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Pakistan executes 12 prisoners after death penalty ban lifted
Pakistani officials on Tuesday executed 12 people in the country\'s single-largest day of executions since a moratorium on the death penalty was ...Danish parties agree to hold EU referendum by March 2016
Danish parties representing 75 percent of parliament agreed on Tuesday to hold a referendum on whether to adopt EU justice rules no ...Myanmar court jails three for insulting Buddhism
A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced a New Zealand bar manager and his business associates to 2 1/2 years in prison for ...Euphoria fades in Crimea after a year of Russian rule
Russia on Monday kicked off three days of celebrations in Crimea to mark a year since it annexed the peninsula in a ...Israelis vote in tight race as Netanyahu fights for survival
Israelis voted Tuesday in a close-fought election pitting the centre left against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is fighting for his political ...Hundreds of thousands march against Brazilian president
Close to a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil on Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and ...Venezuelan parliament approves decree powers for president
The Venezuelan parliament on Sunday approved a law giving President Nicolas Maduro the power to legislate by decree for nine months in ...New run in Kazakhstan?
On April 26 Kazakhstan will vote to choose the next president, ...18 people killed in bus accident in northwestern Nepal
At least 18 people were killed Monday when a bus slipped off a rain-drenched mountain road in northwestern Nepal, police said.US, Iran nuclear talks resume in Switzerland
The United States and Iran inched closer to a political deal that would set the stage for a landmark nuclear agreement but ...