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Iran's judiciary announced the executions, identifying those put to death as Kurdish Islamic extremists who were convicted of armed robbery, killing civilians and planning bomb attacks
Organizer Joshua Virasami told BBC that movement - founded to protest killings of black people by American police - was needed 'in Britain and all over the world''
Australian officials overseeing the search for the plane last month said data recovered from Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah's simulator included a flight path to the southern Indian Ocean
Pierre Hattermann, 56, a psychologist, died Thursday at Pasteur Hospital; he lived in the Savoie region of eastern France and had been vacationing with his family in Nice
Americans agree on this much: They are disgusted with politics, yet Americans say they still believe in America - there's something at the core that they long for, even if it's hard to define and seems distant in 2016
Legendary Italian-American singer feted with star-studded event at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza
Hot, dry temperatures often combined with winds have made firefighting conditions difficult, destroying homes and forcing evacuations
Kenyan police have charged Marrian with trafficking nearly 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of cocaine; the drugs were seized last week by Kenyan police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officials in containers from Brazil supposedly carrying sugar destined for Uganda
The cause of the crash-landing of Flight No. EK521, a Boeing 777-300 coming from the southern Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram, also remained unclear
Detention and prosecution of lawyers and activists has caused an outcry among international rights groups and foreign governments
Republicans and Democrats trade accusations over the failure to act as the number of mosquito-transmitted cases in the U.S. grows
More than 2 million people have visited Cuba this year, state media said Wednesday, putting country on track for record number of visitors
The company said lab will be space for engineers to design energy-efficient servers for Facebook data centers, test new laser mounts and drone propellers
Police beat up several journalists covering the protests, smashing a video camera and attacking a journalist's car, breaking windows and taking a laptop
Daily arrivals by migrants and refugees at Greek islands near the Turkish coast have remained low since the July 15 coup attempt
Authorities investigating illegal dumping of harmful waste material from company already under fire for massive fish deaths in what officials say was country's worst environmental disaster
Investigators say those arrested include the deputy chairman of the opposition Heritage party and the leader of the civic movement Rise Up, Armenia
Swedish migration agency says 'these are supporters of opposition leader Fethullah Gulen,'' the US-based Muslim cleric that Turkey blames for July 15 coup attempt
In February, the international community pledged $1.4 billion in school funding for host nations but less than $400 million of that has been fulfilled
State media said Hu Shigen pleaded guilty to 'subversion, damaging national security and harming social stability' at the start of his hearing
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