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The court found him guilty of arranging large-scale atrocities during the 1971 war, including genocide, rape, abduction and mass murder.

Rahul Gandhi, the newly appointed vice president of India’s ruling Congress party and often dubbed the party’s “Prince Charming,” managed to send across at least one message during his maiden speech after assuming the position over the weekend — that he lacked a sense of irony.

Asian markets were listless Monday as investor confidence was weighed down amid the speculation that policy makers in Japan might disappoint by not announcing substantial stimulus measures in the meeting this week.

A four-year-old nursery student was allegedly sexually assaulted by the attendant of a school bus in Mumbai, India.

Most of the Asian markets rose as investor confidence was lifted amid the encouraging economic indicators from the U.S. and China.

Seattle coffee giant Starbucks is expected to report a 14 percent gain in earnings per share on an 11 percent sales increase.

Sexual harassment wasn't a priority for Indian companies until recently, but now employers provide Western-style guarantees. The trouble begins when people leave work.

Videos showing young British Muslims harassing members of the public for perceived moral infractions are going viral.

The Supreme Court of India accepted a motion on Friday to consider a juvenile accused in the Delhi gang-rape case an adult. The court issued a notice to the central government and the Delhi police based on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) motion that was filed by a Chandigarh-based lawyer.

Nu Skin Enterprises, Bank of America Corp, Anworth Mortgage Asset, Alcatel Lucent, eBay, Barclays, Fusion-IO, Boeing Co and Rio Tinto Plc are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Thursday.

Iran seeks to join the space race in a hurry. A prior attempt to send a primate into space reportedly failed in 2011.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Census Bureau’s data on housing starts and building permits.

Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday as investors opted for caution ahead of China’s fourth quarter growth economic data release Friday.

Hina Rabbani Khar, the Pakistani foreign minister, gave at talk in New York on everything from India to Malala.

Should Dell go private? Here's a checklist for the CEO, who may not want to cede control of the company he's nurtured for 29 years.

The territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku islands may not end soon. Especially now that a new official map shows them as Chones.

Investment demand is expected to drive the price of gold higher in first half 2013, on loose monetary policies and burgeoning sovereign debt.

Such killings are frequently disguised as “accidents” or even ”suicides,” rendering it impossible to accurately gauge the number of such incidents.

Tensions between India and Pakistan along the de facto Kashmir border continued to simmer Wednesday.

U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Wednesday ahead of the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December by the Department of Labor and the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report by the Federal Reserve.

It is unclear what route those ancient Indians took to get to Australia.