The death toll in India’s portion of Kashmir rose to 16 as clashes between Indian troops and protesters continued.

The Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for apostasy was overturned but who was detained again this week is now at the US embassy for her own “safety”.

Sudan said the release of a Sudanese mother, whose death sentence for refusing to recant her Christian faith sparked global criticism, depends on the outcome of her legal appeal.

A woman was stoned to death by her own family in front of a Pakistani high court yesterday for marrying the man she loved, police and a defence lawyer said.