The youngest convict in the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape case has been released from a correctional centre, his lawyer has told the BBC.

A university graduate from Spain has proved you really can have beauty and brains after taking home the crown at this year's Miss World pageant.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde is to stand trial in France for alleged negligence over a €404m ($438m; £294m) payment to a businessman in 2008.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016, an Italian Catholic newspaper reported on Thursday.

A judge in Brazil has ordered that a suspension of the popular messaging application WhatsApp be lifted.

The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore regular commercial flights, in a deal that could jumpstart economic relations between the two countries.

The mother of a student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in Delhi has publicly revealed her daughter's name.