Reuters
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Labour struggles in local polls, heaping pressure on Jeremy Corbyn
The Labour Party looks set to lose ground in regional and local elections, partial results showed today.
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Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal from the leader of the top Islamist party against death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.
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Cruz bows out leaving Trump on course for Republican nomination
The party began to coalesce around Trump as top rival Ted Cruz bowed out of the race.
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Australia blames refugee campaigners after asylum seeker sets herself on fire
Australia blamed refugee advocates on Tuesday for "encouraging" asylum seekers held in remote camps towards of self-harm.
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Indiana to test Donald Trump's staying power with evangelicals
Donald Trump's success in the race for the White House may well ride on the support of Republican evangelicals made wary as the front-runner reveals a more liberal side to his social views.
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Anti-immigrant AfD says Muslims not welcome in Germany
Members of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday backed an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution and calls for a ban on minarets and the burqa.
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Pope condemns paedophilia as details of girl's death shock Italy
Pope Francis called for "severe punishment" for paedophiles on Sunday after new details emerged in Italy of the 2014 death of a six-year-old girl who is alleged to have been thrown from an eighth-storey balcony by her abuser.
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Obama torches Trump at his final Washington correspondents' dinner
US President Barack Obama on Saturday took aim at Democrats and Republicans alike in his final appearance headlining the star-studded White House correspondents' dinner, but saved his sharpest barbs for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
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Philippines: Islamist militants free 10 hostages
Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released 10 Indonesian hostages on Sunday, ending a month-long ordeal during which a kidnapped Canadian held by the same group was beheaded after a ransom deadline passed.
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Sadiq Khan favourite for London Mayor after racially charged campaign
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim lawmaker from Britain's opposition Labour Party, is the strong favourite to win London's mayoral election on Thursday after a bitter contest marked by religious tensions and accusations of racism.
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'Monstrous' violence in Syria as government excludes Aleppo from truce
The United Nations has said a surge in fighting in Aleppo showed "monstrous disregard" for civilian lives.
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Friend of Charleston church shooting suspect pleads guilty to lying
The white man accused of slaying nine black parishioners last year at a South Carolina church planned the shooting for six months and wanted to start a race war, said a friend who pleaded guilty on Friday to federal charges in a related case.