Scholars, artists, musicians and athletes set to be honoured at 35th Maharana Mewar Foundation...
An Indian awards ceremony that in previous years has honored leading British cultural icons including Oscar-winning film director Richard Attenborough and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir V S Naipaul is to be held in the Rajasthan city of Udaipur next...
Lover Ordered Mother to “Drown Baby”
Defendant Watched Over Skype
A man from London has appeared in a Norwegian court after being accused of ordering his lover to drown her daughter whilst he watched on Skype.
Married Ammaz Qureshi is alleged to have told his 28-year-old...
Gold Medal
Ajit Singh Singhvi was initially in second place in the awards list of Rajasthan University in 1969.
However, he disputed the result, after declaring that he deserved first place.
Mr Singhvi collected his medal after a prolonged legal conflict and deferrals...
12-Year-Old Indian Girl Kills Herself After ‘Menstruation Shaming’
A 12-year-old girl from Southern India has killed herself after her teacher allegedly embarrassed her over a blood stain from menstruation.
A suicide note left by the girl, who jumped off a building near her home, accused the teacher of...
King Abdullah Dies
Half-Brother, Salman bin Addulaziz Becomes King
Abduallah bin Abdulaziz, King of Saudi Arabia, has died at the age of 90. After weeks of speculation about his ailing health, royal officials announced that the king had died in the early hours...
Acid Attacker Sentenced to Death In Historic Landmark Ruling
Preeti Rathi was just 23 when she was murdered at a busy railway station back in 2013. Preeti had just arrived in Delhi and was to join the Indian Navy as a nurse. It was then that her neighbour...
Iraq Hospital Fire Kills 12 Babies
A fire that tore through a hospital in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad has killed twelve premature babies. The fire erupted in Yarmouk hospital, in the maternity unit and took almost three hours to be put out.
The fire is...
Obama Rejects Meeting Philippine President After ‘Son Of A Whore’ Insult
This week saw US President Barack Obama attending the ASEAN Summit in Loas. Today, Obama was set to meet Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte but things took a turn after a scandalising jibe thought to be directed at the American...
Pakistan Football Team Suspended By FIFA
FIFA have banned the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with immediate effect due to "undue third-party interference".
The world governing body said on Wednesday that the PFF's national and club teams are not entitled to take part in international competitions until the...
Bengali Journalist Denied Bail
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old British citizen, was arrested in April this year due to his activities as a journalist and opposition activist. At a bail hearing on Tuesday 7th June, a judge denied bail to Mr Rehman.
Mr Rehman is...
