Iran was informed of IS leader Baghdadi's death - Iranian officials tell Reuters

Iran was informed by sources in Syria that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, two Iranian officials told Reuters on Sunday.

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Iran was informed of IS leader Baghdadi's death - Iranian officials tell Reuters

Iran was informed by sources in Syria that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, two Iranian officials told Reuters on Sunday.

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: US 'conducts operation against IS chief' - US media

Reports come as the White House says President Donald Trump will make a "major statement" on Sunday.

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Essex lorry deaths: Anguish in Vietnam for families of missing

Services for missing relatives, including a 19-year-old woman, are held after 39 bodies were found.

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Islamic State leader targeted by U.S. forces; Trump plans 'major' statement

The U.S. military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a U.S. official said, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House on Sunday morning.

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Islamic State leader targeted by US forces as Trump plans Sunday statement

The U.S. military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a U.S. official said, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House on Sunday morning.

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U.S. targeted Islamic State's al-Baghdadi: official

The United States has carried out an operation targeting Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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Australian serial killer Milat dies in prison nearly 30 years after backpacker murders

Ivan Milat, one of Australia's worst convicted serial killers, has died in prison after spending 23 years behind bars for the murders of seven backpackers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, authorities said on Sunday.

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Trump to make a 'major statement' on Sunday - White House

President Donald Trump plans to make a "major statement" at the White House at 9 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Saturday.

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Beijing's new $63 billion mega-airport begins international flights

Beijing's new $63 billion Daxing airport began its first scheduled international flights on Sunday as it ramped up operations to help relieve pressure on the city's existing Capital airport.

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Jokowi and Subianto: Why Indonesia's leader went from scorn to selfies

When Indonesia's president put his former rival in government many were left confused and concerned.

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U.S. lawmakers hear from 'corroborating' witness in Trump impeachment probe

A senior U.S. diplomat on Saturday told lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry that he did not know whether President Donald Trump had withheld aid for Ukraine in an attempt force an investigation of a political rival, sources said, even as Democrats said his testimony corroborated other evidence gathered.

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Chile protests: president sacks whole cabinet after protests

President Piñera lifts overnight curfews after praising a huge peaceful demonstration in Santiago.

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Juliet Club: 'I help answer the world's love letters'

The people who spend time writing words of comfort and advice to love-struck people.

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Jane Fonda 'inspired by Greta Thunberg'

Actress Jane Fonda was arrested alongside fellow actor Ted Danson at a climate protest.

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Honduran inmate who linked president's brother to drug deals killed

An alleged drug dealer with knowledge of drug shipments involving a brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez convicted this month for drug trafficking, was killed on Saturday in prison, his lawyer said.

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Argentina election: Economy main issue for voters

With Argentina deep in recession, voters are desperate for a president who can fix the economy.

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Chile´s embattled Pinera promises cabinet shake-up to quell mass protests

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Saturday added a major cabinet reshuffle to a growing list of reforms he has promised to tame inequality and quell mass protests that have rocked the South American nation.

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Libya in chaos as endless war rumbles on

For years competing militias, rival governments and foreign players have been battling for control.

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Bolivia's Morales vows second-round vote if fraud found in election, threatens siege of cities

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday vowed to hold a run-off election if fraud is found in a vote count that gave him an outright win, but warned his rural base would siege cities if they keep protesting his disputed re-election to a fourth term.

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Fifteen killed, dozens wounded as Iraq protests flare for second day

At least 67 Iraqis were killed and hundreds wounded in two days of protests over the weekend, as demonstrators clashed with security forces and militia groups in a second wave of protests against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's government this month.

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Syrian Kurds: 'The world has closed its eyes on us'

Syrian Kurds lament what they view as a betrayal over their US ally pulling out from the north.

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'The selfie that revealed I was a stolen baby'

Aged 17, Miché Solomon discovered she had two mothers - one real, one false.

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