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Families and friends grieve for Oregon college massacre victims
Tributes have poured out for those killed in the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday morning.
Oregon gunman enrolled at college he attacked in deadly rampage
A heavily armed gunman who shot to death an English professor and eight others in an Oregon community college classroom was identified on Friday as a student in the class who previously had been turned away from a private firearms training academy.
Nine dead in another US college shooting: 'Somehow this has become routine,' says Obama
The suspect fired dozens of shots into a classroom full of screaming students.
Russian airstrikes hit CIA- trained rebels as Iran moves troops to support Syrian regime
The civil war is turning still more regional and global in scope.
Oregon Umpqua college shooter asked people to name their religion before firing - report
The gunman has been identified as Chris Harper Mercer, 26. The gunman who opened fire at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday, asked people in an academic building to stand up and state their religion before he began shooting, a witness told the local News-Review newspaper.
Oregon Umpqua Community College shooting latest update: 15 dead, 20 wounded
At least 15 people were killed and another 20 wounded at a shooting on Thursday at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, media reported.
Afghan forces retake Kunduz city centre from Taliban
Afghan troops recaptured the centre of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday after fierce clashes with Taliban militants, three days after losing the provincial capital in a humbling defeat for Kabul and its US allies.
Pope's meeting with Kim Davis chills gay Catholics
Many gay Catholic Americans felt shock and disappointment on Wednesday as they awoke to news that Pope Francis had secretly met with a Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue marriage license to same-sex couples.
Israel undermines US peace effort, Palestinian Abbas tells UN
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of sabotaging US efforts to broker peace and said Israeli security operations at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem could lead to a religious war.
Russia launches air strikes in Syria
Russia said it launched air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin secured his parliament's unanimous backing to intervene to prop up the Kremlin's closest Middle East ally.
Georgia executes its first woman for 70 years in the face of appeals by Pope Francis
Rev Cathy Zappa, an Episcopal priest who taught Gissendaner through a prison theology programme, said Gissendaner was scared but had not wavered in her belief in God.
Corbyn: Government favours the rich and fawns on oppressors
Labour's new leader said he wanted to usher in a new, kinder politics and to boost investment in the economy so more people could thrive.
Powers struggle to agree on Syria policy as Russia is challenged to strike terror groups
Diplomats have been pursuing new ways to build a solid front against the militants.
Afghanistan: Government troops battle to retake city from Taliban
Taliban fighters seized control of Kunduz after staging an audacious assault on the city on Monday.
Cathriona White dead: Jim Carrey ex-girlfriend dead in suspected L.A. suicide
Cathriona White, 30, an Irish-born make-up artist who was pictured out with Carrey in the past several months, was found dead in her Los Angeles apartment on Monday night, deputy chief coroner Ed Winter said.
Corbyn to promise he will not impose his views on the Labour Party
Critics say Corbyn's approach could cause confusion about party policy and deepen internal divisions.