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G7 Summit: Protesters clash with police as Angela Merkel gears up to welcome world leaders

Police use pepper spray to disperse demonstrators in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Jun 7, 2015

Pakistan: Shafqat Hussain to be executed on 9 June

Hussain was earlier spared the capital punishment as he had allegedly been tortured to confess to the crime.

Jun 4, 2015

Nepal: Massive landslides block river as panic-stricken villagers flee fearing flash floods

Gandaki River blocked by landslides caused by heavy rain..

May 24, 2015

Egypt: Leader of Isis arm urges members to poison food of judges and bomb their homes

The leader of Sinai Province has also asked its members to 'destroy the homes of judges with explosives.'

May 21, 2015

Islamic State

Western corporations Shell, GM and Electrolux pull out staff, shut offices and halt production in Egypt following the Egypt Morsi crackdown (Photo: Reuters)

Egypt: Gunmen kill 3 judges in Sinai, after ousted president Morsi given death sentence

Two other judges were seriously wounded in the attack that took place in the Sinai Peninsula.

May 16, 2015

U.S. blues guitarist BB King plays at the Pyramid Stage on the third day of the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset June 24, 2011.

Blues legend BB King dies aged 89 in Las Vegas

King was renowned for hits such as Lucille, Sweet Black Angel and Rock Me Baby.

May 15, 2015

Will the Russian uranium scandal hurt Hillary Clinton's US presidential campaign?

Will the Democrat hopeful rise from accusations of receiving 'foreign donations' for favours?

Apr 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton

Isis: Islamic State Pakistani wing chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed killed while planting bomb

Authorities say three militants were planting an IED when it went off killing Saeed and two others on the spot.

Apr 17, 2015

Pakistan and Russia agree to hold joint military exercise in a landmark move

Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Pakistan's Khawaja Asif announced the agreement on 15 April.

Apr 16, 2015

Isis: Islamists kidnap 120 schoolchildren in Mosul

Children aged between 12 and 15-years-old taken away from classrooms in Iraqi city.

Apr 12, 2015

Islamic State Isis

Hillary Clinton will make an excellent president says Barack Obama

On eve of Clinton's announcement, Obama hails former first lady and secretary of state.

Apr 12, 2015

Hillary Clinton

Malaysia cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque charged with nine counts of sedition after critical tweets

Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque has been charged for critising the country's judiciary in a series of tweets.

Apr 3, 2015

Former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang (LIU JIN AFP )

Former security chief of China and oil executive Zhou Yongkang faces corruption trial

Zhou Yongkang has been charged with bribery, intentional disclosure of state secrets and abuse of power.

Apr 3, 2015

Pervez Musharraf salutes as he arrived in the court on Tuesday

Pakistan: Islamabad court issues arrest warrant against ex-president Pervez Musharraf

Case against Musharraf relates to killing of Red Mosque cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his mother.

Apr 2, 2015

India: First arrest made in West Bengal nun gang-rape case

The 30-year-old suspect has been identified as Sikandar Shaikh and was picked up from Mumbai.

Mar 26, 2015

Saudi Arabia and allies launch air strikes in Yemen as Houthi rebels advance

Air strikes come as Iran-backed Shi'ite forces close in on Aden and Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi flees.

Mar 26, 2015

Saudi Arabia

Pakistan stays hanging of Shafqat Hussain for another 30 days

Hussian was scheduled to be executed on 19 March, after the country lifted the moratorium on capital punished in December 2014.

Mar 24, 2015

India: Tigers, lions, leopards suffer as beef ban takes a toll on Mumbai's national park

Endangered wild animals are being fed chicken, after slaughter houses shut in Mumbai to protest against the ban.

Mar 23, 2015

Pakistan stays hanging of man sentenced to death minutes before execution

Pakistan has stayed the execution of a man who was handed the capital punishment for killing a child as a 14-year-old.

Mar 19, 2015

Pakistan death penalty for Taliban militants

Pakistan hangs 9 more convicts a day after executing 12

This has brought the total number of executions to 48, since the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December 2014.

Mar 18, 2015

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