Sexual ethics

EU agrees first law combatting violence against women

EU member countries and lawmakers reached an agreement on Tuesday on the bloc's first rules to tackle violence against women, the European Parliament and officials said.

The law seeks to protect women in the 27-nation European Union from gender-based violence, forced marriages, female genital mutilation and online harassment.

Note on stone helps police find rapist

Police in the southern province of Antalya have detained a man who raped a 12-year-old child, who asked for help in a note she wrote on a stone.

A local in the Kepez district found the stone in a park that read: "I am 12 years old. I have been raped. Please help me. My name is A."

The local then uploaded the stone's photo on social media and asked for help.

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