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Train crashes at New Jersey station; 1 dead, 74 hospitalized 29 Sep 2016 - 08:47 pm
A derailed New Jersey Transit train is seen under a collapsed roof after it derailed and crashed into the station in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. September 29, 2016. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
Man killed near San Diego was pointing vaping device-police 29 Sep 2016 - 08:37 pm
Protesters face off with police, as others try to block them during a rally in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, California on September 28, 2016, in response to the police shooting the night before. (AFP / Bill Wechter)
Moscow vows no letup in Syria offensive; U.S. searches for response 29 Sep 2016 - 06:55 pm
Search and rescue team members carry out search and rescue operation on the rubble of a building after the war crafts belonging to the Russian Army bombed in the al-Shear district of Aleppo, Syria on September 28, 2016. (Jawad al Rifai - Anadolu Agency)
Lion killed after breaking out of German zoo enclosure 29 Sep 2016 - 05:05 pm
Picture taken on September 20, 2016 shows the male lions Motshegetsi (L) and Majo in their enclosure at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany. (AFP / dpa / Jan Woitas)
Philippines boxing icon Pacquiao used drugs as a teen but backs Duterte 29 Sep 2016 - 04:02 pm
Philippine Senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao reads his briefing materials next to fellow Senator Grace Poe, as he prepares for the Senate session in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines. (REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo)
Pakistan says Indian claim of surgical strike in Kashmir an "illusion" 29 Sep 2016 - 12:57 pm
Spokesman of the Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Nafees Zakaria speaks at a press conference in Islamabad on September 29, 2016. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the
Punjab border villages on alert after surgical strikes 29 Sep 2016 - 12:10 pm
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called a meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation.
German woman, baby freed in Syria 29 Sep 2016 - 11:59 am
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Pakistan fury after India conducts 'surgical strikes' 29 Sep 2016 - 11:07 am
This file photograph shows Indian soldiers as they patrol along a barbed-wire fence near Baras Post on the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India some 174 kms north west of Srinagar. AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN
Wild weather hits South Australia after mass blackout 29 Sep 2016 - 10:49 am
A photo taken on September 28 and obtained on September 29, 2016, shows transmission towers carrying power lines, toppled by high winds near Melrose in South Australia. Australia on Thursday after
Lebanese army faces jihadist threat on Syrian border 29 Sep 2016 - 10:44 am
Lebanese soldiers take positions at an army post in the hills above the Lebanese town of Arsal, near the border with Syria, Lebanon September 21, 2016. Picture taken September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
India carries out 'surgical strikes' on Kashmir frontier 29 Sep 2016 - 10:43 am
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Protesters chant 'murder' in police shooting of black man in California 29 Sep 2016 - 10:06 am
Protesters gather along Broadway Avenue to protest the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man on Tuesday by officers in El Cajon, California, U.S. September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Sandy Huffaker
Luxury thrives amid misery in Ukraine's war-torn east 29 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am
A man enjoys a drink in a restaurant in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on September 19, 2016. AFP / Alexey PHILIPPOV
Key dates since Russian intervention in Syria 29 Sep 2016 - 09:27 am
Smoke rises from a building after a Russian jet carried out airstrike over Meshed neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria on September 27, 2016. ( Ibrahim Ebu Leys - Anadolu Agency )
Teen kills father, opens fire on South Carolina schoolyard -police 29 Sep 2016 - 09:08 am
Anderson County sheriff's deputies and investigators gather outside of Townville Elementary School after a shooting in Townville, South Carolina, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Nathan Gray
US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link 29 Sep 2016 - 07:45 am
A Malaysian air crash investigator inspects the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk region, Ukraine, July 22, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Two Swiss army pilots killed as their helicopter crashes 28 Sep 2016 - 08:27 pm
The accident happened around midday in the remote Gotthard Pass near a hospice that stands at an altitude of 2,100 metres (6,900 feet). / AFP / Michael Buholzer