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Pakistan executes 4 Taliban terrorists convicted by military courts

Pakistan on Thursday hanged four more "hardcore" Taliban terrorists, a day after executing an equal number of militants convicted of "heinous" terrorism-related offences by the military courts.

Turkey has made about 1,656 formal arrests of people using social media in 6 months

Turkey has formally arrested 1,656 people in the past six months for allegedly supporting terrorist organisations or insulting officials on social media, and are investigating at least 10,000 others, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.

China increasingly exporting tools of torture to African countries: Group

Dozens of Chinese firms are producing and exporting "tools of torture", from electric stun guns to metal spiked batons, to countries with bad human rights records, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

Tibet: Rights group says 3 more dead after police shooting

An overseas rights group says three more Tibetan protesters shot and detained by Chinese authorities have died in jail.

Chhattisgarh attack: The bloody legacy of Mahendra Karma's Salwa Judum

The brutal Naxal attack which killed 27 people in Chhattisgarh was, according to survivors, a revenge attack on Congress leader Mahendra Karma, the architect of the controversial Salwa Judum movement. But why was it so controversial?