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Pakistan plans to execute 500 terror convicts in coming weeks: Officials

Pakistan plans to execute around 500 militants in coming weeks, officials said Monday, after the government lifted a ...

Arrest of Foreign Terror Suspects Prompts Indonesia To Tighten Security

The Indonesian government has announced rejection of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in the country and ...

French tourists admit to coverage in Papua

Two tourists from France, who have been detained in Jayapura immigration office, Papua, confessed to have taken ...

Indonesian govt gives sentence remissions to 74,468 prisoners

The Government of Indonesia through the Law and Human Rights Ministry has given remissions to 74,468 prisoners across ...

Indonesia Considers Chemical Castration To Deter Pedophiles

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono again chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss effective measures to protect ...

Oklahoma halts execution but inmate dies of apparent heart attack

Oklahoma halted the execution of Clayton Lockett on Tuesday (April 29)  due to problems with its lethal ...

Syrian troops repel rebels` attack on Aleppo`s central prison

The Syrian troops repelled Thursday rebels attack against the central prison of the country s northern province of ...

With a hole in its heart, south africa buries mandela - (d)

South Africa buries Nelson Mandela on Sunday, closing one momentous chapter in its tortured history and opening ...

Nelson Mandela has died

Former South African President Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged ...

Al-Qaeda front group claims deadly Eid attacks in Iraq

Al-Qaeda front group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Sunday claimed a wave of attacks that killed 74 ...

Indonesian government pledges to fix overcrowded prisons

Two jailbreaks that happened in Sumatra in July alone have exposed how poor and vulnerable the condition of ...

Bombings kill at least 54 in Iraq

Attacks including car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Iraq killed at least 54 people on Monday, ...

Indonesian govt to build 40 more new prisons

An official from the ministry of justice said the government would build 40 new prisons to accommodate all ...

President regrets slow official statement on prison riot

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyoho has expressed his regret at the slow official statement from both central and ...