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Malala, Satyarthi get their Nobel Prize

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever Nobel laureate Wednesday when she received the…

Man kills mum, new husband and 4 kids

A Pakistani couple and four of their children were axed to death by the wife's…

Sentence delayed for Uganda nanny that tortured toddler

The father of a Ugandan toddler tortured by her nanny said Wednesday the family remained…

Prosecutors get clearance to appeal Pistorius conviction

A South African judge on Wednesday cleared the way for prosecutors to seek a murder…

IS Jihadists kill more than 700 Iraqi Kurd fighters

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in…

Indonesia says no mercy for drug traffickers on death row

New Indonesian President Joko Widodo has pledged there will be no pardons for drug traffickers…

Mauritians elect new parliament

Mauritians have begun voting in legislative elections with rival parties promising to boost the economy…

Malala gets Nobel Peace prize today

Malala Yousafzai, the global icon of children's rights who survived a near fatal Taliban gun…

North Korea urges UN action over 'inhuman' US torture

North Korea, rattled by UN condemnation of its human rights record, urged the Security Council…

Corrupt Chinese official bags life jail

A former top Chinese economic planning official was convicted of bribery Wednesday and sentenced to…