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China: two 'Christian' cult members executed for McDonald's murder

China on Monday executed two members of a banned religious cult, a father and his daughter, for murdering a woman in a McDonald's restaurant after she rebuffed an apparent recruitment attempt by the group, state media said.

Japanese PM: Working with global community is the only way to end terrorism

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan's military rescuing Japanese citizens abroad, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese journalist.

Toddler shoots father, pregnant mother at New Mexico motel

A 3-year-old boy shot and wounded his father and pregnant mother with a 9 mm handgun that he pulled out of the woman's purse while searching for an iPad.

Deadly clashes rage in east Ukraine after peace talks fail

Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces.

Syria: Six dead after bomb targets Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims

A bomb tore apart a bus carrying Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Damascus on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 19 in a rare attack at the centre of the Syrian capital.

Boko Haram launches fresh attack on key Nigerian city

Islamist insurgents attacked the outskirts of northeast Nigeria's main city Maiduguri on Sunday, engaging in a gun battle with soldiers that killed at least eight people, witnesses and a security source said.

Kenji Goto beheaded: Video of Japanese hostage being killed by ISIS surfaces

Islamic State militants said on Saturday they had killed Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, after the apparent failure of sustained international efforts to secure his release through a prisoner swap.

ISIS claims to have beheaded Kenji Goto in new video release

Islamic State militants released a video on Saturday which purported to show the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who the al Qaeda offshoot had been holding hostage.

Tens of thousand rally for Spain's Podemos before elections

Tens of thousands marched in Madrid on Saturday in the biggest show of support yet for anti-austerity party Podemos.

Japan says hostage negotiations with militants 'deadlocked'

Efforts by Japan and Jordan to secure the release of two of their nationals held captive by Islamic State militants remain "deadlocked" and the situation remains highly unpredictable, Japanese officials said.