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India hangs Mumbai blasts convict 22 years after attack
India hanged Yakub Memon on Thursday for his role in the country\'s deadliest bombings, which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, ...Afghan Taliban appoints new leader
The Taliban have chosen supreme leader Mullah Omar\'s deputy to replace him, two militant commanders said on Thursday, as Pakistan announced that ...Ortega wins 110 hurdles at Stockholm Diamond League
Orlando Ortega of Cuba beat a strong field to win the men\'s 110-meter hurdles at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, as ...Russia beats US for synchro mixed duet gold at worlds
Scissor-kicking to "Swan Lake" in front of a cheering home crowd, Russia\'s synchronized swimmers rallied to overtake the United States for gold ...Nigerian soldiers rescue 59 children, women from Boko Haram
Nigeria\'s army said Thursday it had set free 59 people held by Boko Haram, among them 29 women and 25 children, amid ...Canada approves abortion pill, joining 60 other countries
Canada has approved the use of the abortion pill mifepristone after three years of tests, the ministry of health said Thursday.30 killed in Nepal as monsoon rains spark landslides
Landslides caused by heavy rains buried several mountain villages in Nepal on Thursday, killing at least 30 people, and bad weather was ...Several stabbed at Jerusalem gay pride parade
An ultra-Orthodox Jew allegedly stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem Thursday, gravely wounding one of them, just weeks after completing a ...French foreign minister arrives in Tehran for talks
France\'s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived in Tehran for a one-day visit on Wednesday and was due to meet President Hassan Rouhani ...Pakistan police kill leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group
Pakistani police killed the leader of the sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, his two sons and 11 others on Wednesday in a shootout ...




