In 1999 the Swedish government became the first in the world to make it a crime to buy sex but not to sell it. Europe correspondent Mary Gearin travelled to Sweden to witness firsthand how the law had changed lives.
Swedish prosecutors ask for Julian Assange's approval to question him in London where he is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy.
Five women's rights activists who were reportedly planning to raise awareness of sexual harassment on public transport are being criminally detained in China.
An 81-year-old man refuses to go through an airport security scanner and is discovered to have been on the run for 30 years, accused of raping a teenager in the Northern Territory.
Hundreds of people gather at Parramatta Park in Sydney's west to hold a vigil for stabbing victim Prabha Arun Kumar.
Australia's most senior Islamic cleric arrives in Indonesia to plead for the lives of two Australian death row prisoners to be spared.
A group of people living in a remote part of West Virginia believe that electromagnetic radiation from modern gadgets is making them sick, but their protected sanctuary may be under threat.
Death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran makes a personal appeal for mercy to Joko Widodo, painting a portrait of the Indonesian president and signing it "people can change".
The Prime Minister backs a Western Australian Government proposal to close a number of remote Indigenous communities, saying it is not the taxpayer's job to subsidise "lifestyle choices".
China accuses the Dalai Lama of 'profaning' Tibetan Buddhism over comments he made suggesting he will not be reincarnated when he dies.
Malaysia Airlines says an expired battery in the underwater locator beacon of the "black box" flight data recorder made no difference in the MH370 search.
Almost 800 people strip off at South Fremantle beach in Perth to record the world's largest skinny dip.
The battery powering the underwater locator beacon on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370's data recorder expired in 2012, a report finds, but says there are no red flags relating to the crew or aircraft.
Two suspects are detained over the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service says.
A least 80 per cent of Australians have witnessed or experienced homophobia in sport, a study finds.
Nauru police say they have released all 183 refugees who were arrested in connection to mass protests this week, with the majority charged with "unlawful assembly".
Australia is making an official complaint to the Indonesian government over photos of the Denpasar police chief posing with death-row drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
The ABC can reveal 12 greyhounds currently suspended from racing in NSW belong to the state's top trainer-owner pair, Jason Mackay and Martin Hallinan, taking the total number of suspended dogs in the state to 40.
Human error and malfunctioning equipment were to blame for two Qantas planes failing to maintain a safe distance in the skies over Adelaide two years ago, an investigation finds.
Nepal cracks down on littering mountaineers whose treks have made the world's tallest peak the highest garbage dump on Earth.
