An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning for engaging in what was deemed "sexual acts." The two men, 20 and 21 years old, were arrested after being seen ...

Malumfashi (Katsina State) – A Malumfashi Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina State, on Wednesday sentenced six elderly persons to 20 strokes of the cane each for constituting nuisance while drunk.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Japanese hairstylist has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore this week for what the judge described as a “brutal and cruel” ...

Prosecutors in Indonesia's Aceh Wednesday recommended 80 strokes of the cane for two men accused of having sex in contravention of sharia law, the first such punishment of a gay couple in the ...

A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old driver, ‎Mammuda Abubakar, to four strokes of cane for stealing a pair of sandals. The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, warned Abubakar to ...

A Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa State yesterday ordered that a 21-year-old phone repairer, Michael Adeku, be given 22 strokes of the cane for stealing four litres of palm oil. Adeku, a ...

An Indian national and Singapore permanent resident, Ankit Sharma, has been sentenced to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a woman at Changi City Point mall. Sharma was ...

The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, passing the judgement on Thursday, June 9, 2016, reportedly gave the suspect, Mr John Okeke, the option of fine in the sum of N8000, and ordered that he be flogged six ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Japanese ...