Two days after Indian police arrested 14 people over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a teenager in the state of Jharkhand, a 17-year-old is reportedly battling for her life after being raped and set ablaze in the same state.

Members of a crime gang dedicated to the theft of luxury cheese and fine wine worth tens of thousands of dollars are arrested in Italy.

A Benedictine monk working to preserve Islamic manuscripts may at first sound like a contradiction, but for Father Columba Stewart it's a vital mission.

New radar scans prove there are no hidden rooms in King Tutankhamun's burial chamber, ending speculation the tomb of ancient Egypt's young pharaoh king may also be the last resting place of Queen Nefertiti.

Syrian Government forces use warplanes, helicopters and artillery to pound districts of the capital held by the Islamic State group, in a bid to enforce an evacuation deal reached with the militants earlier in the week.