Colin have teamed up for a new movie about Brazilian male prostitutes.

Shanghai judges sacked for soliciting prostitutes

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 23:10

The municipal legislature of Shanghai on Thursday sacked four senior judges from the city`s higher court for soliciting prostitutes at a night club, Xinhua reported.

Four Chinese judges accused of soliciting prostitutes suspended

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 14:44

Four senior judges of a Shanghai court in China have been suspended following an investigation into allegations that they hired prostitutes at a night club, officials said on Sunday.

Three Berlusconi aides jailed for procuring prostitutes

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 21:59

A special court on Friday held three associates of ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi guilty of procuring under-age prostitutes during infamous "bunga bunga" parties at his villa.

Al Qaeda leader Awlaki spent thousands on prostitutes in US

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 13:56

Slain radical American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes while he traveled the United States preaching fundamentalist Islam.

Amsterdam’s oldest prostitute twins retire after bedding 355,000 men

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 12:54

Twin sisters who claim to be Amsterdam’s oldest prostitutes have hung their boots after more than 50 years in the business.

Zarina Wahab to star in a Bengali film

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 16:04

Bollywood actress Zarina Wahab, who was last seen in Hrithik Roshan starrer "Agneepath", is all set to star in a Bengali film that will talk about the still existing brothels in northern part of the city.

Prostitutes hired by ‘Colorado’ killer claim he was `nice guy`

Last Updated: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 13:37

James Holmes, who allegedly killed 12 people during the screening of the latest Batman film - ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’- may have hired several prostitutes in the months before he carried out the shooting.

Batman movie killer met prostitutes before shooting

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 20:29

24-year-old Holmes was hunting for sex on a website called Adult Friend Finder, that says it is "the world`s largest sex dating site and swinger community".