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Pastor held by North Korea 'confesses' attempting to overthrow the state
Hyeon Soo Lim of Toronto's Light Korean Presbyterian Church 'admitted crimes', says state media.
US is investigating Cecil killing for illegal wildlife trading conspiracy
Dentist Walter Palmer admitted killing the 13-year-old lion and tourist attraction.
French deploy extra riot police to control Calais migrants
Migrants say they will keep trying to cross to Britain/
Jerusalem: Orthodox Jew detained after gay pride march stabbing spree
Six participants in the city's annual Gay Pride parade were wounded, two seriously.
Arson attack by Jewish extremists claims life of Palestinian toddler
The fire is a suspected 'price tag' attack.
Florida gun store sued after declaring itself 'Muslim-free zone'
A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was sued on Wednesday in federal court by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the grounds that the restriction is discriminatory.
Kuwait 'uncovers Islamic State network'
Kuwait has uncovered a network of Islamic State militants who fought in Iraq and Syria and detained several of its members, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
MH370 search: Malaysia 'almost certain' debris found is from Boeing 777
Malaysia is "almost certain" that plane debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the deputy transport minister said on Thursday.
Anti-Semitic incidents soar in the UK
The number of recorded anti-Semitic incidents in Britain soared in the first six months of this year compared with 2014, probably due to a surge in reporting among fearful Jews, a report by a Jewish community body said on Thursday.
Turkey: Kurdish peace process in crisis after President launches air strikes
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of political maneuvering.
Occult beliefs on the rise among China's communist leaders
Underground belief in occult practices such as sorcery is spreading.
Father of Colorado gunman pleads for his son's life in court
Bob Holmes said his son James was "a really excellent kid" who became mentally ill.
Gaddafi's son sentenced to death by Libyan court
Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.
Oklahoma's Ten Commandments monument must go, says court in blow to conservatives
Its location violates the state constitution's ban on the use of state property for the benefit of religion.
Cocaine-snorting peer resigns from House of Lords after newspaper sting
Lord Sewel resigned as deputy speaker of the House of Lords two days ago.
Autopsy sheds no light on Bobbi Kristina Brown bathtub death
Brown, 22, had no previously unknown medical conditions that would have contributed to her death.