Politics

At the African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania, Michelle Obama joked with Laura Bush that living in the White House has 'prison elements' — but it's a

The killing of Fr. François Murad in Syria went viral with a beheading video. Later investigations showed the video showed different victims entirely.

The BJP named Narendra Modi chairman of its 2014 election campaign committee at the Goa conclave — a generational shift over LK Advani's opposition.

Edward Snowden, 29, revealed himself as the source of the NSA leaks in a Guardian interview — then fled Hong Kong and was charged under the Espionage Act.

A 30-year-old American woman was gang-raped by three men in a truck in Manali — one of several attacks on foreign tourists shaking India's tourism image.

In 2012 India recorded 24,923 rapes with a 24% conviction rate — and behind every number was a woman. A 2013 editorial on the stories that forced a nation

The family of 8-year-old Gurkiren Kaur Loyal claimed she died after a mystery injection in Punjab in April 2013, and that her body returned to Britain

India worships women as goddesses yet tolerates rape and blames victims. A 2013 op-ed on the hypocrisy — and who will fight for women's rights.

A profile of Varun Gandhi — Sanjay Gandhi's son, who charted his own political course with the BJP and won Pilibhit in 2009.

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh lay on a ventilator in a Lahore hospital after a jail attack, with conflicting reports over whether he was brain dead.

New Zealand's parliament voted 77-44 to legalize same-sex marriage — the 13th country in the world and the first in Asia-Pacific.

Fairview School in the Missouri Ozarks trained staff to carry concealed weapons after Sandy Hook — a 40-hour course with annual background checks.

Dubai police showed off a £360,000 Lamborghini Aventador at Dubai Mall — a supercar patrol car as much about marketing as catching speeders.

In March 2013, Ashley Judd was reportedly weighing a Senate run against Mitch McConnell. She ultimately decided not to run — here's how the speculation

After Anoushka Shankar's revelation and a damning Human Rights Watch report, a 2013 TV panel confronted India's child sex abuse crisis — and the silence

A 2012 remark by a Karnataka High Court judge sparked outrage — but a national health survey found 54% of Indian women themselves said wife-beating could be

Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gray said she expects school board members to meet within the next two weeks to determine if disciplinary action is warranted…

The National Commission for Women and some parliamentarians on Monday came out in support of Kashmir's first all-girls rock band 'Pragaash' whose singing was…

David Coleman Headley received 35 years in a U.S. federal prison for scouting the 2008 Mumbai targets, spared the death penalty by his cooperation.

After France intervened in Mali in January 2013, Islamist groups tied to al-Qaeda pledged retaliatory attacks on French soil.