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Saudi executes Ethiopian woman for axe murder
Saudi authorities on Sunday executed an Ethiopian woman convicted of murdering a Saudi female with an axe, the 50th death sentence carried ...Turkish forces kill 32 Kurdish militants as conflict escalates
Security forces killed 32 Kurdish militants in Turkey\'s mainly Kurdish southeast at the weekend, army and security sources said on Sunday, escalating ...Woman raped by five men in New York City park, police say
Five men took turns raping a woman in a Brooklyn park after forcing her father at gunpoint to flee the scene, New ...Sean Penn interview helped catch Mexican drug lord
A clandestine meeting between US actor Sean Penn and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Mexican jungle helped lead to the drug ...Air strike kills 39 in Syria as U.N. envoy visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a U.N. envoy visited Damascus ...Thousands of civilians flee violence in South Sudan state
The United Nations refugee agency says a rise in fighting in a once-peaceful part of South Sudan has forced tens of thousands ...Nepal to begin much-delayed earthquake reconstruction
Nepal will start repairs and reconstruction next week for nearly a million homes damaged by last year\'s deadly earthquakes, the head of ...South Sudan leader names rebels to parliament, agrees power-sharing deal
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday named 50 lawmakers from the rebel movement and agreed to share ministerial posts with his ...South Korea resumes anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts
As world leaders debated ways to penalize North Korea\'s claim of a fourth nuclear test, South Korea voiced its displeasure with broadcasts ...Syrian regime agrees to allow food aid into besieged Madaya
The Syrian government has agreed to allow humanitarian assistance into three beleaguered villages following reports of deaths from malnutrition in that part ...