Kazakhstan Abolishes Death Penalty

Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty, making permanent a nearly two-decade freeze on capital punishment in the authoritarian Central Asian country, a notice on the presidential website said Saturday ... ( read original story ...)

Five women killed in Yemen wedding attack

Five women were killed when a projectile exploded at a New Year's Day wedding party in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hodeida, the latest atrocity in the war-torn nation. The government and Huthi rebels ... ( read original story ...)