U.N. Secretary-General B Ki-Moon raised the death toll in Syria's civil war surpassing 100,000 up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago. Ban called on the Syrian government and opposition to halt the violence in the 2 ½ civil war, saying it is "imperative to have a peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible."
Spanish authorities said the railway company Renfe confirmed that a train has derailed in northwestern Spain, killing at least 10 people, BBC News reported. The Spanish railway company Renfe confirmed that the train fell off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region, which is in the nortwest of the country. The death toll is expected to rise
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it may place restrictions on menthol cigarettes following a scientific review showing that those products are likely to be more addictive than regular cigarettes.
One person was killed and four others seriously injured when an S.V.V. being the wrong way on Manhattan's Tappan Zee Bridge crashed head-on into another vehicle, which set off a pile up at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
