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A 63-year-old Indian woman has been dismembered and beheaded by machete-wielding villagers who accused her of practising witchcraft.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “obsessed with the idea of testing NATO”, says ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in an exclusive interview to The Independent.

The earlier version said the compensation would be paid for “up to five years”.

The BRICS group of emerging economies launched its New Development Bank (NDB) in China on Tuesday.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday outlined a five-year plan to counter Islamic extremist views, while promising to promote British values and address the failures of integration in the country’s growing Muslim community.

President Barack Obama says the deal, which swaps sanctions relief for restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program, is the best way to keep Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Zarif and his entourage returned to Tehran on Wednesday morning, a day after Iran and the West reached a historic nuclear deal.

Facing Opposition heat on “Lalitgate”, the Government on Monday made it clear that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is ready to make a statement in Parliament on allegations against her on facilitating Lalit Modi’s travel documents.

Newcastle bounced back from Tuesday’s defeat to pick up their first win of their U.S. tour, although it was far from a perfect display with Massadio Haidara seeing red.

“We have collected numerous sealed letters and items to keep forever”.

Ms Harman has insisted her party should not oppose the plans – which cut tax credits, reduce the welfare cap and introduce a “national living wage” – outright because it will not be heard on the issues it has a particular problem with.

A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

The United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations Monday after more than five decades of frosty relations rooted in the Cold War.

Gov. Rick Scott and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez Cantera took time out of their schedules Monday – which each listed “no scheduled events” – to denounce the revival of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States.

Over the weekend Donald Trump said that Senator John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured.