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A Christian bicycle mechanic in Lahore, Pakistan was sentenced to death last week on baseless charges of blasphemy, his lawyer said.

A distribution center belonging to a Bill Gates-funded online supermarket in the Dutch city of Almelo caught fire Sunday night.

When the average person thinks of the Nazis, what often comes to mind is World War II, the Holocaust, and rousing speeches of hate.

Investigations are underway into several weekend incidents of apparent arson and vandalism at churches in Maryland, authorities said.

Any Ukrainian national may now apply for Russian citizenship under a simplified scheme, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

A fire broke out Saturday at a gas plant in Medford, Oklahoma, prompting the closures of nearby roads and evacuations of residents in neighboring areas.

A Catholic Church in Bethesda, Maryland, sustained about $50,000 in damages.

Kiev will launch its military action in the near future, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.

Border Patrol agents didn’t whip or strike Haitian migrants last year, a lengthy internal affairs investigation concluded Friday, but it did find that some agents used excessive force by positioning their horses in the Rio Grande to try to keep the migrants from reaching the U.S.

The Chicago suburb of Highland Park has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation.