Another rape in India has been revealed, and thirteen suspects arrested, after the 20-year-old victim reported to police in the West Bengal state that she was raped on orders of the local village council in the village she lived in on Tuesday.
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND — The long-awaited second international conference on Syria opened with confrontational statements by the country's government and opposition Wednesday, and their main international backers, Russia and the United States, also presented opposing viewpoints.
The human rights group Oxfam reported that the wealth of the world's 85 richest people is equal to that of the poorer half the world's population.
The United States and other world powers are easing economic sanctions against Iran after international inspectors confirmed that Tehran has started to curb its most sensitive nuclear enrichment activity.