She was sentenced to death under qisas, the Islamic legal principle of 'retaliation in kind'.

Hanifeh Avandi, a 24-year-old Turkish woman from Tabriz, was reportedly executed in Iran on Sunday, April 19, amid claims she ...

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At age 16, Courtney Stodden's marriage to a 51-year-old actor sent shockwaves across the country. Now, at age 31, Stodden says she ...

SAN ANGELO — The child bride of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was ordered into foster care Tuesday by a judge who said the girl's mother had shown herself unwilling to ensure her protection from ...