Violence

Egypt and Nigeria accounted for well over 1,000 of the death sentences announced last year, more than a third of the world's total, Amnesty International says in its latest annual report on the death penalty.
     

An attack on Dafni police station in southern Athens has been claimed by an unnamed group.

The attack led to four vehicles being burned and, according to the claim of responsibility published online, a policeman firing a warning shot into the air.

Europe, the continent of ?solidarity, peace and democracy? is becoming the land of fragmentation, polarization and radicalization.

Romania is a safe country as far as the actions of the Interior Ministry (MAI) goes, and MAI's 2014 activity reports confirms a positive trend, Prime Minister Victor Ponta told a meeting on Monday where the 2014 activity report of the MAI was released.

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An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the interior minister said March 23.
      
The woman named Farkhunda was lynched on Thursday by an angry crowd in central Kabul for allegedly burning a copy of the Islamic holy book.    
   

The threat of a jihadist attack in France has reached a level "without precedent" and new attacks are inevitable, according to top counter-terrorism officials.
      
"The threat is permanent," said one high-level official in the defence ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity.        

Nine British medical students have travelled to Syria, apparently to work in hospitals controlled by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Britain's Observer newspaper reported on March 21.
   

Hundreds of people on March 22 attended the burial of an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran.
      

According to information, the video that was delivered to the Greek police on Friday by private investigator Giorgos Tsoukalis shows physical violence against bullying victim Vangelis Yakoumakis, the 20-year-old student who was found dead a few days ago.

At least 142 people were killed while more than 350 were injured on Friday after 3 suicide attacks on Shiite mosques during prayer, took place in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a.

A suicide bomber blew themselves up in the southern part of the city, while a second one exploded as the innocent bystanders were running away from the explosion.