Rakhat Aliyev fears kidnapping
Rakhat Aliyev said in an interview to the European media he was ready to appear in Austrian court but feared of being kidnapped.
German fake Rockefeller guilty of US murder
A German fantasist who impersonated a member of the Rockefeller family, an English aristocrat and a Hollywood film producer, was convicted Wednesday of murdering his California landlord in 1985.
US college student stabs 14 in Texas attack
A US college student stabbed 14 people, leaving two victims critically wounded, Tuesday in a rampage that ended when he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.
Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children: charity
Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims in many of the world's conflict zones were children.
Execution-free world getting closer: Amnesty
The use of the death penalty is broadly diminishing around the world although a handful of countries that had not used capital punishment for several years resumed executions in 2012.
Parcel bomb sent to Italian newspaper office
A parcel bomb was sent to the offices of Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday but failed to detonate when opened, prompting an evacuation of the building as bomb disposal teams were deployed.
US budget cuts could delay Bin Laden kin's trial
The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts.
Fake Rockefeller faces murder charge verdict
A German man who posed as a member of the famed Rockefeller family after allegedly killing his landlord in California likely killed the man's wife too.
Rakhat Aliyev to be tried in Vienna
Superior Land Court of Vienna has started an investigation into activities of the former Kazakhstan ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev.