Little boy dragged to death outside hijacked car in S.Africa
A four-year-old boy trapped by his seatbelt was dragged to his death behind a hijacked car in South Africa, leaving his traumatised mother screaming at the side of the road, police and media said.
Instructor to appear in India court over alleged child rape
A roller-skating instructor was due in court Monday over the alleged rape of a six-year-old student which sparked protests from outraged parents, an official in the Indian city of Bangalore said.
21 July 2014
China shuts meat factory supplying McDonald's, KFC
Shanghai has shut a factory of US food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald's and KFC, authorities said Monday in China's latest food safety scandal.
21 July 2014
Inside Mexican shelter, a world of fear and abuse
A nauseating smell of rotting food and excrement hangs in the air inside the Mexican shelter where authorities say hundreds of children lived in squalor and endured physical and sexual abuse.
Sri Lanka jails killers of British tourist
A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a British holidaymaker on Christmas Eve and raping his Russian partner.
US sentences British men over Taliban support
A US judge sentenced two British men to a combined total of 20.5 years in prison Wednesday for conspiring to provide and for providing equipment and personnel to the Taliban.
17 July 2014
Texas woman gets 18 years for Obama ricin plot
A US actress who tried to blame her husband for sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, then-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control activist got 18 years in prison
Jury selected for Tazhayakov's hearing on July 7
The Boston court will make the final decision in the case of a Kazakhstani student Azamat Tazhayakov accused of impeding the Boston bombings investigation.
15 July 2014
Canadian teacher arrested in Indonesian child sex scandal
A Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that has rocked one of the country's most prestigious international schools.