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Ukraine presidential election under threat in eastern region
Ukrainians vote Sunday in an early presidential election that could be a crucial step toward resolving the country\'s crisis, but separatists in ...Gunmen attack Indian Consulate in Afghanistan
Four heavily armed insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in western Afghanistan\'s main city near the border with Iran on Friday, wounding at ...Former Chinese mining tycoon Liu Han sentenced to death
A Chinese court sentenced Liu Han to death on Friday for a string of murders that he and his mafia-style crime ring ...Thai junta summons deposed leaders as coup takes hold
Thailand\'s military leaders summoned ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to a meeting on Friday, a day after army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha seized ...22 killed as Syria rebels shell Assad election rally
Syrian Islamist rebels bombarded a campaign rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad\'s re-election in a controversial June 3 poll, killing at ...International Criminal Court sentences former Congolese militia leader to 12 years
The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga to 12 years in jail for his role in ...Putin says Russia will respect results of Ukraine presidential election
Russian president Vladimir Putin says he will respect the choice of the Ukrainian people in Sunday\'s presidential vote but says ousted ex-leader ...Thai army detains former PM Yingluck after military coup
Thailand\'s military govt on Friday detained former PM Yingluck Shinawatra and several members of her family as coup leaders tighten their grip ...EU elections under way in Netherlands and UK
Voting for the European parliament election gets underway on Thursday in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with Ireland and the Czech ...14 Ukrainian soldiers dead in Donetsk clashes
Ukrainian President Oleksander Turchynov said on May 22 that 14 troops had been killed in two overnight attacks by rebel forces in ...