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Pakistani boy cuts off own hand after blasphemy mistake
A 15-year-old Pakistani boy cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy, only to be celebrated by his parents and ...German town bans male asylum seekers from public pools
A town in Germany has banned male asylum seekers from public swimming pools after complaints from women that they were being harassed ...Austria says to turn back migrants aiming to pass through Germany
Austria said on Friday it would deny entry to migrants intending to pass through its northern neighbor Germany rather than apply for ...Pakistan PM vows to eradicate honour killings after Oscar nod
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Pakistan would eradicate "evil" honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for ...Astronomers spot brightest supernova yet in distant galaxy
Astronomers have found a distant supernova, or exploded star, 20 times brighter than the Milky Way galaxy, according to research published on ...EU Parliament delays vote on new car pollution limits
The European Parliament on Thursday postponed a vote on new car pollution limits that could have killed a compromise agreed by EU ...WHO declares Ebola outbreak over
The world breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as a two-year Ebola epidemic that killed 11,000 and triggered a global health alert ...Suicide bombers, gunmen kill at least seven in Indonesian capital
Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least seven people, police ...Car bomb attack at Turkish police station kills 5
Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb at a police station in southeastern Turkey, then attacked it with rocket launchers and firearms, killing ...Three winners hit $1.6 bn US lottery jackpot
Three winning tickets shared a $1.6-billion bonanza in the US Powerball lottery on Wednesday, after millions of people tuned in to see ...