Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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WorldPingThe new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.
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Syrians gathered to celebrate after a court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia.
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Over 1,100 homes were destroyed when Colombia was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
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Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and cousin Atef Najib have been sentenced to death…
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WorldPingGulf energy producers have acknowledged Iran's assertion of control over the critical Strait of Hormuz. This development occurs amidst attempts to resume passage through this essential route, which are stymied by ongoing tensions.
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WorldPingIn the hardest-hit cities, rescuers worked through the night with cranes, excavators and, at times, their bare hands, cutting through twisted steel and passing buckets of debris in desperate searches for those still trapped.
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