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SEOUL, South Korea – The headline hogging “nut rage” episode reached a conclusion Thursday with a one year prison sentence for its chief protagonist, Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-ah. A South Korean court found that she violated aviation law when she ordered a crew member off a Dec. 5 flight, …

BAGHDAD – An international rights group says Shiite militias allied with Iraqi security forces have escalated a campaign of abuse against Sunni residents in recent months. New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement issued Sunday that the militiamen, who are part of the fight against the Islamic State …

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Just two months ago, Uruguay welcomed six Guantanamo detainees for resettlement as a humanitarian gesture, and relations have already gotten a little testy. One of the former prisoners complained in a TV interview last week that he and his five colleagues had given up one jail only …