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Pakistan announces death penalty for six militants behind Peshawar school attack

Pakistan's army announced the death penalty for six militants linked to an assault on a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar that killed 151 people.

Pakistan announces death penalty for six militants behind Peshawar school attack
One of the Islamic State executioners identified as a Kazakhstani. From Tatiana Dronzina's presentation
Kazakh man among Islamic State executioners

Professor at the University of Sofia and an expert in the field of counter-terrorism Tatiana Dronzina says that one of the fighters in the video of mass execution of Iraqi soldiers is a Kazakhstani national. She believes the problem has acquired such proportions, it is important to conduct targeted information campaigns showing truthfully the crimes of the organization, thereby stripping it of any possible connections to heroism and martyrdom they use for promotion of their lifestyles.

Kazakh man among Islamic State executioners
U.S. journalist James Foley. ©Reuters
Foley's mother felt like 'annoyance' to US government

The mother of executed US reporter James Foley said she felt her son's case was an "annoyance" to the US government.

Foley's mother felt like 'annoyance' to US government
©Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl
Japan hangs killer in first execution this year

Japan hanged a man on Thursday, the nation's first execution this year, and the ninth since the conservative government of Shinzo Abe came to power in December 2012.

Japan hangs killer in first execution this year
John Henry. ©Reuters/Florida Department of Corrections
Florida executes death-row inmate, third in US in 24 hours

Florida put to death a convicted double killer, the third execution in 24 hours in the United States, amid a raging controversy over lethal injection methods.

Florida executes death-row inmate, third in US in 24 hours
Kim urges N. Korea military to bolster combat readiness

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged the country's military to bolster its combat readiness, saying a war could break out "without any prior notice", state media reported Wednesday.

Kim urges N. Korea military to bolster combat readiness
Executive vice president of GM. ©Reuters/Rebecca Cook
GM taps 1st female CEO as it emerges from US control

General Motors Tuesday named its first-ever female chief executive as the largest US automaker exits the government-bailout era with sales at their best level in six years.

GM taps 1st female CEO as it emerges from US control
India gang-rape victim's family want killers executed

The family of a murdered Indian gang-rape victim will not rest until her killers are hanged, her brother said in an interview published on Monday.

India gang-rape victim's family want killers executed
Life or death decisions for India's new president

Among the ceremonial invitations piled on the desk of India's new president Pranab Mukherjee sits a small file that could provide the veteran politician with one of his biggest challenges.

Life or death decisions for India's new president

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