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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 ...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 ...47 Indian policemen get life sentences for 1991 Sikh killings
A special court in India has sentenced 47 policemen to life in prison for killing a group of Sikh pilgrims in 1991 ...IS bombings, mortar fire and clashes kill 22 in Iraq
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group, clashes and mortar fire killed at least 22 people in Iraq on Monday, security ...Nepal risks fresh turmoil over flawed constitution: ICG
Nepal risks more turmoil if it fails to address the demands for greater representation of minority ethnic Madhesis in the new constitution, ...Greece sends first migrants back to Turkey under EU deal
Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos began arriving in Turkey on Monday under a disputed European Union scheme aimed ...




