A botched execution by lethal injection in Oklahoma left an inmate writhing on the gurney for more than 40 minutes before he eventually died from a heart attack.Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections said inmate Clayton Lockett was issued the first of the state’s new three-drug lethal injection combination on Tuesday. Thirteen minutes later the convicted […]
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says three Americans were killed Thursday in an attack at a hospital in the Afghan capital. Afghan police say a security guard opened fire at western Kabul’s Cure Hospital, which is run by a U.S.-based charity group. At least one of the dead was a doctor. Interior Ministry spokesman […]
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has told lawmakers the country can weather the sanctions imposed by the West over the situation in Ukraine. In a televised speech to the Russian parliament Tuesday, Medvedev said he will not let Russian citizens become hostage to political games and unfriendly actions. The prime minister said he is […]
North Korea has fired two medium-range missiles into the sea off its east coast, a move Seoul and Washington immediately slammed as a provocation.