Music played on an Indian snake charmer's flute can improve the neural development of premature babies, Swiss scientists have found.
An Indian court convicted six men for their involvement in the abduction, rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in a case that sparked a nationwide furore and inflamed tensions between Hindus and Muslims.
An author who lost a book deal after being accused of shaming a black train worker is suing her publisher for $13.4m (€11.85m), claiming their condemnation led to "suicidal thoughts" and death threats.
Hong Kong's leader has signalled she will push ahead with a tough new amendment to extradition laws despite a massive protest against them.
Twice as many plants have been driven to extinction over the past 250 years as all the birds, mammals and amphibians combined, a 30-year project has found.
A man who survived a violent confrontation with a bear in the Carpathian mountains in Romania had his leg savaged as he fought the animal off.
The Romans loved wine so much that they are thought to have drunk 180 million litres a year - the equivalent of a bottle of wine per citizen per day.
