Palash Ghosh

The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai has sparked outrage and revulsion on a global scale.

Northern Ireland, though a part of the UK, has very restrictive abortion laws.

Hindi and English have enjoyed an incestuous relationship ever since the British first landed in India.

The family of Malala Yousafzai declared that they will not be cowed by fear, nor will they seek to flee the country.

Providence Resources claims that the discovery of oil off the coast will give Ireland its very own oil industry.

Malala Yousafzai, age 14, has become a symbol of courage and for the right of Pakistani girls to get an education.

Julia Gillard, Australia's first female PM, landed a stunning blow against male chauvinism in a lengthy broadside in parliament.

The novel depicts a world of relentless violence, hostility, greed and an endlessly depressing cornucopia of amoral and feral behavior.

The body of Heriberto Lazcano, former leader of the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico was reportedly stolen by an armed gang.

Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs (enemy combatants during the bloody Bosnian war of the early 1990s) unite to press state authorities to pay up for the time they lost while incarcerated in detention camps.

Women in the West African nation of Ghana retain the notion that fat and voluptuous is attractive and healthy, despite the onslaught of skinny Western models in the local fashion industry.

The North Korean government has claimed to have deployed rockets that can strike targets 6,000 miles away in the continental U.S.

A notorious spy for worked for British intelligence in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in Ulster now claims MI5 has abandoned him.

Thirty officers have been suspended as a scandal in the police department of Marseilles widened over the weekend.

Village elders in India's Haryana state have suggested lowering the marriage age for girls in order to reduce the occurrence of rapes.

The leader of Scotland's Conservative Party claimed that 90% of Scots are dependent on state welfare.

The tribals of India, or 'Adivasis', are the original peoples of the Indian subcontinent... but their very existence has been threatened by the seizure of their lands by the state and corporate interests.

John Lennon and Joe Pepitone, who were both born on Oct. 9, 1940, had surprisingly similar lives, despite their many obvious outward differences.

Imran Khan has vowed that if he becomes the country’s elected leader next year, he will order the nation’s air force to shoot down U.S. drones.

The Turkish military has again fired a volley of shots into Syria in retaliation for a fresh round of shelling by Syrian forces.

Separatists in the Veneto region would like to form an independent state, free from Rome's control.

An Indian court has sentenced five members of an Indian family to death for their part in the murder of an inter-caste young couple.

The EU warned that almost all nuclear plants under its jurisdiction need safety upgrades.

Dubai plans to build a huge replica of India's famed Taj Mahal, but it has no plans to honor the South Asian migrant workers who built its prosperity.

Hispanics like Miguel Cabrera now account for almost 30 percent of Major League rosters.

Michael O'Leary, the ceo of Ryanair, is probably the most entertaining businessman in the world.

The stakes between Turkey and Syria have risen as Ankara responds to Syria's shelling of a town near the border

Iranians, reeling from high unemployment, western economic sanctions and the near collapse of their currency, have reacjed the end of their tether.

New Zealand has banned Mike Tyson from entering the country, due to his rape conviction from 1992.