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South Africa: 18 killed, 254 injured in Free State truck-train collision

At least 18 people died and some 254 injured as a train carrying hundreds of holiday commuters coming back from their Christmas and New Years vacations collided with a truck on Thursday morning near Kroonstad in the Free State.

Chinese army puts on show of military might for Xi Jinping

China’s president addresses 7,000 service personnel as the country starts a fresh round of training in Hebei province, just outside Beijing. Xi stressed the importance of real-combat training and winning wars • Xi Jinping tells army not to fear death in show of China's military might

Two Russian soldiers killed during attack on air base in Syria

Russia's Defense Ministry says two of its soldiers were killed during a mortar attack on a Russian air base in Syria. The ministry says the attack on Hemeimeem base took place on Sunday and that it was carried out by a "mobile sabotage group" of fighters.