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• Dominique Venner: Suicide inside Notre-Dame de Paris

  French police says a 78-year-old man, named as Dominique Venner, has killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, causing its evacuation. The man pulled out a…

• Oklahoma tornado kills at least 51 people as two entire schools flattened in Moore

  At least 51 people have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, with the death toll likely to rise. Worst hit was Moore, south of Oklahoma City,…

• Iraq: At least 54 people killed in series of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Basra and Samarra

  At least 54 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in Iraqi cities Baghdad, Basra and Samarra, officials say. Baghdad was worst hit,…

• Oklahoma tornado kills one person and injures dozens

  At least one person is reported dead and at least 21 others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through Oklahoma and Kansas. The worst damage was caused by a…

• Syrian troops seize strategic rebel stronghold in Qusair

  Fighting has raged in Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanon border after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State media said…

• Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in Karachi

  Senior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…