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Egypt sentences 22 to death for attack on police
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced 22 people to death after convicting them of storming a police station outside Cairo and killing ...Air strike on missile base in Yemen capital kills at least seven
An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa caused a big explosion that blew out windows in ...Pakistani man sets wife on fire for leaving house without permission
A Pakistani man and his father have been arrested in the country\'s latest so-called "honour killing" after they set the son\'s wife ...700 feared dead as migrant boat capsizes off Libya
As many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in one of ...Two suspected FARC fighters killed in Colombia
Two suspected FARC guerrillas have been killed in central Colombia, officials said, days after President Juan Manuel Santos lifted a suspension of ...Clashes between Yemen rebels, president allies kill 21
Clashes between Shiite rebels and pro-president forces in southern Yemen overnight left 21 dead, on the fourth week of a Saudi-led air ...Egypt court sentences 11 to death over 2012 football riot
An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 11 football fans to death after a retrial over a 2012 stadium riot in the canal city ...EU leaders call for emergency talks after 700 migrants drown off Libya
As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to ...Finnish PM Alexander Stubb concedes election defeat
Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb conceded defeat in Sunday\'s general election, which saw the opposition Centre Party and its leader Juha Sipila ...Islamic State behead 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya
A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading ...