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Five 'admit Swiss woman gang-rape' in India
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Officer M L Dhondi from Datia District Police says the couple were robbed before the attack
Five men have confessed in India to gang-raping a Swiss woman as she camped with her husband in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, police say.
The couple were camping at a village in Datia district on Friday during a cycling trip when they were attacked by a group of men.
The assailants overpowered the husband before gang-raping his wife and they were robbed of their valuables.
Police detained at least 20 people after the attack.
The case is getting front-page coverage in the Indian media and the Swiss embassy has called for a swift investigation, the BBC's Andrew North reports from the capital, Delhi.
The incident comes three months after the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old female student on a bus in Delhi, which triggered widespread protests against the treatment of women in India.
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People walk through the new subway tunnel between the Damrak and Rokin in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on March 17. The tunnels are open to the public for a limited time before the new north-south metro line is installed.
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Canada prisoners in daring helicopter escape
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Police say their operation to re-arrest the second inmate is continuing
Two inmates have made a daring escape from a prison in Canada by climbing up a rope into a hovering helicopter.
Officials at the St-Jerome prison, near Montreal, said the inmates fled at about 14:20 (18:20 GMT) on Sunday, triggering a massive manhunt.
Police later said they arrested one of the prisoners and two other men. The second escapee was detained several hours later.
The helicopter was also found, and the pilot is now being questione
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Iraq car bomb kills 10 near Basra as anniversary nears
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Ten years after the US-led invasion, violence is once again on the rise in Iraq
A car bomb near the city of Basra in southern Iraq has killed 10 people and wounded many others, local police say.
The blast happened near a bus station in Garmat Ali, 18km (11 miles) north of Basra. Earlier, another bomb to the west of the city wounded two people.
Basra is Iraq's main port and has a predominantly Shia Muslim population.
The bombing come days before the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, when Basra was occupied by UK forces.
Attacks in Basra are relatively rare compared to other regions of Iraq
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Rafael Nadal beats Juan Martin del Potro in Indian Wells final
Rafael Nadal continued his stunning return to action with victory over Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
The Spaniard, playing his first hard-court tournament in a year following a knee injury, won 4-6 6-3 6-4.
He adds Indian Wells to the clay-court titles he won in Brazil and Mexico since his comeback in February.
It was confirmed on Sunday that Nadal will not play in Miami next week, with European clay next on his schedule.
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Maria Sharapova beats Caroline Wozniacki in Indian Wells final
Maria Sharapova's attacking game proved too much for Caroline Wozniacki as the Russian powered to victory in the BNP Paribas Open final.
Sharapova, 25, won 6-2 6-2 in one hour and 21 minutes to claim the Indian Wells title for the second time.
In a battle of two former world number ones, Sharapova's shot-making ability held sway as she fired 33 winners.
The four-time Grand Slam champion will move up to second in the world rankings behind Serena Williams on Monday
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Protesters rally against an EU bailout deal in front of the Cyprus parliament in Nicosia on March 18.
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The explosive backlash to the latest European bailout – this one for tiny Cyprus – will have limited impact on U.S. consumers, businesses and investors.
But the aftershocks are a potent reminder than the ongoing European crisis – relatively dormant in recent months – is far from over.
The latest $13 billion chapter in the Europe’s efforts to reverse the economic free fall of its most heavily indebted members came with a nasty, surprise kicker
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Protesting students at the Polytechnic University of Philippines created a bonfire of furniture to mourn a freshman who apparently committed suicide last week after she was forced to suspend her studies because of her inability to pay her tuition. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, classes were canceled on Monday to mourn 16-year-old Kristel Tejada and student organizations vowed to continue protests against school policies on tuition fees.
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A member of the Somali security forces flees the site of a car bomb in central Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 18, 2013.
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Reuters reports — A car bomb exploded near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least 10 people in a blast that appeared to target senior government officials, police said.
The suicide attacker detonated explosives while driving along a boulevard that runs between the palace and the national theatre, a route lined by tearooms that were engulfed in fire moments after the blast, senior police officer Abdiqadir Mohamud said. A public minibus driving along the road burst into flames.
"The suicide car bomber targeted a senior national security officer whose car was passing near the theatre," Mohamud told Reuters. "Most of the people who died were on board the minibus - civilians. This public vehicle coincidentally came between the government car and the car bomb when it was hit."
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Firefighters and rescue workers at the scene after a small twin-jet aircraft crashed into houses in South Bend, Indiana on March 17, 2013
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The front end of a Hawker Beachcraft Premier jet sits in a home on Iowa Street in South Bend, Ind. after crashing on March 17, 2013.
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A small, private jet crashed into three homes in South Bend, Ind., killing at least two people after a failed landing attempt Sunday afternoon, officials said.
Two people on board the plane were killed and two others were injured, according to Andrew Todd Fox, chief crash investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.
