Oklahoma halts execution ‘to check drugs’
A man convicted of ordering his boss’s murder has had his execution postponed at the very last minute, due to uncertainty over the lethal drugs.
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Burundi to pursue the ‘few’ officials behind killings
Burundi’s president said those in possession of illegal arms have a month to relinquish them and that authorities will hold to account the &ldqu
Brazil police accused of planting gun on shot teenager
Five Brazilian policemen have been arrested after mobile phone footage appeared to show an officer placing a gun in the hand of a teenager they had sh
At least 10 killed in US college shooting
At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in the US state of Oregon, US media report. A local fire department conf
Russia defends Syrian air strikes
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has defended his country’s air strikes in Syria, saying they were targeting the same “terrorist&rdq