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Iran Wins World Record for Most Executions Per Capita

      The pace of executions is likely driven by a surge in drug crimes, which accounted for 69 percent of the executions in the first...

International Criminal Court Says India Should Hand Over Sudan’s Bashir

    Bashir is accused of masterminding genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in his campaign to crush a revolt in Sudan's western Darfur region....

Vladimir Putin Accuses US of ‘Backing Terrorism in Middle East’

  The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has launched a stinging attack on US policy in the Middle East, accusing Washington of backing terrorism and playing...

ISIS Militants Tie Captives to Palmyra Columns, Blow Them Up

    The Palmyra explosions were the latest method of killing by ISIS militants, known for beheadings, immolation and drowning of prisoners.   A Palmyra activist who goes...

Cairo Pupil Receives 40 Lashes from Teacher

    According to a video shown on TV channel Dream 2, the child’s father is a porter who came to Cairo from Minya three years...

Popes Francis and Tawadros Agree on One Easter for All

    The proposal comes within joint efforts by Pope Tawadros and Pope Francis to work towards unifying the Church. Pope Tawadros’s proposal suggested the second...

Boko Haram Militants Kill 8 Villagers in Cameroon

    Boko Haram wants to create a caliphate under a strict version of Islamic law in adjacent northeastern Nigeria and has carried out raids into...

Armenian Genocide Refugees Remembered in Egypt’s Port Said

    The memorial was built on a mass grave that was previously found in the city's Orthodox cemetery where refugees who lived in the camps...

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