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Some techniques involve injections of large doses of testosterone, while others apply electric shocks to people as they view images of homosexual acts.

Under the system, every Saudi women is assigned a male relative - often a father or husband but sometimes an uncle, brother or even a son - whose approval is needed if she is to marry, obtain a passport and travel abroad.

The 61-year-old former boss of the notorious Sinaloa cartel -- famed for his brazen escapes from Mexican prisons -- faces life in prison for smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States.

While the prince himself is expected to stay at the Prime Minister House, two of the top hotels in Islamabad have been booked fully for members of his staff.

The French tourist has been charged under section 8 of the export and import law. If found guilty, he could face up to three years of imprisonment.

The former PM who is set to go on trial on Tuesday crooned about slander in a video and vilified the current government in daily social media posts to counter portrayals of him as corrupt and out of touch.

The candidacy of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi instantly threatened to upend the first national ballot since a military coup in 2014 that ousted a government loyal to ex-premier Thaksin.

Dingell served 59 years in the House before retiring in 2015. While in office, Dingell served as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee for 16 years where he pushed major legislations, including the breakup of telecommunications firm AT&T. He also...

Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday made repeated appeals to optimism and the spirit of cooperation. Although he goaded opposition Democrats by lashing out against "socialism" and insisting, as ever, on his controversial US-Mexico wall project, he spen...

While the Pope is known to live a frugal lifestyle, his meat-loving homeland Argentina is the world's second-biggest consumer of beef per capita.

Growers in Malaysia are increasingly shifting from small orchards to industrial-scale operations — a trend that environmentalists warn presents a new threat to rainforests already challenged by loggers and palm oil plantations.

General Joseph Votel told the lawmakers that militants operating out of Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to threaten Afghan stability as well as stoke tensions between Pakistan and India.

Trump raised fears of war with North Korea in 2017 when he threatened to rain "fire and fury like the world has never seen" on the hermit nation because of the threat it posed to the US.

The rare step came amid mixed views in Japan over people taking risks with their safety after shock killings and kidnappings of journalists and other Japanese nationals in Middle East.

Immigration attorney Anu Peshawaria said that some students are worried that they will have arrest on their record for ever and have lost years of education to no avail.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was heading to South Korea via Bangkok to attend a conference. However, his name was on the no-fly list.