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Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators d
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators d
A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 oth
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco
The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in Nationa
The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68…
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68…
At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted fugitive, is killed by the Uni