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Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country\'s ...A Pivot on the Peace Island
For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Republic of Korea (ROK), as ...Three people killed in shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
Three people were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which the Belgian authorities believe may be “an anti-Semitic ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court
Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of ...




