Jurors on Thursday convicted a man of taking part in the repeated sexual assaulting a Texas middle school student and sentenced him to 99 years in prison.

Eric McGowen wasn't in court when jurors fou

The enormous obstacles and emotional torment that a female solider confronts in reporting a sexual assault in the military are the focus of the three-part Web series 'Lauren' debuting on Monday on You

The Union Cabinet on Friday cleared a proposal to redefine 'rape', making it a gender-neutral offence by substituting the word with 'sexual assault'.

The move will expand the definition and include m

There seems to be no end to cases of sexual assault against minor girls in the state. In yet another incident, an eight-year-old girl was assaulted sexually, but her family has been keeping quiet abou

Authorities in northwest China have ordered the arrest of an elementary school teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted eight girl pupils, the youngest aged 10, a state-backed newspaper said on Tuesda

The Palladam police on Wednesday night arrested a 26-year-old man for sexually assaulting and killing a three-year-old boy a few days ago.

Police said the accused M. Ramesh, a barber from Kammalapat

With stalking of women assuming menacing proportions, the Union women and child development ministry has proposed a separate penal provision to deal with the offence.

There is no penal provision defi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence awarded to a sweeper who raped a nurse after gouging out her eye at a private hospital eight years ago and later proposed to marry the victim

Crimes against women, including forced marriages and sexual assaults, have risen by 18 per cent in Pakistan over a period of one year, reveals a report.

One of Australia’s greatest sportsmen is being investigated over allegations of sexual assault.