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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019.

Kazakhstan ratifies international protocol to abolish death penalty
Yahoo Daily News Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which entails a formal commitment to abolish... (photo: AP / Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo)

In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind.

Execution of only woman on US federal death row can go ahead, court rules
The Guardian Lisa Montgomery, who strangled a pregnant woman and cut her baby out of her belly, is set to be executed by lethal injection on 12 January A US appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on... (photo: AP / Michael Conroy)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021

$1.9 trillion Covid plan clears US House, heads to Senate

Urdu Point The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Biden delivers remarks in a press event with Lloyd J. Austin III and Kamala Harris at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2021

Biden hits Saudis with sanctions in Khashoggi murder — but not crown prince
New York Post More On: jamal khashoggi US intel report blames Saudi crown prince for murder of Jamal Khashoggi Biden speaks with Saudi king ahead of Khashoggi report going public US report on Jamal... (photo: US DoD / Lisa Ferdinando)

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In this Jan. 31, 2020 photo, Pakistani children take part in rally against child abuse, in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan passes ‘historic’ bill banning corporal punishment of children
The Guardian Ban on violence against children will only apply in Islamabad, but campaigners hope rest of the country will follow suit Pakistan has passed a bill banning corporal... (photo: AP / B.K. Bangash)

President Donald J. Trump, joined by First Lady Melania Trump, holds an Executive Order he signed on combating anti-Semitism Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, during a Hanukkah Reception in the East Room of the White House

What Trump’s tax records could tell New York prosecutors
The Los Angeles Times NEW YORK — Manhattan Dist. Atty. Cyrus R. Vance Jr. fought for a year and a half to get access to former President Trump’s tax records. Now, thanks to a... (photo: Public Domain / D. Myles Cullen)

10 Things in Politics: Merrick Garland vows justice after Capitol riot

Business Insider Then-Vice President Joe Biden and Judge Merrick Garland in 2016. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Good morning! We hope you had a great weekend. Welcome back to 10 Things in... (photo: Creative Commons / Senate Democrats)

"Canada has a new Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau"

Canada to allow cities to ban handguns after PM Trudeau move
Straits Times OTTAWA (BLOOMBERG) - Mayors in some of Canada's largest cities are considering banning handguns after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government said it will introduce... (photo: Creative Commons / Can Pac Swire-CC BY-NC 2.0)

Wat Prayoon in Thon Buri District, Bangkok, Thailand

Thai protesters scale monument, renew calls for royal reforms
Al Jazeera Pro-democracy activists in Thailand have scaled a massive monument in the capital, Bangkok, draping it in crimson cloth and calling for an end to the kingdom’s draconian... (photo: Creative Commons / Globe-trotter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Globe-trotter)

Iran's use of ‘electric shocks’ on gay children is torture, says UN report
The Jerusalem Post A UN report released Wednesday on widespread human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran contains shocking findings that the theocratic state imposed... (photo: Creative Commons / Fars News Agency)

A Pakistani walks past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.

Pakistan: Supreme Court judgement bans executions of prisoners with mental disabilities
Amnesty Responding to today’s landmark judgement by the Supreme Court of Pakistan commuting the death sentences of Imdad Ali and Kanizan Bibi, which places a ban on the death... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)

Star Wars products booth at a Toy Convention. Taken on September 2018.

Ubisoft's Star Wars Game Should Take One Cue from Ghost of Tsushima

Game Rant Ubisoft and Lucasfilm games have announced that Ubisoft Massive is working on an open-world Star Wars game, breaking EA’s exclusive rights to the franchise. Few details... (photo: WN / RTayco)

San Quentin State Prison building, California

82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions
The Independent Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt federal executions after an unprecedented run of capital... (photo: Creative Commons / Zboralski)