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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 ...Attacks in Baghdad kill 32 Shiite pilgrims
Thirty-two people were killed in three attacks on Shi\'ite Muslim pilgrims walking in Baghdad on Thursday evening ahead of a major religious ...14 Ukrainian soldiers dead in Donetsk clashes
Ukrainian President Oleksander Turchynov said on May 22 that 14 troops had been killed in two overnight attacks by rebel forces in ...EU elections under way in Netherlands and UK
Voting for the European parliament election gets underway on Thursday in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with Ireland and the Czech ...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 ...Thailand under nationwide curfew after army seizes power in coup
A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Thailand after the country\'s military seized power by dissolving the government and suspending the constitution.China and Russia sign historic $400bn gas deal after 10 years of negotiations
After 10 years of negotiations, Russia\'s Gazprom and China\'s CNPC have finally signed a historic gas deal which will provide the world\'s ...Two Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria kill 30
At least 30 people have reportedly been killed in a Boko Haram attack on the village of Alagarno in Nigeria\'s Borno state, ...Pakistan jets target Taliban militants, kill 32
Pakistani fighter jets killed at least 32 people in an attack on military hideouts in the tribal region of North Waziristan on ...