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September 30, 2016

Kidnappers free Pakistani media group executive

An executive at a leading Pakistani media group says that a director who was abducted earlier this week has been freed by his ...

September 30, 2016

Russia, Syria geopolitics frame pope's Caucasus trip

Pope Francis' trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan will be filled with religiously symbolic encounters with Catholics, Orthodox, ...

September 30, 2016

Syrian monitor: Russian airstrikes killed 9,300 in past year

A Syrian opposition monitoring group that tracks Syria's civil war says a year of Russian airstrikes have killed more than ...

September 30, 2016

NJ Train Crash Victim: 'Wonderful Mother'

People at a New Jersey daycare center describe Fabiola Bittar de Kroon as a wonderful mother. De Kroon died in the train ...

September 30, 2016

Houston Taco Trucks Registering Voters

After a “Latinos for Trump” spokesman warned of a “taco truck on every corner” being a consequence of not doing more to ...

September 30, 2016

Today in History for September 30th

Highlights of this day in history: Nuremberg tribunal convicts top Nazi leaders of war crimes; Berlin Airlift ends; James ...

September 29, 2016

Duterte 'happy to slaughter' drug suspects; mentions Hitler

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the rhetoric over his bloody anti-crime war to a new level Friday, comparing it ...

September 29, 2016

Mother of Man Shot by Calif. Police Urges Peace

The mother of a Ugandan refugee shot and killed by police in a San Diego suburb describes the overwhelming pain from her ...

September 29, 2016

Amnesty: Hundreds trapped in Libya's Benghazi amid fighting

An international rights group expressed alarm Friday over the fate of hundreds of Libyan and foreign nationals trapped for ...

September 29, 2016

Clinton Says Trump “Flouted” US Law in Cuba Work

Hillary Clinton says a new report alleging that Donald Trump may have violated the U.S. embargo on communist Cuba is just ...

September 29, 2016

Trump Connects Clinton to Husband's Impeachment

Donald Trump linked President Bill Clinton's impeachment to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, saying the Clintons have ...

September 29, 2016

SC Firefighter Brock: Teachers Are the Heroes

Volunteer firefighter Jamie Brock who tackled the shooter at a South Carolina elementary school Wednesday, released a ...

September 29, 2016

UN impotent before Syria war crimes

Russia and Syria faced a growing chorus of international condemnation over their actions in Aleppo, but U.N.

September 29, 2016

Car bomb explodes near home of Egyptian judicial official

An Egyptian security official says a car bomb exploded near the home of a senior assistant to the country's prosecutor ...

September 29, 2016

Israel's Supreme Court rejects former PM Olmert's appeal

Israel's imprisoned former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces an additional eight months behind bars after the country's ...

September 29, 2016

UN in Afghanistan says 15 civilians killed in US air strike

The United Nations in Afghanistan said on Thursday that an airstrike in the eastern province of Nangarhar near the Pakistan ...

September 29, 2016

A look at some of Israel's prime ministers

Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, was both a former president and prime minister, the only person in Israel to hold both jobs

September 29, 2016

Administration touts paid sick leave for govt contractors

The Obama administration is highlighting new steps to help average working people, including paid sick leave for some.

September 29, 2016

Justices take up fight over refunding fees in criminal cases

The Supreme Court will decide whether people convicted of crimes but later exonerated can get a refund of court fees and ...

September 29, 2016

Watchdog report criticizes DEA's use of confidential sources

The Drug Enforcement Administration does a poor job overseeing the millions of dollars in payments it distributes to ...