Scientists have discovered mechanisms that control a new form of premature cell death in living tissue and a mechanism to reverse it, opening up the possibility for new treatments to a number of diseases, according to a new study published Monday.
The United States on Tuesday pledged full cooperation with the Philippine authorities in the investigation into the killing of a Filipino allegedly by a U.S. Marine.
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi may face death sentence on charges of leaking national security documents to Qatar, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday, citing a judiciary source.
Overseas-born Australian residents can expect to live longer than those born in Australia, according to a new research released Thursday.
Japanese war criminal, Yoshio Mizoguchi, convicted after the end of the World War II, confessed to murder of 40 Chinese during the war, according to historical document published Wednesday.
A 21-year-old college student was charged on Monday with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for a knife attack on a subway train in May, according to the New Taipei prosecutors office.
Indian Supreme Court on Monday suspended the death sentence of two convicts in Delhi gangrape case, local media reported.
People who watch TV for three hours or more each day may be twice as likely to die prematurely than those who watch less, according to new research published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
As many as 29 among 30 death sentences were upheld for appellants involved in Vietnam's biggest drug case ever.
Three people were sentenced to death and five others were jailed on Monday by a court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region over a terror attack near Beijing's Tian'anmen Square in October 2013.
China's supreme court on Thursday annulled the death penalty for two people convicted of forcing into prostitution the daughter of a social campaigner.
Nine people were sentenced to death for terrorism in northwest China's Xinjiang on Thursday.
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 28 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in absentia after they were found guilty of violence in the Upper Egyptian province of Fayyoum in March, state news agency MENA reported.
The United States on Monday urged Egypt to stop mass trials and sentencing of its nationals, as a court handed down death sentence to another 683 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.
An Indonesian maid was freed from death penalty in Malaysia on Monday after the head of the judging panel decided to free her from murder charges launched by the prosecutor, a statement released by Indonesian foreign affairs ministry said.
India's Supreme Court Tuesday reiterated that three assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi would not be hanged, dismissing a review plea by the central government.
A medical student at a prestigious university in Shanghai has appealed on Tuesday against the death sentence he received for murdering his roommate with lab poison in April of last year.
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