One person on the ground was seriously injured, according to officials
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Masaya, Nicaragua: A man holds up his dog wearing a military costume during an animal blessing ceremony in honour of Saint Lazarus
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Nizwa, Oman: Children wave flags as Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visit Nizwa Fort on the eighth day of a tour of the Middle East
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New Delhi, India: Janata Dal (United) party supporters shout slogans during a rally demanding special status for Bihar state
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Perry Green, England: A gardener waters the freshly laid turf around Henry Moore's Three Piece Sculpture - Vertebrae in the grounds of the Henry Moore Foundation
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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Pushcarts parked at the side of the road during a nationwide strike
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Michael Lohan, father of actress Lindsay Lohan, speaks to the media as he leaves the Los Angeles Superior Court. Lindsay Lohan accepted a plea deal in a misdemeanor car crash case that includes 90 days in a rehabilitation facility
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Revellers celebrate "Ash Monday" by participating in a colourful "flour war", a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter, in the port town of Galaxidi, Greece. The revellers "fight" by throwing coloured flour, charcoal dust and powder painting until they essentially run out of supplies
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Chairman of Bonhams auction house Robert Brooks examines the 1954 2.5 litre Mercedes-Benz W196 Formula 1 Grand-Prix single-seater driven by Juan Manuel Fangio, at a photocall at Bonhams, in central London, United Kingdom. The car, which Fangio drove to victory in the German and Swiss Grand Prix, will be auctioned at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed
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A general view of the world's largest concentrated solar power plant Shams 1 at Madinat Zayed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The plant is officially opened on Monday and it has a total installed net rated power output of 100 mega Watts.
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Brazilian rescuers look for victims following landslides caused by heavy rains at a poor neighbourhood of Petropolis, 68 km north of Rio de Janeiro. Floodings and mudslides triggered by heavy rains have already left 13 people dead over the past 24 hours in the Brazilian tourist town of Petropolis, whose historic center is under water
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Demonstrators hold signs protesting the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactic outside of Manhattan Federal Court in New York. The city is currently defending the policy in court from a class action four black men filed in 2008 alleging police improperly targeted them because of their race. The trial is considered the broadest legal challenge to "stop and frisk" since it's inception
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PSA Peugeot Citroen employees burn tyres in front of the company headquarters, Paris, France. PSA workers were protesting against the closure of the Peugeot automobile plant in Aulnay, outside Paris, and the layoffs scheme
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Venezuela's opposition leader and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles (C) speaks during a meeting with students in Maracaibo
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Here Bangladeshi firefighters try to douse the fire on a bus started by activists of the Bangladesh National party during the general strike in Dhaka
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An Egyptian watches as others extinguish a burning police vehicle, which was set on fire by angry protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.
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Cabaret singer Tricity Vogue dressed as the blue lady, a character inspired by Chinese Girl by Vladimir Tretchikoff, by the painting at Bonhams auction house in London. It's estimated to make £300,000 to £500,000
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Palestinian labourers queue to cross into Jerusalem at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem earlier this morning. Barack Obama is due to make his first official visit to Israel this week.
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Georgian soldiers take part in a ceremony before the joint Georgian-US military training exercise Agile Spirit 2013 at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi. A group of 350 US Marine Corps and the 23rd Battalion of the II Infantry Brigade will take part in the joint training exercise until 29 April, according to the official website of the Georgian defence ministry
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The conservator Rupert Harris waxes Auguste Rodin's The Burghers at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, England. A new exhibition compares the work of the English sculptor Moore with Rodin, one of the pioneers of modern sculpture, and is the first time any artist has been shown alongside Moore on his estate
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A snow plough clears the A66 near Bowes, County Durham, where the road was closed for several hours because of heavy snow. Forecasters have warned that another cold snap is on its way – with parts of the country facing more snow and freezing temperatures
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Here Somali men carry a seriously wounded man after the bomb blast which was close to government buildings. At least seven people have been killed
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Some of the world's top professional cyclists during the first major climb on stage one of the ABSA Cape Epic Mountain bike race near Citrusdal, South Africa. The race is considered the Tour de France of mountain biking, with 1,200 riders taking on 698km of racing
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Hundreds of buses are parked in the terminal during a 36-hour country-wide strike called by the Bangladesh Nationalist party in Dhaka.
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French soldiers carry the coffin of Corporal Alexandre Van Dooren during a funeral ceremony at the Tessalit camp in northern Mali. Van Dooren was killed on 16 March tracking down jihadist fighters in the northern Malian Ifoghas mountains
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One of seven newly hatched bearded dragons at the Wacol RSPCA centre in Brisbane, Australia. In a first for the centre, the staff managed to extract the eggs from a severely injured bearded dragon and successfully incubate them after the lizard died
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The barrel of New York Yankees Brennan Boesch's broken bat smacks his face during the first inning of a MLB spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Florida, March 17, 2013.
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A tattoo artist works on the leg of a client at the Israel Body Art Society Festival in a Tel Aviv club March 16, 2013.
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Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada perform at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships gala presentation in London, March 17, 2013
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A man climbs up a smooth wooden column to win a contest during the celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, at the Bobrovy Log ski resort on the surburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 17, 2013. Maslenitsa is widely viewed as a pagan holiday marking the end of winter and is celebrated with pancake eating, while the Orthodox Church considers it as the week of feasting before Lent.
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A Palestinian woman walks past Hamas militants as they take part in the funeral of Hamas female lawmaker Mariam Farahat in Gaza City March 17, 2013. Farahat, who became an icon to Palestinian women in Gaza for losing three of her sons in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, died on Sunday after a long struggle with disease, according to local media.
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Men fight at a medieval fair, south of Santiago, Chile
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An exhibitor shows a painting at the Affordable Arts fair, Hong Kong
