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Trump wins Washington primary, rolls toward nomination
Early results show Trump receiving 76 per cent of the vote
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Twitter eases 140-character limit for tweets
Twitter reveals how it will give users more space in tweets
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Pictures of the day: May 24, 2016
We look at 13 images from events around the world today
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Hopes fade for Indian climbers missing on Everest
The missing climbers were part of a team of four, one of whom -- Subhash Pal -- died after falling ill on Sunday
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Google's Paris offices searched in tax fraud probe: police
French authorities believe Google owes 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in back taxes
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World's first 3D printed building opens in Dubai
Sheikh Mohammed says by 2030 Dubai will print 25% of its buildings using 3D printing technology
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Death toll from Islamic State bombings in Assad heartland hits 154
Death toll from bombings claimed by the Islamic State hits 154
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Human remains point to explosion on EgyptAir flight, forensic official says
There has been no confirmed cause of the disaster until now
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Obama implores Vietnam to embrace human rights
The visit is Obama's first and the third by a sitting president since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975
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Philippines' Duterte launches vulgar attacks on Church
Incoming Philippine president has defied conventional political wisdom with his huge win in presidential elections
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Taliban 'most likely' to reach consensus on new leader today
Mullah Yakoub and Sirajuddin Haqqani have backed out of the race citing personal reasons, reports suggest
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'Save this generation of children' says Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi
'If you save one generation, then that generation would be capable to protect all generations to come' Satyarthi
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Hardliner elected head of key Iran oversight body
No moderates or reformists stood for the post
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Landmine kills Saudi soldier on Yemen border
The blast hit a border patrol in the southwestern province of Jazan
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Jaish-e-Mohammad 'leader' killed in Indian Kashmir
India blames Pakistan for backing the militants in Kashmir, a charge Islamabad denies
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Obama says several Vietnamese activists prevented from meeting him
Obama met about six activists and said there were "significant areas of concern" about political freedom
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Obama's $6 meal with Anthony Bourdain stuns Vietnam street shop owner
Bourdain posted a picture of the dinner on Instagram with the caption "The President's chopstick skills are on...
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This Pakistani is part of a startup that could be the next Instagram
Splore claims to be the only photo sharing app where users follow hashtags instead of people
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Unclear whether Mullah Mansour was killed in Pakistan or Afghanistan: US
Mike Toner says US respects Pakistan's territorial integrity but will still continue air strikes
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Obama calls for peaceful settlement of South China Sea disputes
His remarks won loud applause from more than 2,000 delegates including top Vietnamese leaders
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Pope and top imam embrace in historic Vatican meeting
Tayeb's decision to fly to Rome followed the easing of serious tensions that marked the reign of Francis's predecessor
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Mexico begins exhumation of more than 100 bodies
Activists are questioning the validity of the official record because authorities have files on only 88 bodies
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At least 11 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide, many feared missing: officials
The area has suffered a string of deadly landslides, with a major incident last November killing 100
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Fracking in Britain approved for first time since 2011
'This is by far the most controversial application that we have ever had to deal with' committee chairman Peter Sowray
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India uses outdated laws to silence dissent, HRW says
Use of colonial-era laws such as sedition and criminal defamation to clamp down on government critics
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Brazil confirms mosquito as Zika vector
The researchers said they had found the virus in three groups of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
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Chinese media slam US lifting of Vietnam arms embargo
The arms sales decision 'was not based on China', Obama says, but part of normalising ties with the ex-enemy
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Almost 80% of Indian women face public harassment in cities: survey
There were 337,922 reports of violence against women such as rape, molestation, abduction and cruelty by husbands
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US says late Taliban leader was planning attacks on Americans
'Pakistani authorities had delivered Mansour's badly burned remains for burial in the western city of Quetta'
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The Shura: ideological guardians of the Taliban movement
In the case of the Taliban, it acts as both an advisory council for the Emir (leader) and crafts policy
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Clinton declines final debate with Sanders
Former secretary of state would concentrate on campaigning against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump instead
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Afghanistan's Taliban: leaderless but still a potent threat
Taliban originated among young Afghan religious students who took refuge in Pakistan from 1979-89 Soviet occupation
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Sri Lanka arrests ex-top cop over high profile murder
Anura Senanayake was remanded into custody into the May 2012 killing of national rugby skipper
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India bans nationals from travelling to Libya
Some 18,000 Indians worked in Libya before the country descended into chaos in 2011
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Iran, Afghanistan, India sign three-way transit accord
The accord will significantly boost the role of the undertapped port of Chabahar, says Iranian presidency's statement
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Turkey could suspend EU deals: Erdogan adviser
Yigit Bulut, who advises president on economy, says: 'we do not expect anything from EU'
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Taiwan indicts man over child's beheading
Wang Ching-yu is accused of overpowering the mother of the child and beheading the young girl with a kitchen knife
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Pictures of the day: May 23, 2016
We look at 13 images from events around the world
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India in deal to turn Iran port into trade hub
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani also flew in to Tehran on Monday for the signing of a tripartite agreement
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Three police shot dead in Indian-held Kashmir
Militant group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen claimed the attacks, but there was no official confirmation it was responsible
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Recession warning as UK marks one month to EU vote
Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain risked sparking a 'do-it-yourself recession' by voting to leave the bloc
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India cages endangered lions after fatal attacks
At least one of the animals last week dragged a teenager from his village while he was sleeping and killed him
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Netanyahu rejects French peace initiative, offers to meet Abbas
Direct negotiations with the Palestinians are "the only way to proceed to peace," Netanyahu says
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One Rohingya Muslim shot dead in mass escape from Thai detention centre
Police say 21 Rohingya fled a detention centre at about 1 am after sawing through an iron bar in their communal cell
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Bombs kill more than 100 in Syria regime strongholds: new toll
Seven bombs, most of them suicide attacks, hit Jableh and Tartus almost simultaneously
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Iran denies Mullah Mansour crossed Iran’s border to enter Pakistan
Pakistani officials say the Taliban leader had just returned from Iran when his vehicle was attacked in Balochistan
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Turkey's incoming Prime Minister working on new cabinet
Yildirim chosen by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as its chairman, replacing Ahmet Davutoglu
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Insect poop is turning the Taj Mahal green
India's National Green Tribunal, which hears cases related to environmental protection, raised the issue
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All-night trains finally come to London's Underground
Round-the-clock services were due to start last year but were delayed by disagreement between unions and authorities
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Greece eyes evacuation of Idomeni border camp
Greece plans a police operation to evacuate the migrant camp of Idomeni on its border with Macedonia

















































