India, China to rise in ranks as wealth centers by 2017: Report

India is going to grab the 8th spot as home to the highest concentration of millionaires in the world within a decade, a joint study by Barclays Wealth and Economist Intelligence Unit has revealed.

Bollywood director plans film on murdered UK girl

Bollywood filmmaker plans to make a film about a British teenager murdered at one of Goa's famed beaches, but a lawyer said the family was afraid the script could deviate from the truth.

A first for Saudis: Mozart performed publicly and women come

It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience.

Amnesty Intl reignites death penalty debate in India

Human rights group Amnesty International has urged India to abolish the practice of death penalty, saying it has found "fatal flaws" in the country's "unfair" judicial system.

Austrian police probe deeper into Fritzl incest case, victims undergoing therapy

Josef Fritzl, 73, the Austrian man who kept his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years is refusing to answer further questions in custody even as the captive daughter and children are undergoing therapy to recuperate.

Concentration camp doctor tops list of 10 most-wanted Nazis

Former SS doctor Aribert Heim tops a list released Wednesday of most-wanted suspected Nazi war criminals. He is a man so brutal that witnesses remember him as the worst they saw, though he was only at Mauthausen concentration camp for two months.