Washington, May 11 (ANI): Ex-military leader Rios Montt has been given a sentence of 80 years in prison on account of genocide after a two-month long trial in Guatemala city.

Dhaka, May 9 (ANI): A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentenced an Islamist party leader to death on Thursday, on charges of genocide and torture of unarmed civilians during the 1971 war for independence.

Washington, April 16 (Xinhua-ANI): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the bombing at the Boston Marathon, calling it "senseless violence."

New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): Activists of the Communist Party of India(CPI) and students of Delhi University staged a protest here on Sunday over a demand for strong action against the Sri Lankan Government for genocide committed on the Tamil population of that island nation.

Washington, Mar. 3 (ANI): A peaceful protest rally is being organized by the Baloch community in North America in front of the White House to draw the attention of the Obama administration towards the ongoing military operations, human right violations, arbitrary arrests, extra-judicial killings, disappearances and genocide in Balochistan.

Islamabad, Jan. 21 (ANI): Bangladesh's controversial war crimes court has sentenced a top Islamic televangelist to death by hanging for genocide and other atrocities during the country's 1971 liberation struggle against Pakistan.

Islamabad, Dec 8 (ANI): Over 1,000 Shias in New York have launched a protest to express their anger at the Pakistani government and the Taliban for what they describe "genocide" in their community.

Dhaka, Nov. 14 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned down an invitation to a summit to be held in Pakistan next week, officials have said.

Dhaka, Nov.8 (ANI): Bangladeshi freedom fighter and senior professor in the department of sociology at the University of Dhaka K A M Saaduddin has hailed the prosecution of war criminals, accused of genocide during 1971 liberation struggle.

Dhaka, Sept 22 (ANI): Advocate of Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Shahdeen Malik, has said the delay in the trial of the war criminals, accused of genocide during 1971 liberation struggle was due to international and national backing that they had.

London, September 22 (ANI): A disturbing and horrifyingly graphic new book has laid to rest the myth that only the likes of the SS and Gestapo were responsible for war crimes and acts of rape, murder and genocide, forcing German people into reassessing their past.

Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): An Ohio congressional candidate has defended a controversial tweet posted by her, in which she put US President Barack Obama in the same category as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong.

Sydney, July 30 (ANI): Tamil activists would pay for refugees to be safely shipped to Australia after approval from the United Nations, depriving smugglers of potential customers.

Geneva, July 14 (ANI): The United Nations' decision to make Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir a member of its Human Rights Council after accusing him of genocide has outraged many rights activists, according to a report.

London, July 6 (ANI): An astonishing letter has revealed how Adolf Hitler's company commander in WWI was, despite his Jewish roots, spared from the genocide unleashed by the Nazis on the Fuhrer's wishes.

Kabul, July 5 (ANI): The Council of Baloch Elders of Afghanistan in Kabul, has in a declaration, called for urgent measures to stop the genocide of Baloch political leaders and nationalists in Pakistan and Iran.

Quetta, May 6 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party has appealed to the "international community, human rights organisations, the European Union and the civilised nations to take notice of the worst war crimes by Pakistani forces", and demanded that they "send fact-finding missions to Balochistan to expose the genocide of the Baloch by the state of Pakistan", a press release said.

London, Mar 13 (ANI): Lamar Odom was getting so bored during the NBA lockout that he resorted to playing Hangman and baking, so that when he received an offer to play basketball in Turkey, his wife Khloe Kardashian was very happy and supportive.

Islamabad, Feb 19 (ANI): A political solution must be sought immediately to deal with the cases of genocide in Balochistan before it is too late, an editorial has said.

Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): A failure in the part of the brain that's critical for social interaction may lead a person to become callous enough to commit human atrocities, a new study has suggested.

Dhaka, Nov 21 (ANI): A senior Bangladeshi official has urged Pakistan to formally apologise for alleged atrocities and acts of genocide committed by the Pakistani military during the 1971 war.

Lhasa, Nov 8 (ANI): The 'cultural genocide' that Tibetans face under hardline Chinese rule is to be blamed for a recent wave of self-immolations, the Dalai Lama has said.

New Delhi, Aug 12(ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday joined the protest led by Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko against the alleged 'war crimes' committed on the Tamil community in Sri Lanka by the Mahinda Rajapaksa-led government.