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Civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo are suffering unthinkable atrocities, with war crimes committed on a daily basis, Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian prosecutors confirm a preliminary investigation into former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over alleged influence peddling.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat sank south of Sicily, the Save the Children aid group says.
BBC News – Europe

Party leaders are criss-crossing the UK appealing to undecided voters in key seats as the general election campaign enters its final two days.
BBC News – UK

Islamic State says it was responsible for the attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon exhibition in the US state of Texas in which two gunmen died.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burundi’s constitutional court rules that President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third-term bid is legal, after one of its judges reportedly flees the country.
BBC News – Africa

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, dies aged 47, his family says.
BBC News – Business

Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews protest against police brutality and racism in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, leading to violent clashes.
BBC News – Middle East

The Costa Rican government issues an alert along about 100 km (60 miles) of coast near Puntarenas, after a vessel carrying tons of toxic chemicals sinks.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

More than 5,800 migrants are rescued and 10 bodies recovered in several operations in the Mediterranean over the weekend, Italy’s coastguard says.
BBC News – Europe

The Conservatives focus on tax and Labour on the NHS as campaigning returns to traditional territory with three days left before the polls open.
BBC News – UK

Two gunmen are shot dead in a suburb of Dallas after they opened fire outside a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, US police say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Former hostages held by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria say some of their fellow captives were stoned to death by the militants.
BBC News – Africa

It started in the early morning hours on Friday, as Thunder General Manager Sam Presti returned from Gainesville, Fla.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Evans Cycles has been sold in a deal thought to value the retailer at about £100m.
BBC News – Business

Several hundred Yazidis held by Islamic State militants have been killed near the western Iraqi city of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

A Mexican army helicopter is shot at in the western state of Jalisco, killing three soldiers, with a total of seven people killed in incidents across the state.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU officials say they are struggling to locate 1,000 citizens unaccounted after Nepal’s earthquake, amid fresh calls for foreign help and humanitarian aid.
BBC News – Europe

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge introduce their daughter to the world, as they take her home to Kensington Palace 10 hours after she was born.
BBC News – UK

A lawyer for six Baltimore police officers says they “did nothing wrong”, as they face criminal charges over Freddie Gray who died in police custody.
BBC News – US & Canada