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Pakistan Lawmakers Hold Emergency Meeting Amid Political Impasse

Pakistan's parliament is holding an emergency session to rally political support for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is refusing to resign despite weeks of opposition protests.

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Amnesty: Islamic State in Iraq's Ethnic Cleansing on 'Historic Scale'

Rights group Amnesty International says Islamic State militants in northern Iraq have carried out "ethnic cleansing on a historic scale" in a bid to wipe out non-Arabs and non-Sunni Muslims.

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European Council meeting: Schulz calls for political solution on Ukraine

“A direct military confrontation between Ukraine and Russia might well see the situation spiral completely out of control. The parties to the conflict and the international community must do everything in their power to prevent this from happening,”...

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Grave crimes committed on 'unimaginable scale' in Iraq, UN Human Rights Council told

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Members of an ethnic Yezidi family sleep in the shade in Shekhadi village, Iraq, after fleeing...

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