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The Knesset passed a contentious law on Thursday to permit the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes, eliciting harsh criticism over the practice.

A former basketball player, Constand was working in 2002 as the director of operations for the women’s basketball program at Temple University, where Cosby was a member of the board of trustees.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that often statistics upon the battle, said males were usually kidnapped while you are strolling back from an arrangement in Azaz, east of Aleppo, to assist endeavors by using other factions.

Following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana, US companies began seeking compensation for property nationalized by the Cuban government over 50 years ago, the president of the Public Diplomacy Council told Sputnik Tuesday.The US sanctions...

However, ground fighting broke out nearly immediately in the restive city of Taiz following random shelling by Shiite Houthi rebels in three neighborhoods, they said.

Ground fighting erupted in multiple provinces within minutes of the start of the unilateral ceasefire late Sunday.

The wreckage of a auto is seen at the site of a vehicle bomb attack near a Shiite mosque on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on July 20, 2015.

The WFP had sent aid ahead of the truce to the rebel-controlled port of Hodeidah in western Yemen, but the insurgents did not allow an aid convoy to travel to Aden. The ship had initially reached the city on June 26 but was diverted from the port until it had a safe place to...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the China-Turkey Business Forum in Beijing, capital of China, July 30, 2015.

NEW DELHI Four Indian nationals have been detained in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, an Indian government spokesman said on Friday, an area which is under the control of Islamic State militants. They were taken hostage last year at the height of the fighting between Sunni...

A lot of the spending growth comes from millions of people gaining insurance through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-the insured share of the population is projected to climb from 86 percent in 2013 to 92.4 percent by 2024. And third, it led to the opening of...

In 2007, he was convicted and sentenced to death under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA), a law that contained provisions incompatible with worldwide fair trial standards.

A three-team, 13-player trade involving the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves is finally complete, according to FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal.

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term in office on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, a victory that leaves the east African nation politically divided and facing global isolation after months of unrest. In its report Braving Bullets – Excessive...

Willy Nyamitwe, Nkurunziza’s chief communications advisor, condemned the attacks as “terrorist acts” aimed at “intimidating voters”. “They don’t want the voters to go to the polls”, he said.