LUSAKA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Zambia's mining regulator said on Monday that underground operations at Mopani Copper Mines' Mufulira mine could resume immediately, after new safety measures were ...

The family of ex-Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who died in South Africa last June and is yet to be buried, have dismissed allegations he was poisoned. South African police also want custody of his ...

LUSAKA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Zambia's mining regulator on Friday said it had suspended operations at Mopani Copper Mines' Mufulira mine after it failed to account for all its underground personnel. The ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds.

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar has presented a series of extensive reforms before the Federal Cabinet to the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898 in order to modernize country's judicial framework and in ...

Afghanistan has 'legalised' domestic violence in a terrifying crackdown on women's rights. A new 90-page penal code introduced by the Taliban allows husbands to physically punish their wives and ...

Rodney Moore Jr., 16, was charged as an adult with murder Thursday in connection to the deadly robbery and shooting.

Eight months after the death of Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, his body remained unburied — a striking and largely unexplained standoff that East ...

According to the presidency's statement, the draft Criminal Procedure Law was received from the House of Representatives on 26 August 2025, with a request for its promulgation. Since then, numerous ...

The Taliban has published a new penal code enshrining some of its most backward practices into the law of the land in Afghanistan, with women in particular set to suffer at the hands of the courts.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two amendment Bills have been tabled in the Dewan Rakyat for the first reading to tackle bullying, including online cases. Amendments to the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code ...

VICTIMS of stalking will soon be able to apply for protection orders through a simplified process at local courts and police stations, said Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. The Minister in the Prime ...