A court in India has sentenced a man to life in prison for the rape and murder of a junior doctor, in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and protests. The judge rejected demands for the death penalty but said that Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer in Kolkata city who was convicted over the weekend

By  MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of miners died and 246 were rescued, authorities said Monday. Police

Natural disasters Temblor shakes production hub for world’s most advanced chips Buildings at the Southern Taiwan Science Park were evacuated after an earthquake on Jan. 21. © Reuters CHENG TING-FANG January 21, 2025 02:25 JST Updated on January 21, 2025 03:35 JST TAIPEI — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, authorities said, prompting

Business Insider Read in app People at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 20. World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard Tech and business leaders are in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. They’ve been discussing Trump’s inauguration and AI ahead of events there beginning in earnest Tuesday. This is what Business Insider is

The happiness and relief felt by Palestinians following the release of 90 prisoners from Israeli detention as part of the ceasefire deal to end fighting in Gaza has been tempered by concerns about the conditions they were kept in. Palestinian prisoners were seen exhausted, malnourished and in some cases were left unrecognisable compared to their former selves before going into Israeli prisons. Israeli

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN  —  As the Gaza ceasefire takes hold, aid workers caution that the toughest challenges are yet to come, describing the truce as only the first step on a long road to recovery. For humanitarian workers and aid agencies, the road is expected to be long and arduous – with challenges including

CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than expected. Hamas is set to release the more than 90 hostages over the coming weeks as part of a complex

A dramatic video has appeared showing a Russian BTR-82 8×8 armored personnel carrier firing its main gun wildly, spitting dozens of shells in one fiery burst, apparently due to a technical malfunction after the vehicle was reportedly struck by a Ukrainian drone. While huge numbers of this particular model of BTR have been lost in

Reuters Children chased after a lorry carrying aid from Unicef in the southern city of Rafah A UN official in Gaza has warned that the rebuilding process in the devastated Palestinian territory will “take an awful lot of time” despite the promised surge in humanitarian deliveries under a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel