Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s top court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband’s permission had committed adultery, a crime carrying a five-year…
Police were called to the Pennsylvania compound of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating a failed 2016 coup, on Wednesday after a guard fired a shot at a suspected armed intruder, a Gulen spokesman said. The security guard fired a warning shot as the person tried to enter the compound’s gates, and the…
Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in visited the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation Thursday for a show of unity after their North-South summit gave new momentum to Pyongyang’s negotiations with Washington. On Wednesday North Korea’s leader agreed to close the Tongchang-ri missile-testing site in the presence of international observers, a move the US welcomed by saying it was ready for immediate talks aimed at denuclearising…
Burnout Paradise Remastered does not feature any in-game microtransactions, EA has reassured – despite the game’s official store listing saying the opposite. Fans noticed the phrase “in-game game purchases optional” in Paradise’s new store listing last night and feared the worst. While the Remastered edition features all major DLC, EA made a point of mentioning…
Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, had enjoyed a long stretch of time in the shadows. But when Ruslan Boshirov, one of the two Russians charged with poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March, was unmasked on Wednesday as Anatoly Chepiga, a colonel in the GRU, it came to the world’s attention how Russia’s most secretive…
Who’s copying who now? Paladins president Stewart Chisam has raised an eyebrow at Overwatch’s newly unveiled hero Brigitte Lindholm, because she looks more than a little like his game’s hero Ash. Chisam posted a picture of the heroes side by side on Twitter, and wrote: “Quick poll: If I happened to notice and point out…
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The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister has been charged with money laundering and tax evasion linked to a multi-billion-dollar scandal that helped bring down the country’s previous government. Rosmah Mansor, the 66-year-old wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty to 17 charges that could see her spend the rest of her life in prison. Reviled…
Blizzard is shaking up Hearthstone’s ranked play progression system, and specifically how you’ll shuffle down levels at the end of each month. Starting in March, you’ll be set four ranks back from your current position every month – rather than the current system which sets you back a varying number of levels depending on where…
Donald Trump’s mockery of a woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault appeared to backfire on Wednesday as three key wavering Republican senators criticised the comments. The US president parodied the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor making the claim who has admitted to not remembering significant details about the alleged…