Witchcraft

Ancient Romans feared the “restless dead” and would take magical precautions to protect themselves from these potentially dangerous beings

Between 1450 and 1750 Europe was the scene of an unprecedented persecution madness: thousands of people were tried for the crime of witchcraft

Greece's latest conviction by the European Court of Human Rights over the case of the former general secretary of public revenues draws a line for the country's political system that it ought to have drawn on its own: looking for scandal in order to sully the reputation of your rival should never reach the point of violating the presumption of innocence. Politicians are not prosecutors. 

An ancient cauldron dating back 2,800 years will be exhibited in a museum in Turkey's eastern Van province. 

In its closing statement, the prosecution urged the Bosnian state court to convict former soldier Vuk Ratkovic of torturing, abusing and raping a Serb woman in Visegrad during wartime.

Over the last decade, people in Russia have begun to believe that there is life after death, and that "dead relatives can influence the living," Kommersant introduces findings from a study of the Levada Center.

Zimbabwe’s president says he fired his longtime ally for scheming to take power, including by consulting witch doctors.

A spooked mum has been forced to put her house on the market – because she claims it is the most haunted in Britain.

Vanessa Mitchell had to flee the home with her baby son in 2008 and has been too scared to return after being terrorised by ghosts.

Five women were burned alive in Tanzania because they were considered witches, Nova TV reported.

32 men, aged between 18 and 75, will face court in Tanzania for what they have done. There are also senior officials from the Ucamah region among them.

A young woman was found by the police naked in a concrete pit after being kept by her boyfriend for eight months because a witch doctor told him that it would make him rich.