Six leaders have been convicted of crimes in connection with the war of independence

The disgraced Chinese politician and former rising star of the Communist Party, Bo Xilai, was finally charged with corruption today in what is shaping up to be China’s trial of the century.

But police are still concerned that they could find more victims as suspect appears influenced by Cleveland serial killer

Police are carrying out a further search for additional victims amid concern there may be more bodies

A police search is continuing after three bodies, believed to be female, were found wrapped in plastic bags about 150 yards apart in East Cleveland, Ohio.

Supporters were marching during one-day strike to protest conviction of previous party chief for his role in 1971 war

A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has found the spiritual leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party guilty of masterminding atrocities during the country’s 1971 war of independence.

Super League clubs may look back on this week as the time when the turkeys voted for Christmas.

A man has been arrested after an amateur football game in Brazil turned into a gruesome double murder scene.

State’s attorney general looks to 'alternative methods'

Sharif government says end to five-year-old moratorium will help tackle rising crime

The death penalty is usually imposed for corruption and other economic crimes

The National Theatre has taken the slog out of the Eugene O'Neill marathon melodrama that was fodder for Groucho Marx

A man accused of holding three women captive in his run-down home in Cleveland for a decade and fathering a child with one of them has been indicted on 329 charges including murder, kidnapping and rape, prosecutors said.