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Angry mob pelts stones at police at site of Indian rail accident 21 Oct 2018 - 01:06 pm
 Police patrol along a railway track at the site of an accident after a commuter train traveling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks on Friday, in Amritsar, India, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Angry mob pelts stones at police at site of Indian rail accident 21 Oct 2018 - 12:55 pm
Police patrol along a railway track at the site of an accident after a commuter train traveling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks on Friday, in Amritsar, India, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Fifty-five people killed in violence in northern Nigerian state of Kaduna 21 Oct 2018 - 12:46 pm
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Mexico allows caravan women, children in, but thousands still stranded 21 Oct 2018 - 12:31 pm
Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the US, hold a demonstration demanding authorities to allow the rest of the group to cross, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico after crossing from Guatemala, on October 20, 2018. AFP / Pedro Pardo
Hundreds of Afghan polling centres open for second day of voting 21 Oct 2018 - 11:43 am
A voter shows an inked finger after casting vote at a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Herat, Afghanistan on October 20, 2018. Mir Ahmad Firooz - Anadolu Agency
Trump says US will pull out of nuclear arms deal with Russia 21 Oct 2018 - 10:53 am
U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with supporters at Elko Regional Airport in Elko, Nevada, U.S. October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Thousands of runners compete in smoggy Delhi half marathon 21 Oct 2018 - 10:48 am
An Indian runner wears a face mask as she participates in the New Delhi half marathon in the Indian capital on October 21, 2018.  / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Afghanistan extends election to Sunday due to chaos at polling stations 20 Oct 2018 - 11:43 am
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Kidnapped Tanzanian tycoon Mohammed Dewji freed 20 Oct 2018 - 11:32 am
Image taken from Mo Dewji Foundation twitter page.
Six Sweida hostages freed from Islamic State - Syrian state media, Observatory 20 Oct 2018 - 11:16 am
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 20, 2018 shows a woman and four children among the six released of 27 Druze hostages held by the Islamic State (IS) group in a prisoner swap and ransom, upon their arriva
Multiple blasts rock Kabul polling stations: official, witnesses 20 Oct 2018 - 10:19 am
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US craze for DNA 'heritage' tests may bolster racism, critics warn 20 Oct 2018 - 09:51 am
 In this file photo taken on October 17, 2018 a journalist look at a website offering DNA testing in Washington DC. / AFP / Eric BARADAT
Afghans vote amid chaos, corruption and Taliban threats 20 Oct 2018 - 08:49 am
 An Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) official (L) scans a voter's finger with a biometric device at a polling centre for the country's legislative election in Parwan province on October 20, 2018. / AFP / ABDUL SHAHMIM TANHA
At least 130 Gazans hit by Israeli gunfire: Palestinian ministry 20 Oct 2018 - 02:50 am
A wounded Palestinian child is being evacuated from the site after Israeli soldiers' intervention during the
Scottish government identifies case of mad cow disease 20 Oct 2018 - 02:42 am
A man stands on a boat as autumn foliage is reflected off Loch Faskally, in Perthshire, Scotland, Britain, October 19, 2018. Reuters/Russell Cheyne
EU to sign trade deal with Singapore, avoid criticising China 19 Oct 2018 - 01:52 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2R) meets with Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU-ASEM leaders meeting at the European Council in Brussels on October 19, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Olivier Matthys
Former Indian minister ND Tiwari died on his 93rd birthday 18 Oct 2018 - 06:01 pm
Tiwari was the only politician to have served as a Chief Minister of two states. (Wikipedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Indian state won't ease crackdown on crime despite Apple manager's death 18 Oct 2018 - 06:01 pm
Wife of Vivek Tiwari, a sales manager for Apple, is consoled by her relatives after her husband was shot dead by a police constable in the Gomti Nagar neighbourhood of Lucknow, northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India September 29, 2018. Reuters