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Ukraine pilot Savchenko refuses all food and liquids
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted over the killing of two Russian journalists, began a hunger strike without water on Wednesday to ...Country music legend Merle Haggard dead at 79
Country musician Merle Haggard, who emerged from prison to become the poetic voice of the American working man with hits such as ...Migrant arrivals on Greek islands slow
A deal between the European Union and Turkey appeared to show tentative signs of slowing the flow of migrants to the Greek ...Worldwide executions highest since 1989: Amnesty
The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure ...Trump falters in Wisconsin as Cruz wins big
Texas Senator Ted Cruz scored a commanding victory over Donald Trump in Wisconsin\'s presidential primary Tuesday, putting the Republican frontrunner on notice ...Iceland Prime Minister quits over Panama Papers tax haven scandal
Iceland\'s prime minister resigned Tuesday, becoming the first political victim of a mushrooming worldwide scandal over hidden offshore financial dealings exposed in ...International Criminal Court throws out charges against Kenyan deputy president
War crimes judges on Tuesday dropped charges of crimes against humanity against Kenya\'s Deputy President William Ruto over his alleged role in ...Syria rebel group downs warplane, captures pilot
A Syrian rebel group allied with Al-Qaeda said it had downed a warplane over northern Syria on Tuesday, with the pilot reportedly ...Azerbaijan reports more losses as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rumbles on
Sixteen Azeri servicemen have been killed in fighting around the Armenian-backed breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region in the past two days, Azerbaijan\'s Defence Ministry ...Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark enters race to lead UN
New Zealand\'s former prime minister Helen Clark on Monday entered the race to be the next UN secretary-general, touting her decades of ...