In most countries, the age of consent is between 16 and 18, but there are outliers. And in some countries, different restrictions apply depending on the gender and sexuality of the people involved.

The age of consent first saw a debate in 1860 when sexual intercourse with a girl under 10 was criminalised. It was raised to 12, 14 and then to 16 in 1940. After staying at 16 for over seven decades, ...

Saburo Kita's arrangements of paper flowers are a bittersweet reminder of the life he had hoped for before he was forcibly ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s Senate gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and other sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act, a move that comes after the landmark drugging and ...