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Death toll has risen to eight in the Evin Prison blaze in Iran after four more inmates.

Unrest broke out in southern Sweden late Saturday despite police moving a rally by an anti-Islam far-right group, which was planning to burn a Quran among other things, to a new location as a preventive measure.

Kazakh authorities said Wednesday that they detained 1,678 more people in the past 24 hours over their alleged participation in the violent unrest.

A Myanmar construction magnate with links to military rulers claimed he personally gave more than half a million dollars in cash to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi