Man kills 3-year-old for breaking tea cup and forces mother to dispose of body
The accused, Nitin Pathare, 36, was also charged with attempt to murder after he threatened to kill the mother and her five-year-old daughter.
At least 20 people, including 3 children, killed in suicide blast at Sufi shrine in Pakistan
The Dargah Pir Rakhel Shah in Fatehpur town in the Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan was earlier attacked in 2005.
Woman kills son in exorcism ritual ordered by 'spiritual mentor'
The woman believed her son, allegedly possessed by evil spirits, will be dead for a week but will come to life again and cured thereafter.
Teenage girl allegedly kills father who raped her for 2 years
The alcoholic and abusive father was also accused of killing his wife about nine years ago, villagers told police.
Hollywood man tortured to death following threesome sex during Hurricane Irma
Hollywood police recovered Ariel Gonzalez's decomposed body three days after his death at his Chatham Terrace apartments.
Turkish court sentences 40 to life imprisonment over President Erdogan assassination plot
A majority of those sentenced included high-ranking soldiers in the Turkish special forces, who were removed following the coup attempt in July 2016.
Outrage after mass poisoning and burning of at least 21 stray dogs in western India
Animal rights activists alerted police after they recovered charred remains of four canines and decomposed bodies of 16 others.
Understanding of MH370's location 'is better now than it has ever been' ATSB says in final report
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau led a nearly three-year-long search for the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing on 8 March 2014.
Perth man, 54, jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting children in child care facility
Vincenzo Mule pleaded guilty to the crime committed in April 2016, but later claimed in court that he had no memory of the incident.
Couple with 7 sons bring abandoned baby girl home but face legal action now
The girl had hundreds of ants covering her tiny body when a man in India's Rajasthan state found her.
Blue Whale game addict hangs himself after asking for psychiatric help
The 17-year-old's parents found a notebook with drawings that showed him hanging and text that read: "I should just die."
French tourist saves bus from plunging into deep ravine in Austrian Alps
The driver of the bus had collapsed while travelling through the mountains in the Tyrolean Alps.
Bali volcano: Nearly 50,000 flee as Mount Agung threatens to erupt
Authorities have imposed a 12km exclusion zone around the mountain.
Elderly man jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting 5-year-old girl
The nature of the crime does not deserve any leniency, the judge said in her ruling against the 74-year-old accused.
Elderly British woman gone missing in Greece found 'mauled to death' by pack of dogs
The 64-year-old had called her family in the UK to inform them she was attacked by stray dogs.
Girl, 12, alleges sexual assault by at least 5 teens in a Sydney park during Eid festival
Child Abuse Response Team and the Sex Crimes Squad are leading the investigation in the case.
Two men allegedly gang rape woman and film assault on her mobile phone
The Indian woman who works as a nurse said she initially thought the men were robbers and wanted her mobile.
3-year-old raped and choked to death by uncle who buried upper half of her body in a farmland
The father of the victim has urged police to hang the accused immediately for the gruesome murder.
Man hits 2 bikers with car for objecting to smoking in public, one of them is dead
The charge against the accused, Rohit Krishna Mahanta, has been changed from attempt to murder to murder.
Russia calls North Korea-US exchange of threats a 'kindergarten fight', urges them to calm down
"We have to calm down the hotheads and understand that we need pauses, we need contacts," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Woman allegedly chops off lover's penis, but victim claims he did it himself
The accused Indian woman and the victim were in a relationship for more than 2 years, police said.
Massive 5.2metre saltwater crocodile shot dead in Australia
Police and state environmental officers in Queensland are searching for the killer.
Nine-year-old boy raped, tortured and choked to death in Pakistan
A police officer said this was the second such incident reported in the area in the past three months and the third in a year.
Arab sheikhs arrested in India after police bust human trafficking racket
Elderly sheikhs were found to be marrying teenage girls to take them out of the country as part of the trafficking racket.
Miami woman with phobia of flying kicked out of Ryanair flight with her service dog
Sophia Costabal said she had all necessary documents and approvals to take the pet with her on the flight to Ibiza.
Anti-Isis battle in Syria's Raqqa in 'final stages' with 80% city liberated says US-backed SDF
The Syrian army also reached Raqqa's provincial border after capturing about 100km of the west bank of the Euphrates recently.
School head found guilty of sexually abusing 22 girl students jailed for 55 years
The man, S Arockiasamy, from southern India's Madurai district was suspected of abusing at least 91 schoolchildren, public prosecutor said.
Sikh father in Australia wins court battle against turban ban by Christian school
Sagardeep Singh Arora approached court after a school in Melbourne denied admission to his son, Sidhak, because he wore a turban.
Man faces 108 charges of arson and property damage for allegedly setting himself on fire inside a bank
The accused, Nur Islam, 22, of Melbourne had suffered 60% burns in the incident and spent four months in a hospital.
Australian woman gives birth to healthy baby while in induced coma
The heavily pregnant woman had fallen unconscious after contracting influenza and had to be put into induced coma.