A popular Indian spiritual guru sparked a backlash after saying the student could have averted a murderous gang-rape by begging for mercy.
Hundreds of people have demonstrated in support of media freedom in China outside the offices of a newspaper at the centre of a censorship row.
Italy’s interior minister Anna Maria Cancellieri called for "more incisive" action to be taken to end the abuse of non-white players by racist fans.
Japan’s Toyota Motor has decided to halt the construction of new factories in a shift from its previous policy of building new plants almost annually.
Mexican authorities have discovered a "sophisticated" tunnel likely intended for smuggling drugs and migrants across the US-Mexico border.
Soosan Feroz is a surprising new phenomenon in the conservative Islamic country — the nation’s first female rapper.
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, is weighing whether to admit he used performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times has reported.
The Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban as punishment for campaigning for girls’ education has been discharged from hospital treating.
Russians reacted with amusement, disbelief and irony to the news that French actor Gerard Depardieu has been granted Russian citizenship.
A French satirical magazine has published a comic book biography of Prophet Muhammad.