Voters headed to polling stations Sunday for the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections — a bitter battle between a populist prime minister and the man she once helped oust.

Former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned from his post after appearing intoxicated at a news conference earlier this year, was found dead in his home Sunday, police told CNN.

A prosecutor says American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend should get life sentences if they are convicted in the death of a British student, a lawyer for the victim’s family told CNN on Saturday.

Two suicide bombings kill at least two and wound 13 others at Islamabad’s International Islamic University. Pakistan has been rocked by a wave of suicide attacks as Islamic militants retaliate against a military offensive to rout insurgents along the Pakistan-Afghan border.

At least 24 paramilitary troops and a civilian were killed in an armed assault on their camp by suspected Maoists in eastern India, a district official said Tuesday.

As campaigning was closing for the German presidential election, attention was turning to what coalition will rule the country. Favorite Angela Merkel has already indicated who she wants in her coalition but some think she might secretly be hoping for a different partner.

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Sitting at her home in West Seattle, Washington, Amanda Knox’s aunt Janet Huff was watching the live television news coverage that her niece had been convicted of murder.

A suicide bombing killed eight people and injured more than 40 others Monday in eastern Pakistan, according to hospital and government officials.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an unannounced visit to Marjah on Sunday to see the gains made after a massive military offensive by Afghan and international troops to wrest control of the southern city from the Taliban.

Struggling airline British Airways was braced Monday for the result of a strike ballot Monday which could see thousands of cabin staff walk out over the busy Christmas period.

Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations Monday to protest over rules governing their flying hours which they say are putting the lives of passengers at risk.

The U.S. Congress will probe possible waste, misuse and corruption tied to billions of taxpayer dollars used for private military contractors in Afghanistan.

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