Two men have burned a teenager alive at her home in eastern India a day after raping her.

The court found the guru guilty of raping a teenage girl in 2013.

India confesses the frequent cases of rape against women should be regarded as a national shame.

The Indian government approves the death penalty for child rapists as the horrific rape and murder case of a Muslim girl triggers nationwide protests.

Protesters gathered in the Indian-controlled Kashmiri city of Srinagar to decry the brutal gang rape and murder of eight-year-old Muslim nomad Asifa Bano, and to demand the perpetrators be brought to justice.

Eight men accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl pleaded not guilty as Indians hold protests to slam New Delhi’s response to a string of rape cases in the country.

Mounting outrage over two rapes, one in the disputed region of Kashmir and another allegedly involving a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, gripped India on Friday.

There has been an upsurge in rape incidents especially in Punjab province this year.

Thousands of Yemenis have held a demonstration in Sana’a, calling for an end to the Saudi-led military aggression against the impoverished country.

A former South Korean presidential contender has stepped down as a provincial governor and announced his retirement from politics in a stunning political fall after a female aide accused him of multiple rapes.