NEW DELHI:  An Indian court on Wednesday ordered 12 media companies to pay $15,000 each to a compensation fund for victims of sexual violence after they published the name of an eight-year-old girl who was gang raped and murdered, reports AFP. Indian law prohibits the naming of rape victims, even…

NEW DELHI: At least 21 revellers were killed en route to a wedding when their truck flew off a bridge, police said Wednesday, the latest horrific crash on India's accident-prone roads, reports AFP. The truck, carrying more than 40 passengers, smashed through a protective railing in central Madhya…

JERUSALEM:  Israel readied to mark 70 years since the country’s creation on Wednesday while celebrating its improbable economic success and military prowess, but facing a range of political and security challenges, reports AFP. The anniversary of the proclamation of the state of Israel by…

BAGHDAD: Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, judicial sources said Wednesday, reports AFP. The suspects are being tried by two courts, one near the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul in northern…

THE HAGUE: Britain accused Russia on Wednesday of breaking the two-decade international ban on chemical weapons at emergency talks into last month’s poisoning with a nerve agent of a former Russian spy, reports AFP. The accusations came as diplomats from the Organisation for the Prohibition of…

WASHINGTON:  Former US first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, triggering an outpouring of praise for the matriarch of a Republican…