Nearly five years after returning to power, the Taliban are no longer merely an insurgent movement that seized control of a fractured state .

More than 26.5 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger, according to a new analysis ...

Corporal punishment triggers harmful psychological physiological effects on children, per UNICEF. Children experience ...

Singapore will allow caning for male students in severe bullying cases as a last resort, under strict protocols requiring principal approval and authorised staff. The move follows a year-long review ...

The education minister said that before administering the punishment, schools must consider factors such as the maturity of ...

Under new guidelines caning will only be used as a punishment for male students aged nine and above as a ‘last resort’ ...

Caning will be meted out at Singaporian schools as an anti-bullying disciplinary measure for boys only when "all other ...

Senate Bill 364 targeting corporal punishment for students with disabilities passed the House on Wednesday, and now heads to the Governors desk for consideration before it can be signed into law.

Decades ago corporal punishment in schools wasn’t just allowed it was recommended and applauded by many respected voices. Some older Jamaicans readily recall going home to complain that they had been ...

Washington — President Trump's first four years in the White House brought about significant changes to the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court, shifting it rightward. But the president's second ...

On September 26, 2025, Switzerland passed a law to abolish all forms of corporal punishment of children. With this law reform, they become the 70th country worldwide to enshrine children’s rights to ...

Botswana’s constitution is said to be gender neutral, guaranteeing equal protection under the law, yet a clause in the Penal Code under the Customary Courts Act still allows judicial caning for men ...