One in 10 girls around the world - or about 120 million in total - have been forced to have intercourse or take part in other sexual acts, with rates higher in sub-Saharan Africa than other regions, according to the United Nations.
An Alabama couple has been charged with raping a 17-year-old relative multiple times in an unsuccessful attempt to impregnate her so they could keep the baby, prosecutors said Monday.
Three sisters were killed "and the police did nothing for two days," in the town of Murmadi, the the Bhandara district in the Maharashtra state, which is more than 630 miles south of India's capital New Dehli