India's West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a ...

The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged ...

An Indian court has sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a ...

An Indian court has sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a ...

China's President Xi Jinping spoke with Russia's Vladimir Putin over video call on Tuesday, Chinese national broadcaster CCTV ...

A court in India has given the life sentence to a man for the rape and murder of a junior doctor, a crime that sparked ...

A court in India has sentenced a man to life in prison for the rape and murder of a junior doctor, in a case that sparked ...

An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of ...

Protests erupted in West Bengal last August after the body of a trainee doctor was found with multiple injuries in a hospital ...

Israel delayed implementing the deal. Palestinians said Israeli strikes on Gaza continued.

The family of the doctor broke into tears, saying they were "shocked" at the sentence and had hoped her murderer would be sentenced to death.

A court found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, a crime that sparked protests and hospital strikes amid concerns over lack of safety for women.