Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Indonesian woman was whipped 100 times over an affair for which the man got 15 lashes, AFP reported. Public flogging is a ...

The lashes to Roya Heshmati's body have triggered renewed condemnation of Iran's harsh punishments against women for alleged crimes against "morality." But the official reason for carrying out the ...

Iranian authorities have sentenced singer Parastoo Ahmadi to a punishment of 74 lashes for performing in a YouTube video that has racked up 2.9 million views over the last two years. Ahmadi sang the ...