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ISIS member executes his mother in Syria: monitor
The mother in her 40s had warned her son that a U.S.-backed alliance would wipe ...
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James Foley documentary to make world premiere in America
The 40-year-old freelance journalist was captured in Syria in 2012 and killed in ...
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At least two Sunni mosques attacked in Iraq
The attacks in Hilla, around 100 km south of Baghdad, were in apparent retaliation ...
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Why did Saudi execute Nimr al-Nimr?
While the statements of Iran and the protest around it after executing terrorists ...
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Saudi Arabia executes 47 terrorism convicts
Most of those executed were involved in a series of attacks carried out by ...
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India executes 1993 Mumbai bomb plotter
India has executed convicted bomb plotter Yakub Memon for his role in a series of ...
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Amnesty protests ‘staggering execution spree’ in Iran
Amnesty said the surge 'reveals just how out of step Iran is with the rest of the ...
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North Korean leader has so far executed 70 officials
Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed 70 officials since taking power ...
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HSBC fires staff for mock ISIS execution video
Bank described video showing staff members in balaclavas holding fake knife over ...
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ISIS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long ‘caliphate’
Among those executed are 1,787 civilians, including 74 children, said the ...
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Pakistan imposes moratorium on executions during Ramadan
Pakistan has imposed a one month moratorium on executions during Ramadan
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Pakistan executes 11 prisoners: Officials
All had been convicted of murder
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Inside Iran: Rising executions highlight Iran’s human rights record
n 2014, Iran executed 721 people, according to the U.S.-based Iran Human Rights ...
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ISIS film shows Yemen killings
The video, shot at night, showed a group of men kneeling on the ground with masked ...
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Pakistani ‘teen’ convict to be hanged on May 6
His case has drawn international attention as his lawyers and family claim he was ...
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Four to hang for girl’s rape, murder in Indian Kashmir
The girl had gone missing on her way from school and it later emerged that she had ...
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ISIS executes at least 30 civilians in central Syria
Syrian state television said government forces had "blocked a terrorist attack" on ...
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Executions in Iran on the rise, U.N. monitor finds
In addition to the increase of death penalties, authorities continue to crackdown ...
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Pakistan executes 10 death-row prisoners
Pakistan on Tuesday hanged 10 convicted murderers from prisons across the country
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Saudi panel tries to save 123 death-row convicts from execution
The Reconciliation Committee in the Saudi city of Makkah is currently debating the ...
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French classmates recognize ‘child killer’ in ISIS video
Shocked students had seen the video on Wednesday and counselling was put in place ...
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Pakistan to restart executions for death row prisoners
There are more than 8,000 Pakistanis on death row
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Egypt carries out first hanging over pro-Mursi violence
Mahmoud Ramadan, who was hanged at 7 am (0500 GMT), was the first to be executed ...
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Somalia’s al-Shabab militants ‘execute informers’
Al-Shabab executed four people accused of spying for the United States, Ethiopia ...
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U.N. chief urges Pakistan to end executions
PM Nawaz Sharif ended a six-year moratorium on the death penalty, reinstating it ...
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EU mission condemns Pakistan’s return to hangings
Pakistan has hanged six prisoners since announcing last week that a six-year ...
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Rights group urges U.N. to stop Nigerian executions
Nigerian soldiers complained that Boko Haram insurgents are better equipped than ...
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ISIS in Iraq release pictures of mass execution
Three pictures published on a jihadist forum and pro-ISIS social media accounts ...
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Video: al-Qaeda's Syria branch executes two for 'indecency'
The atrocities of terrorist groups in war-torn Syria continue to shock the world. ...
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Hiding under corpses: How Iraqi tribesmen fled ISIS
Many other members of the tribe face that same uncertainty after ISIS executed ...
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Iran defends executions record, says most drug-related
The U.N. says at least 852 people were reportedly executed between July 2013 and ...
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