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Indian police kill four men suspected of gang rape, murder; draw cheers

People gather at the site where police shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian, in Chatanpally on the outskirts of Shadnagar town, Telangana, India, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Swarat Ghosh Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian in the city

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Nobel body: ‘Highly problematic’ that peace winner silent

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed would have agreed to meet the Norwegian and international press.” (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file) The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has called it “highly problematic” that the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner won’t attend any event next week where he could be asked questions publicly, while the spokesman for

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Cyprus petitions The Hague to safeguard offshore rights

Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is pictured in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo Cyprus has petitioned the International Court of Justice at The Hague to safeguard its offshore mineral rights, its president said on Thursday, as neighbor Turkey disputes its claims. The two countries are at loggerheads over offshore

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Kenya: Court revokes titles of grabbed public trust land

EACC headquarters in Nairobi The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission has won a case to recover part of a public trust land in Nakuru that was illegally sold to private individuals. The anti-graft agency successfully petitioned the Environment and Lands court to quash at least 40 titles to the land belonging to the Rift Valley

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Germany kicks out Russian diplomats over Berlin murder

AFP/File / Christoph Soeder/The suspect was riding a bicycle and was seen by witnesses afterwards throwing the bike and a stone-laden bag with a gun into a river Germany expelled two Russian diplomats on Wednesday after prosecutors said Moscow could be behind the killing of a former Chechen rebel commander in a Berlin park. Zelimkhan

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Iran’s Rouhani calls for release of innocent, unarmed protesters

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the National Insurance and Development Conference in Tehran, Iran, December 4, 2019. Official President website/Handout via REUTERS Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Wednesday for the release of any unarmed and innocent people who were detained during protests against gasoline price hikes, after two weeks of violent clashes. The

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World has not done enough over Khashoggi killing: U.N. investigator

Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hold a news conference in Brussels, Belgium December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir The world has not done enough to ensure justice is done over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a special U.N.

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North Korea says it’s up to US to choose ‘Christmas gift’

This undated file photo provided on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, surrounded by a military unit, reacts to what it claims as a test firing of its “super-large” multiple rocket launcher in North Korea. North Korea on Tuesday, Dec. 3, has repeated claims

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San Diego FBI and prosecutors announce reward for a most wanted terrorist

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Federal authorities announced a reward of up to $5 million Monday for information leading to the arrest of a former San Diego man believed to be the highest-ranking United States citizen fighting for a terrorist organization overseas. Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 37, is charged in a superseding indictment with providing support to

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After Libya arms embargo breaches, U.N. Security Council warns countries to stop

Photo/Reuters The United Nations Security Council called on all countries on Monday to implement an arms embargo on Libya and to stay out of the conflict after U.N. sanctions monitors accused Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey of repeated violations. The 15-member council urged all states “not to intervene in the conflict or to

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