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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
Video: Man escapes death by a whisker 28 Sep 2016 - 07:46 pm
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US says to end Syria work with Russia if Aleppo assault goes on 28 Sep 2016 - 06:26 pm
Syrian pro-government forces are seen on September 28, 2016 in the Farafira district, northwest of Aleppo's historic citadel, after Syria's army took control of the rebel-held district after days of heavy air strikes that have killed dozens and sparked al
Catalonia leader promises 2017 independence referendum 28 Sep 2016 - 06:19 pm
Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont gestures during a confidence vote session at Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Jail term for Timbuktu attacks 'warning' to others: ICC prosecutor 28 Sep 2016 - 04:17 pm
Malian jihadist Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi (C) speaks with his lawyer Mohamed Aouini (L) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on September 27, 2016, during his sentencing for destroying Timbuktu's shrines. AFP / ANP / Bas Czerwinski
India-Pakistan tensions threaten South Asia summit 28 Sep 2016 - 04:09 pm
This file photo taken on November 27, 2014 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2L) point a finger at Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2R) during the closing session of the 18th SAARC summit at City Hall in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. AFP
US strike against Islamic State kills 18, including Afghan civilians 28 Sep 2016 - 03:47 pm
A suspected US drone strike has killed 18 people in the restive eastern province of Nangarhar, with some Afghan sources claiming some of the fatalities were Afghan civilians. AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA
Syrian kids relish return to school in ex-IS bastion 28 Sep 2016 - 02:30 pm
Syrian children sit at a classroom adorned with an Islamic State group insignia on the first day of classes in the Syrian town of Manbij on September 25, 2016.  AFP / Ayham al-Mohammad
Five arrested on suspicion of forming European Islamic State cell 28 Sep 2016 - 11:21 am
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