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Brussels has fired back at the new US sanctions against Russia, saying an “America first” approach does not mean EU interests can come last. Germany and France have also voiced their opposition to the new set of sanctions.
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The Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen members of a village council in the eastern province of Punjab after they ordered the “honor revenge” rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a rape allegedly committed by her brother.
- Major Bitcoin trading site in limbo as Greece arrests Russian man on US charges of laundering $4bnCryptocurrency exchange platform BTC-E has gone on “maintenance” after the arrest of alleged Bitcoin “crime mastermind” Aleksandr Vinnik in Greece. Vinnik has been indicted by a grand jury in California, reportedly on charges of laundering $4 billion.
- ‘Contradicts international law’: Politicians speak out against new US sanctionsWhile the US House of Representatives was near-unanimous in voting for a new sanctions package against Russia, Iran and North Korea on Tuesday, parts of the bill received a hostile response not only from America’s adversaries, but also its allies.
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Elena was 16 when she saw the jailed necrophiliac pedophile murderer Sergey Tkach, who killed and raped at least 37 girls and young women over 25 years, on TV. She has since married the man nearly four decades her senior, then given birth to his baby. - Pakistani police arrest 14 village council members after teenage girl raped in ‘honor revenge’The Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen members of a village council in the eastern province of Punjab after they ordered the “honor revenge” rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a rape allegedly committed by her brother.
- Poland blasts EU ‘blackmail’ over judicial reform after voting rights threatIn the latest jab aimed at Brussels, Warsaw has accused the EU of blackmailing it over controversial judicial reform. The European Commission said it was ready to suspend Poland’s voting rights at the EU.
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Residents of the hometown of a 16-year-old German girl who was detained in Iraq recently and is suspected of joining Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) say they are ready to welcome her back, adding that she deserves “a second chance.” - Duterte’s threat to bomb ‘communist’ schools bewilders indigenous groups
Indigenous tribes have responded to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to bomb their schools because he believes they’re teaching “subversion and communism.” - Russia’s most powerful warships gear up for Navy Day (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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Egypt’s armed forces are hailing an armored tank driver for intercepting and crushing an explosive-laden car that was targeting a checkpoint in North Sinai. - China selects site for simulated Mars colony, doubling as tourist attraction
China’s sparsely-populated Qinghai province will host the country’s first Mars simulation site, which will serve as both a tourist attraction and a facility for experiments needed for exploration of the Red Planet, Chinese media reported. - Refusing husband sex is emotional abuse, says Malaysian lawmaker
A Malaysian lawmaker is in hot water after saying that if a woman refuses sex to her husband, she is “emotionally and physiologically” abusing him, AFP reports. Activists and people on social media have called the comments “ridiculous” and “saddening.” - ‘Apocalyptic’ scenes in southern France as wildfires force 10,000 to be evacuated (PHOTOS)
Thousands of people including holidaymakers have been evacuated in southern France as massive wildfires rage across the French Riviera and Corsica. Locals and authorities say the areas affected by the fires resemble “apocalyptic scenes.”
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