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World's largest radio telescope starts operating in China 25 Sep 2016 - 09:16 am
File photo taken on July 29, 2015 shows the five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under construction in Pingtang, southwestern China's Guizhou province. China OUT / AFP / STR
Unidentified explosion rocks Hungary's capital, two injured 25 Sep 2016 - 09:07 am
One of the images being shared on the social media portal Twitter.
Police capture gunman in US mall shooting that killed 5 25 Sep 2016 - 08:41 am
Surveillance image courtesy of Washington State Police shows the suspect in the shooting death of five people at the Cascade Mall. AFP Photo
Egypt holds 7 Gaza pilgrims for ‘terrorism’: Source 24 Sep 2016 - 09:19 pm
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Merkel, Balkan Leaders in Vienna Searching for Migrant Solution 24 Sep 2016 - 08:08 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vukic and Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar (L-R) attend the summit
Five dead in US mall shooting, gunman on the run 24 Sep 2016 - 07:31 pm
A handout picture provided by the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows the suspect in the fatal shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday.
Regime, Russian warplanes strike Aleppo, killing 56 24 Sep 2016 - 03:41 pm
A Syrian man walks past a heavily damaged building following air strikes on rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo on September 24, 2016. Heavy Syrian and Russian air strikes on rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo city killed at least 25 civilians on Saturday,
Gabon increases security after court upholds Bongo poll win 24 Sep 2016 - 03:12 pm
A pharmacy, gutted by fire during post election riots, us seen in the PK8 neighbourhood of Libreville, Gabon, September 19, 2016. Picture taken September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Edward McAllister
Hollande says Calais migrants to be dispersed around France 24 Sep 2016 - 03:02 pm
French President Francois Hollande holds a press conference after visiting a Shelter and Orientation center for migrants on September 24, 2016 in Tours. / AFP / GUILLAUME SOUVANT
Anti-Trump campaigners tear down cardboard wall at Brandenburg Gate 23 Sep 2016 - 05:25 pm
Campaigners pose on a 'United To Stop Trump' cardboard wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate to urge Americans living abroad to register and vote in Berlin, Germany, September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
More than 130 bodies recovered from migrant boat capsize off Egypt leftright 3/3leftright 23 Sep 2016 - 05:12 pm
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim on a stretcher after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Egypt's coast, in Al-Beheira, Egypt, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Fierce air strikes on Aleppo after Syrian army declares offensive 23 Sep 2016 - 05:01 pm
Men ride a motorcycle near damaged buildings in the rebel held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Dozens of rebels quit Syria's Homs under deal with govt 22 Sep 2016 - 05:01 pm
Syrian rebels and their families carry their luggage into a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki 
Indian ministers approve Rafale fighter jet deal 21 Sep 2016 - 07:37 pm
This file photo taken on June 16, 2015 shows a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet perform over Le Bourget airport during the International Paris Air show. India's cabinet committee on security approved on September 21, 2016 the purchase of 36 fighter jets
Paris climate accord closer after UN meeting 21 Sep 2016 - 06:59 pm
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Some 60 Canada schools, universities evacuated over threat 21 Sep 2016 - 06:16 pm
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Iraqi forces ready by 'early October' for Mosul assault: top US officer 21 Sep 2016 - 04:54 pm
Shabak fighters undergo training before the upcoming battle to recapture Mosul in Diyala province, Iraq September 19, 2016. Picture taken September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer 
Kinshasa picks up the pieces after two days of clashes 21 Sep 2016 - 03:50 pm
Demonstrators placed rocks to block roads during a protest in Goma on September 19, 2016. At least 17 people, mostly civilians, were killed on September 19, 2016 when clashes erupted ahead of a planned opposition rally in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, a