Bangladesh Hangs Two Ex-Policemen for Rape, Murder
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Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a teenager were executed by hanging in a north Bangladesh jail early on Thursday.
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A former policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in an abortive suicide pact is sentenced.
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A court in Afghan capital sentenced to death a killer of four journalists Saturday, a spokesman of Afghan Supreme Court said. &quot;The verdict was issued after the killer, Riza Khan
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New charges are announced against former Bangladesh PMs Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.
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At least three children are reported to have died by accident  while acting out the recent hanging of a Calcutta man convicted of rape and murder.
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Police arrested two men in a remote southern village and accused them of hacking two young women to death for allegedly having sex outside marriage, officials said Saturday.
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Suspected Muslim rebels in Indian Kashmir killed three policemen on the eve of Eid, Islam's holiest festival, as they guarded a Hindu village that witnessed a massacre in 2003, police said.
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Bangladesh arrested former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on extortion charges Monday, setting off an angry showdown with her supporters that saw police open fire with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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The special anti-corruption court of Bangladesh hands down its first sentence to a former minister.
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More than 30 top Bangladeshi politicians and businessmen arrested on corruption charges face another month in custody.
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A court in Bangladesh sentences a former minister to five years jail for possessing alcohol, officials say.
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Suspected Islamic militants in north-west Pakistan behead two women they accused of being prostitutes, police say.
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Ten policemen in the Indian capital, Delhi, are given life prison sentences for the murder of two businessmen.
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Security forces in Bangladesh detained seven ex-ministers and several other influential politicians from across the political spectrum on Sunday in swoops on their Dhaka homes, officials and media reports said.
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The US deports a former Bangladeshi officer convicted for his role in killing President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Bangladesh's security forces have arrested at least 14 political leaders including nine former ministers in pre-dawn raids, according to officials and reports.
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Another former minister is detained in Bangladesh as the government says it is stepping up an anti-corruption drive.