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Group: More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'
The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's ...
Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian ...
Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover
Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 ...
Zimbabwe PM: We will end police, military abuse
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and ...
Ibrahimovic scores twice as Beckham waves goodbye
Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham as he scored two goals to lead French champion Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 home win ...
Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that ...
Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of ...
Coach Ancelotti still tight-lipped on PSG future
Carlo Ancelotti has yet to decide whether he will stay on as Paris Saint-Germain coach — or even when to announce his decision — and is set to discuss ...
EU survey reveals many gays live in fear
Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. Released Friday, the ...
Tale of Mexican drug violence rattles Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama ...
Man shoots himself in head at Paris school
A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe ...
Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq
A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 ...
Va. Tech president retires, reflects on massacre
The president of Virginia Tech announced his retirement Tuesday, satisfied he had elevated the university's reputation and acknowledging that the ...
PSG City Hall celebrations scrapped after violence
A celebration of Paris Saint-Germain's first league title since 1994 was canceled Tuesday, a day after rioting during festivities in the French ...
HRW: Sex workers in China subject to police abuse
Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in ...
PSG's title celebrations marred by fan violence
The celebrations to honor Paris Saint-Germain's first French league title in 19 years were cut short Monday following violent scenes in which fans ...
Rubio's PAC airing ads defending Ayotte on guns
A political group backed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is coming to the aid of New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, airing a new television ...
Ex-Guatemalan cop faces murder charges in Austria
Austrian prosecutors have charged a former senior Guatemalan police official with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of seven prison ...
Greek anti-austerity strike threatens school exams
A union representing teachers at Greek state high schools on Friday called a series of strikes to start next week over new austerity cuts, in action ...
Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns
Vice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may ...
Police: 39 killed in Nigerian ethnic clash
Police say at least 39 people have been killed in ethnic violence in a rural town in Nigeria. The attack happened Friday in Wukari, a town in ...
Myanmar Muslims face uncertain future after attack
They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ...
UK man pleads guilty over US school threat
A British man has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill 200 people in a Facebook posting that caused thousands of Tennessee children to stay home ...